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2024-25 Women’s All America Team & Top 5

Los Angeles, Calif |

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (April 1, 2025) – The Los Angeles Athletic Club’s John R. Wooden Award®, presented by Principal, has announced the results of the 2024-25 Women’s John R. Wooden Award balloting on www.WoodenAward.com.

The Wooden Award® All America Team was revealed on ESPN today on the Wooden Award presented by Principal Finalists Show featuring the Wooden Award All America Team and Five Finalists. This prestigious list includes the Wooden Award® All America Team, with five players recognized as frontrunners for one of college basketball’s most esteemed honors: the Wooden Award® for the Most Outstanding Player in the United States.

The student-athletes selected for the Wooden Award All America Team are considered strong candidates for the 2025 John R. Wooden Award® Women’s Player of the Year. Deloitte tabulated all ballots and certified the results, ensuring strict adherence to established voting procedures. The selection process is overseen by a National Advisory Board, which compiles a National Ballot featuring the top candidates who meet the award’s criteria, including a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.00. This ballot is distributed to a panel of voters composed of sportswriters and sportscasters from across the country. Deloitte collects and verifies these votes to maintain the integrity and accuracy of the final results.

The winner and top five All America Team members for women and men will be honored at the Los Angeles Athletic Club “John R. Wooden Awards Show presented by Principal” streaming on ESPN+ on Friday, April 11th at 8pm EDT / 5pm PDT.

About the John R. Wooden Award®

Founded in 1976, the Los Angeles Athletic Club’s John R. Wooden Award Program™ represents the highest honor in college basketball. It recognizes the Wooden Award® Most Outstanding Player for both men and women, the Wooden Award All America™ Teams, and annually selects the Wooden Award® Legend of Coaching recipient.

Wooden Award All America Team members must meet or exceed the standards set forth by Coach John Wooden and the Wooden Award® Steering Committee. These qualifications include academic progress toward graduation and maintaining a 2.0 cumulative GPA.

Past Wooden Award winners include some of the greatest names in basketball history: Larry Bird (’79), Michael Jordan (’84), Tim Duncan (’97), Kevin Durant (’07), Candace Parker (’07, ’08), Maya Moore (’09, ’11), Breanna Stewart (’15, ’16), and the most recent winners, Caitlin Clark of Iowa (’23, ’24) and Zach Edey of Purdue (’23, ’24).

Since its inception, the John R. Wooden Award® has contributed nearly one million dollars in charitable donations in the names of its All America Team members and has provided more than 1,000 underprivileged children with scholarships to week-long college basketball camps. Wooden Award All America Team members are also invited to celebrate their philanthropic efforts, with the John R. Wooden Award Foundation making contributions in support of their charitable initiatives.

Additionally, the John R. Wooden Award® partners annually with Special Olympics Southern California (SOSC) to host the Wooden Award® Special Olympics Basketball Day. This event brings together Special Olympics athletes, Wooden Award All America Team members, and coaches during Wooden Award® Weekend at the Los Angeles Athletic Club.

The 2025 Wooden Award® Legend of Coaching honoree is Mark Few of Gonzaga, who will receive his award alongside the 2025 Wooden Award® Men’s and Women’s Players of the Year on April 11, 2025.

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John R. Wooden Award® Women’s All America Team

Georgia Amoore | Kentucky
Lauren Betts | UCLA
Madison Booker | Texas
Paige Bueckers | UConn
Hannah Hidalgo | Notre Dame
Ta’Niya Latson | Florida State
Olivia Miles | Notre Dame
Aneesah Morrow | LSU
Hailey Van Lith | TCU
JuJu Watkins | USC

John R. Wooden Award® Top 5

Lauren Betts | UCLA
Madison Booker | Texas
Paige Bueckers | UConn
Hannah Hidalgo | Notre Dame
JuJu Watkins | USC

Note: The All America Team of the 2025 John R. Wooden Award®, presented by Principal, will be honored at the Los Angeles Athletic Club on Friday, April 11, 2025.