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updatedAt: 2026-08-25T14:53:39.000Z
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# Seasonal Awards

**NCAAWB Seasonal Awards** provides a list of all NCAA Women's Basketball awards for a given season and season type.

<Callout icon="⏱️" theme="default">
  ### Update Frequency

  **TTL / Cache:** 12 hours

  **Data Updates:** Award entries are added as they are announced
</Callout>

***

## Data Points

<Accordion title="League" icon="fa-duotone fa-basketball-hoop">
  | Attribute | Parent Element | Type    | Description                                                                 |
  | --------- | -------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
  | `alias`   | `league`       | String  | Alias of a league<br /><br />ex. `NCAAW`                                    |
  | `id`      | `league`       | GUID    | Unique ID of a league<br /><br />ex. `affab7b6-647e-4304-bbe2-1f9d68cd0cea` |
  | `name`    | `league`       | String  | Name of a league<br /><br />ex. `NCAA WOMEN`                                |
  | `id`      | `season`       | GUID    | Unique ID of a season<br /><br />ex. `415ae0cb-38dd-4ace-8f22-fb6015b39006` |
  | `type`    | `season`       | String  | Type of a season<br /><br />`REG` (Regular Season), `PST` (Postseason)      |
  | `year`    | `season`       | Integer | Year of a season                                                            |
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="Awards" icon="fa-duotone fa-basketball-hoop">
  | Attribute                | Parent Element | Type   | Description                                                                                                 |
  | ------------------------ | -------------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
  | `awarded_time_frequency` | `awards`       | String | Frequency at which an award is distributed<br /><br />ex. `annual`                                          |
  | `awarded_time_period`    | `awards`       | String | Time period of an award<br /><br />ex. `2025-26`                                                            |
  | `description`            | `awards`       | String | Description of an award<br /><br />ex. `Awarded to the most outstanding women's college basketball player.` |
  | `effective_date`         | `awards`       | String | Date of an award's announcement<br /><br />ex. `2025-09-29`                                                 |
  | `id`                     | `awards`       | String | Unique ID of an award<br /><br />ex. `77bb4581-c8ee-44dc-814c-2389e6609546`                                 |
  | `name`                   | `awards`       | String | Name of an award<br /><br />ex. `AP Player of the Year`                                                     |
  | `type`                   | `awards`       | String | Type of award<br /><br />ex. `player`, `coach`, `team`                                                      |
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="Award Recipient" icon="fa-duotone fa-basketball-hoop">
  | Attribute  | Parent Element        | Type   | Description                                                                                                                      |
  | ---------- | --------------------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
  | `id`       | `award` - `recipient` | String | Unique player Id of an award recipient<br /><br />ex. `c1b1b9e6-cba5-420c-82cc-ef3de3c09fbc`                                     |
  | `level`    | `award` - `recipient` | String | Level of an award recipient (could be used to distinguish between an award winner and an award finalist)<br /><br />ex. `winner` |
  | `name`     | `award` - `recipient` | String | Name of an award recipient<br /><br />ex. `Olivia Miles`                                                                         |
  | `position` | `award` - `recipient` | String | Position of an award recipient<br /><br />ex. `G`                                                                                |
  | `alias`    | `award` - `recipient` | String | Abbreviation of an award recipient's team<br /><br />ex. `ILL`                                                                   |
  | `market`   | `award` - `recipient` | String | Market name of an award recipient's team<br /><br />ex. `Illinois`                                                               |
</Accordion>

<Accordion title="Team" icon="fa-duotone fa-basketball-hoop">
  | Attribute | Parent Element       | Type   | Description                                                                                  |
  | --------- | -------------------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
  | `alias`   | `recipient` - `team` | String | Abbreviation of an award recipient's team<br /><br />ex. `ILL`                               |
  | `id`      | `recipient` - `team` | GUID   | Unique ID of an award recipient's team<br /><br />ex. `6d54619a-5208-4d38-9482-11a0637a40fc` |
  | `market`  | `recipient` - `team` | String | Market name of an award recipient's team<br /><br />ex. `Illinois`                           |
  | `name`    | `recipient` - `team` | String | Name of an award recipient's team<br /><br />ex. `Fighting Illini`                           |
</Accordion>

# OpenAPI definition

```json
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    "version": "8"
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.sportradar.com/ncaawb/"
    }
  ],
  "components": {
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      "sec0": {
        "type": "apiKey",
        "in": "header",
        "name": "x-api-key"
      }
    }
  },
  "security": [
    {
      "sec0": []
    }
  ],
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    "/{access_level}/v8/{language_code}/seasons/{season_year}/{season_type}/awards.{format}": {
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                        "year": 2025,
                        "type": "PST"
                      },
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                          "name": "WNIT Champion",
                          "description": "Winner of the Women's National Invitational Tournament (WNIT)",
                          "type": "team",
                          "effective_date": "2026-04-04",
                          "awarded_time_frequency": "annual",
                          "awarded_time_period": "2025-26",
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                          "recipients": [
                            {
                              "level": "winner",
                              "name": "Marshall Thundering Herd",
                              "id": "6ee2687c-6ac8-423e-8167-479446186107",
                              "alias": "MRSH",
                              "market": "Marshall"
                            }
                          ]
                        },
                        {
                          "name": "National Champion",
                          "description": "Winner of the NCAA Tournament",
                          "type": "team",
                          "effective_date": "2026-04-05",
                          "awarded_time_frequency": "annual",
                          "awarded_time_period": "2025-26",
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                              "alias": "UCLA",
                              "market": "UCLA"
                            }
                          ]
                        },
                        {
                          "name": "NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player",
                          "description": "Awarded to the most outstanding player in that year's Final Four.",
                          "type": "player",
                          "effective_date": "2026-04-05",
                          "awarded_time_frequency": "annual",
                          "awarded_time_period": "2025-26",
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                            {
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                              "name": "Lauren Betts",
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                            }
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                    }
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                },
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                    "league": {
                      "type": "object",
                      "properties": {
                        "id": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "example": "affab7b6-647e-4304-bbe2-1f9d68cd0cea"
                        },
                        "name": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "example": "NCAA WOMEN"
                        },
                        "alias": {
                          "type": "string",
                          "example": "NCAAW"
                        }
                      }
                    },
                    "season": {
                      "type": "object",
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                          "type": "string",
                          "example": "6d9ae91c-9cdd-44c6-b2b9-ff2a005678df"
                        },
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                          "example": 2025,
                          "default": 0
                        },
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                          "description": {
                            "type": "string",
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                          },
                          "type": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "example": "team"
                          },
                          "effective_date": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "example": "2026-04-04"
                          },
                          "awarded_time_frequency": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "example": "annual"
                          },
                          "awarded_time_period": {
                            "type": "string",
                            "example": "2025-26"
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                          "recipients": {
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                            "items": {
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                                },
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                                  "type": "string",
                                  "example": "Marshall Thundering Herd"
                                },
                                "id": {
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                                }
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                "trial",
                "production"
              ],
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            },
            "required": true,
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          },
          {
            "in": "path",
            "name": "language_code",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "en"
              ],
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            },
            "required": true,
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          },
          {
            "in": "path",
            "name": "season_year",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "2024",
                "2025",
                "2026"
              ],
              "default": "2025"
            },
            "required": true,
            "description": "Year of a season in `YYYY` format<br><br>**Note:** Season year is always the year a season <i>begins</i>. For example, `2024` for the 2024-25 season."
          },
          {
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                "PST"
              ],
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            },
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          },
          {
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            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "enum": [
                "json",
                "xml"
              ],
              "default": "json"
            },
            "required": true,
            "description": "Format returned<br><br>`json`, `xml`"
          }
        ],
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      }
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  },
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}
```