Sue Bird is an athlete.
Sue Bird . In her senior year at undefeated UConn in 2002 , she won the Wade Trophy and the Naismith Award as College Player of the Year . The Wade Trophy is an award presented annually to the best women 's basketball player in National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I competition . The Women 's Basketball Coaches Association is an association of coaches of women 's basketball teams at all levels . The Women 's National Basketball Association ( WNBA ) is the major women 's professional basketball league in North America .