After Monday's NBL Division Three honours, Tuesday's WNBL Division Two awards and yesterday's NBL Division Two selections, it's time for the standouts from D1W to shine.
As with the awards from previous seasons, each head coach from across D1W was invited to nominate a selection of their own players that they considered in the running for each accolade.
Each shortlist was then compiled centrally and sent back to the clubs involved, and each head coach was given the opportunity to allocate their votes across this year's shortlist (with teams unable to vote for their own players).
A first place vote was worth three points, a second place vote was worth two points, and a third place vote was worth one point, and the recipient with the highest number of points was the winner.
For Player of the Year, Team of the Year and British Team of the Year, coaches were given five votes to distribute rather than just three.
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This season's Wilson Player of the Year for WNBL Division One is Brent Bulls Lindsey Cleary.
With the Bulls losing leading light Judit Fritz for the second half of the regular season, Cleary did all she could to lead Brent forward, taking her side to within a whisker of the D1W title after a final day defeat to eventual champs CoLA.
Finishing fourth in overall efficiency, and third for points per game (19.8PPG), the American played a major part in her side's 17-5 record.
Despite her scoring prowess, Cleary was also third for rebounds this year at 10.5RPG, establishing herself as one of the league's most dominant inside players.
Shooting 46.3% for the season from the floor, and 80.2% from the free throw line, Cleary found a way all season long to produce regardless of how D1W opponents tried to slow her down.
CoLA's Jackson Gibbons is this year's Wilson Coach of the Year, claiming his sixth award after wins in in 2015/16, 2016/17, 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2023/24.
Taking the D1W title with a 19-3 record, Gibbons continues to earn the plaudits of coaches across the league for his leadership, getting the best from young stars like U19 Player of the Year Ayla Habbal, Adaora Dioramma, Debra Wilson-Osuide and the rest of the Pride roster.
MVP Cleary is joined in the league's Team of the Year by a pair of CoLA leading lights in the form of Chandera Jones-Aryeh (9.5PPG, 6.5RPG, 5.0APG, 3.1SPG) and young guard Ayla Habbal (16.5PPG, 5.7RPG, 4.3APG).
Last season's Player of the Season and D1W efficiency leader Harriet Welham (22.5PPG, 9.1RPG, 3.8APG) is also included after another standout campaign.
That just leaves one spot remaining for Anglia Ruskin's American forward Izabelle Booth (16.0PPG, 9.9RPG) as she rounds out the five after helping ARU to a top four finish.
Welham, Jones-Aryeh and Habbal all make the cut for the league's British Team of the Year, highlighting the strength of domestic talent on display in D1W.
There are two new additions, starting with Anglia Ruskin's Tia Freeman, who enjoyed a quality debut season with ARU to finish with 19.4PPG and 3.8APG on the year.
In her final season with Ipswich before heading to the States, forward Louisa Gibbins (10.9PPG, 10.8RPG, 3.9APG) was also recognised as one of only two players (Brent's Lindsey Cleary) to average a double-double across the campaign.
Whilst defensive work often goes unnoticed on the stat sheet, D1W coaches across the league took note of the output of Worcester's Nina Wallace this season.
Pulling down 5.3 defensive boards per game to go with a league-leading 4.1SPG, Wallace's defensive contribution was a huge asset to the Wolves in their return to D1W, helping her side sneak into the post-season as the #8 seeds.
After earning a spot in both the D1W and British Teams of the Year, it's no surprise to see CoLA's standout guard Ayla Habbal also collecting another accolade for the competition's best U19 player.
Helping to run the offence of the league winers, the talented young guard enjoyed a D1W third-best 4.3APG to go with her 16.5PPG, leading her side in efficiency for good measure.
With the former D2W Pool I outfit Worcester Wolves coming back into the top flight for 2024/25, it's no surprise to see the rest of D1W's side voting the West Midlands outfit as the best game day experience in the league.
After taking the same award in the D2M awards, Worcester University is clearly one of the top venues in the country to take in the game, with the club boasting a great offering for players and fans alike.
Today's awards continue the week of NBL and WNBL end of season honours in the lead up to this weekend's senior playoff finals at the National Basketball Performance Centre in Manchester.
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