It's official: USC women's basketball guard JuJu Watkins is the 2024-25 Wooden Award winner. Watkins, who was announced as the winner of college basketball's most prestigious award on Saturday, beat out UConn's Paige Bueckers, UCLA's Lauren Betts, Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo, Texas' Madison Booker and Kentucky's Georgia Amoore for the honor.

The Southern California sophomore guard won the John R. Wooden Award as the nation's outstanding women's basketball player on Saturday. She beat out UConn's Paige Bueckers, who won in 2021, by 46 votes. Watkins was honored as the The Associated Press player of the year on Friday.

USC star JuJu Watkins was named the winner of the John R. Wooden Award on Saturday, giving her a sweep of the major National Player of the Year awards. Watkins earned the award over fellow finalists Paige Bueckers (UConn), Lauren Betts (UCLA), Hannah Hidalgo (Notre Dame) and Madison Booker (Texas).