ATLANTA — Gonzaga women's basketball player Yvonne Ejim is officially on "Wade Watch." Ejim is one of 15 candidates name to the 2025 Wade Trophy watch list, which is presented to the best player in college women's basketball, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association announced on Tuesday.

Ejim is on multiple watch lists as the season begins including the Naismith Player of the Year, Katrina McClain Power Forward of the Year, Becky Hammon Player of the Year and the John R. Wooden Award. She was given All-WCC Preseason honors as well.

The Wade Trophy — now in its 48th year — is the oldest and most prestigious national player of the year award in college women's basketball. It is named in honor of the late, legendary Delta State University head coach Lily Margaret Wade, who won three consecutive national championships with the Lady Statesmen. First awarded in 1978 by the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD), now known as SHAPE America, the Wade Trophy has been presented to the WBCA NCAA Division I Player of the Year since 2001.
 
The Wade Watch list of candidates for the Wade Trophy is composed of players selected by the WBCA NCAA Division I Awards Committee. The committee will review the list midseason to determine if additional players will be added based on their play during the first half of the 2024-25 season. The winner of the award will be announced in April during the 2025 WBCA Convention in Tampa — site of the 2025 NCAA Women's Final Four.
 
About the Women's Basketball Coaches Association
The Women's Basketball Coaches Association is the professional association for coaches of women's and girls' basketball at all levels of competition. Founded in 1981, the WBCA offers educational resources that coaches need to help make themselves better leaders, teachers and mentors to their players; provides opportunities for coaches to connect with peers in the profession; serves as the unifying voice of coaches to those organizations that control the game; and celebrates those coaches, players and other individuals who excel each year and contribute to the advancement of the sport. Visit www.WBCA.org for more details about the Association.
 
Here is the complete 2024-25 Wade Watch list:

Name	Institution	Position	Height	Current Year
Georgia Amoore	Kentucky	G	5-6	Grad
Raegan Beers	Oklahoma	C	6-4	Junior
Lauren Betts	UCLA	C	6-7	Junior
Madison Booker	Texas	F	6-1	Sophomore
Paige Bueckers	Connecticut	G	6-0	RS-Senior
Audi Crooks	Iowa State	C	6-3	Sophomore
Yvonne Ejim	Gonzaga	F	6-1	Fifth Yr.
Rori Harmon	Texas	G	5-6	Senior
Hannah Hidalgo	Notre Dame	G	5-6	Sophomore
Kiki Iriafen	USC	F	6-3	Grad
Flau'Jae Johnson	LSU	G	5-10	Junior
Ta'Niya Latson	Florida State	G	5-8	Junior
Ayoka Lee	Kansas State	C	6-6	Grad
Aneesah Morrow	LSU	G	6-1	Senior
JuJu Watkins	USC	G	6-2	Sophomore