The Associated Press’ Global Sports Editor Josh Hoffner presents the Greatest Player award to New York Liberty forward Breanna Stewart ahead of a WNBA basketball game against the Dallas Wings, Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo\/Yuki Iwamura)<\/small><\/p>\n
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NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 The Associated Press honored Breanna Stewart before the New York Liberty\u2019s game Tuesday night for being one of the greatest women\u2019s college basketball players<\/a><\/span> during the Top 25 poll era.<\/p>\n The AP celebrated the 50th anniversary<\/a><\/span> of the women\u2019s basketball poll last season. As part of it, a 13-member panel voted for the greatest college players of the past five decades. Stewart and Cheryl Miller were selected as the top players over the past 50 years.<\/p>\n The UConn great won four straight national championships and was selected as the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four each time. She was presented with her trophy at center court by AP Global Sports Editor Josh Hoffner a few minutes before tipoff of the Liberty\u2019s game against the Dallas Wings.<\/p>\n Miller accepted her trophy at the Final Four in Phoenix last April at the \u201cThe AP Top 25 Fan Poll Experience<\/a><\/span>,\u201d which was held at Arizona State\u2019s First Amendment Forum in the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Stewart couldn\u2019t make that ceremony.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n