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Katrina McClain Award

Katrina McClain was a prolific rebounder and terrific scorer in a career that spanned three Olympic Games, three continents, and countless driveways, backyards, and arenas all over the world. Before she earned her stripes for USA Basketball, McClain starred at the University of Georgia where she was a two-time Kodak All-America and the WBCA National Player of the Year her senior season. She left Georgia as the school's second all-time leading scorer and rebounder, averaging a double-double her final two seasons in Athens. The Lady Bulldogs reached the 1985 NCAA Final Four and national championship game with McClain controlling the paint and Teresa Edwards running the offense. The two-time USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year finished her international career with two Olympic gold medals and one bronze, three FIBA World Championships medals, and five medals at the Goodwill Games, Pan Am Games, and World University Games. In all Katrina McClain appeared on eleven USA Basketball rosters becoming one of the most decorated athletes in USA Basketball history.

2026
Top 20 Finalists
PLAYER NAME SCHOOL
Essence Cody
Alabama
Darianna Littlepage-Buggs
Baylor
Toby Fournier
Duke
Meghan Andersen
Fairfield
Allie Kubek
Florida State
Hannah Stuelke
Iowa
Addy Brown
Iowa State
Amiya Joyner
LSU
Mir McLean
Maryland
Khamil Pierre
NC State
Natalie Potts
Nebraska
Latasha Lattimore
Ole Miss
Maggie Doogan
Richmond
Joyce Edwards
South Carolina
Sunaja Agara
Stanford
Sienna Betts
University of California, Los Angeles
Sarah Strong
University of Connecticut
Janiah Barker
University of Tennessee
Sacha Washington
Vanderbilt
Sa'Myah Smith
Virginia

McClain's Career Highlights

College

  • Georgia (1984-1987)

College Playing Highlights

  • Two-time Kodak All-American (1986, 1987)
  • Freshman All-American Team (1984)
  • First ever SEC Freshman of the year (1984)
  • National Player of the Year (1987)
  • WBCA Player of the Year (1987)
  • Georgia’s single season record holder for points (796), points per game (24.9), field goals made (310), free throws made (176), and free throws attempted (240)
  • Georgia’s career record holder for field goal percentage (62%)

Pro

  • Kyoto Petroleum – Japan (1989-1991)
  • Sidis Ancona – Italy (1992)
  • Valencia – Spain (1993-1995)
  • Galatasaray – Turkey (1995-1996)
  • Atlanta Glory – ABL (1998)

Pro Playing Highlights

  • ABL All-Star (1998)
  • Two-time gold medal winner in the Summer Olympics (1988, 1996)
  • One-time bronze medal winner in the Summer Olympics (1992)
  • USA Basketball’s Female Athlete of the Year (1988, 1992)

Past Winners

Katrina McClain Award - Power Forward

Year Player Name School
2025 Aneesah Morrow Louisiana State University
2024 Kiki Iriafen Stanford
2023 Maddy Siegrist Villanova
2022 NaLyssa Smith Baylor University
2021 NaLyssa Smith Baylor University
2020 Ruthy Hebard University of Oregon
2019 Napheesa Collier University of Connecticut
2018 Ruthy Hebard University of Oregon