Senior Azzi Fudd and sophomore Sarah Strong of No. 1 UConn headline the women’s Wooden Award late midseason top 20 list, which was declared Tuesday night.

The award is given annually to the best college basketball player in the country.

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  • LSU leads the way with three players on the list — MiLaysia Fulwiley, Flau’jae Johnson and Mikaylah Williams. Oklahoma (Raegan Beers and Aaliyah Chavez), South Carolina (Joyce Edwards and Ta’Niya Latson) and Texas (Madison Booker and Rori Harmon) join UConn with two players on the list.

    The top three scorers in the nation also feature in the list: Iowa State’s Audi Crooks (25.9 PPG), Vanderbilt’s Mikayla Blakes (25.9 PPG) and Notre Dame’s Hannah Hidalgo (24.9 PPG).

    Strong, considered the front-runner for national player of the year honors this season, is scoring 19.2 points and grabbing 8.0 rebounds per game. She’s also averaging 4.3 assists and 3.2 steals per game and leads the Huskies in nearly every offensive category, shooting 60.1% from the field.

    Fudd is averaging 17.4 points and shooting 44.8% on 3-pointers for the defending national champion Huskies, who remain undefeated and atop the Big East Conference with a 25-0 overall record and 14-0 mark in league play.

    Fudd is projected to be the No. 1 pick in the 2026 WNBA draft in ESPN’s newest mock draft.

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    Raegan Beers, Oklahoma
    Lauren Betts, UCLA
    Mikayla Blakes, Vanderbilt
    Madison Booker, Texas
    Jaloni Cambridge, Ohio State
    Aaliyah Chavez, Oklahoma
    Audi Crooks, Iowa State
    Joyce Edwards, South Carolina
    Azzi Fudd, UConn
    MiLaysia Fulwiley, LSU
    Rori Harmon, Texas
    Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame
    Flau’jae Johnson, LSU
    Ta’Niya Latson, South Carolina
    Cotie McMahon, Ole Miss
    Olivia Miles, TCU
    Olivia Olson, Michigan
    Clara Strack, Kentucky
    Sarah Strong, UConn
    Mikaylah Williams, LSU

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