The Mountain West Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year is a basketball award given to the

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's (MW) most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1999–2000 season, the first of the conference's existence. As of 2022, no MW player has received any national player of the year award.

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has the most awards with eight and individual recipients with five, but the Utes left the MW in 2011 to join what is now the

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. Among current members,

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and

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have the most awards with four each, and Colorado State has the most individual recipients with three. Two players have shared the award on five occasions—in 2001, consecutively from 2005 to 2007, and also in 2015. Three players have won the award more than once. Ellen Nystrom of Colorado State won in 2016 and 2017;

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of UNLV won the award outright in 2000 and 2002 and shared it in 2001; and

Kim Gaucher Kim Smith Gaucher (born May 7, 1984), née Kim Smith, is a Canadian professional women's basketball player, currently with the USO Mondeville in the championnat de France de basket-ball de Ligue féminine 2 (LF2). University of Utah She grew up ...

(née Smith) of Utah won four times—outright in 2003 and 2004, and shared in 2005 and 2006.

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* Winners through 2019–20: {{Women's college basketball award navbox NCAA Division I women's basketball conference players of the year

Player of the Year Several sports leagues honour their best player with an award called Player of the Year (POY) . In the United States, this type of award is usually called a Most Valuable Player award. Association football In association football, this award is he ...

Awards established in 2000