Sue Bird played a sport.
The Nancy Lieberman Award , named for Basketball Hall of Fame legend Nancy Lieberman , was given annually by the Rotary Club of Detroit in the Award 's first 14 years to the nation 's top collegiate point guard in women 's Division I basketball . 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 .