The Ann Meyers Drysdale Award is an award presented annually to the best women's basketball

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(NCAA) Division I competition. It is named after Hall of Famer

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(née Meyers), the first high school player to make the United States national team and the first woman to receive a full athletic scholarship to

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Creation and selection

The Ann Meyers Drysdale Award was first presented in 2018, when WBCA and the Naismith Hall, in collaboration with ESPN, incorporated the

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, first presented in 2000 to the top Division I women's point guard, into a new set of awards known as the "Naismith Starting Five" that are presented at the WBCA convention (except in 2020, when the convention was not held due to the

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) to players at each of the five traditional basketball positions. These awards parallel a previously existing set of men's basketball positional awards also presented by the Hall. In addition to the Lieberman Award, the other three new awards are: * Katrina McClain Power Forward Award * Cheryl Miller Small Forward Award * Lisa Leslie Center Award Winners for each of the Starting Five awards are determined by a selection committee consisting of Hall of Famers, WBCA coaching members, and media, and headed by the award's namesake. Fan voting through the Hall's website is also incorporated into the selection process.

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Creation and selection

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Winners

Winners by school

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