The Best Female College Basketball Player

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was presented annually between 1993 and 2001 to the

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collegiate

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player adjudged to be the best in the

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in a given calendar year. The award was subsumed in 2002 by the

Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award The ESPY Award for Best College Athlete, Women's Sports, known before 2021 as the Best Female College Athlete ESPY Award, is an annual award honoring the achievements of a female individual from the world of collegiate sports. It was first prese ...

. The award voting panel comprised variously

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;

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s and

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, sports executives, and retired

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s, termed collectively ''experts''; and ESPN personalities from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. Inasmuch as the ESPY Awards ceremonies were conducted in February during the pendency of the award's existence, an award presented in a given year is for performance and achievements in the one year theretofore.

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* {{ESPYs ESPY Awards College basketball trophies and awards in the United States Sports awards honoring women Awards established in 1993 Awards disestablished in 2001

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