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UConn women’s basketball star Sarah Strong added two more national player of the year honors to her collection Thursday when she was named the winner of the 2026 Wade Trophy and the Associated Press Player of the Year.
Sarah Strong of UConn is The Associated Press women’s basketball Player of the Year. Strong is averaging 18.6 pints, 7.6 rebounds, 3.4 steals and 1.6 blocks a game while helping UConn go 38-0 heading into this week's Final Four.
UConn star Sarah Strong was nowhere to be found after being after the Wade Trophy winner after a busy day of capturing a host of NCAA honors before the Final Four
Her mom Allison Feaster played in the WNBA for a decade.
PHOENIX — Sarah Strong has never celebrated a single bucket during a game with the enthusiasm she does when she connects on back-to-back 3-pointers with KK Arnold during the UConn women’s basketball team’s game day warmups.
Since arriving in Phoenix for the Final Four, UConn sophomore Sarah Strong has won three more National Player of the Year honors: The Naismith Trophy, the Wade Trophy and the AP’s award. She previously claimed the USBWA’s Ann Meyers Drysdale Award.
UConn women's basketball sophomore Sarah Strong is the recipient of the 2026 Wade Trophy, as announced by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association
The UConn women's basketball team's sophomore forward was named the winner of the Wade Trophy as the WBCA's national Player of the Year on Thursday. On Wednesday, she picked up the Naismith Trophy and last week was chosen the Player of the Year by the United States Basketball Writers Association.
Strong, described by coach Geno Auriemma as ‘the most low-key superstar you ever saw’, has powered the undefeated Huskies to the Final Four
UConn sophomore forward Sarah Strong won the 2026 Naismith Trophy on Wednesday, which goes to the top women's basketball player in the country.
The UConn Huskies forward is the child of two college basketball stars
UConn's leading scorer this season, Strong had the worst shooting game of her Huskies' career making just 4 of 16 shots