Amid a 4-0 start to the 2025-26 season, the UConn women’s basketball team landed four players on the 50-player watchlist for the Wooden Award.

Redshirt senior guard Azzi Fudd, sophomore forward Sarah Strong and senior forward Serah Williams were selected after all three also made the preseason watchlists for the Naismith Trophy and Wade Trophy. Sophomore guard Kayleigh Heckel also made the list. UConn is one of four programs with at least four players on the watchlist, joined by LSU, South Carolina and UCLA.

Strong is considered a favorite to bring home national player of the year awards this season after earning second-team AP All-America honors and WBCA Freshman of the Year in 2024-25. She was named the preseason 2025-26 Big East Player of the Year and was the youngest player selected

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