USC star JuJu Watkins is the AP Player of the Year in women's college basketball and just the fourth sophomore to do it

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As revealed by Ryan Kartje of the Los Angeles Times, this marked the first time a USC player had won the award. Kartje also confirmed that Watkins became the fourth sophomore in the award's history to win, joining Courtney Paris (Oklahoma), Maya Moore (UConn) and Breanna Stewart (UConn).

The Trojans superstar led her team to a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament before suffering a season-ending knee injury.

The 2024-25 Naismith Awards ceremony took place on Wednesday afternoon and it was a heavily West Coast affair. All three winners came from the two dominant Los Angeles schools this season, USC and UCLA,

JuJu Watkins thanks USC fans for support after Trojans' season ends versus fell to UConn in the Elite Eight Monday night, ending their season.

Paige Bueckers and UConn took down the Watkins-less Trojans 78-64 on Monday. Watkins was named the Player of the Year over Bueckers, Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo, and cross-town rival Lauren Betts of UCLA.