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| Award | Named after | Field | Achievement | Source |
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| !Wade Trophy | Wade, MargaretMargaret Wade | Basketball | Player of the year in Division I women's college basketball, as chosen by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association | |
| Wakker Prize | Henri-Louis Wakker | Architectural history | Presented to a Swiss commune for development and preservation of architectural heritage | |
| Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology | Selman Waksman | Microbiology | ||
| Doak Walker Award | Doak Walker | American football | Outstanding running back in U.S. college football | |
| Walker Cup | George Herbert Walker | Golf | Challenge trophy contested by men's amateur teams representing the USA and Great Britain & Ireland | |
| Walkley Award | William Gaston Walkley | |||
| Wally !The Wally | Parks, WallyWally Parks | Auto racing | ||
| Wally Lewis Medal | Wally Lewis | Rugby league football | State of Origin player of the series | |
| Wanamaker !Wanamaker Trophy | Wanamaker, RodmanRodman Wanamaker | Golf | PGA Championship winner's trophy | |
| Warne-Muralidaran Trophy | Warne !Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan | Cricket | Perpetual challenge trophy awarded to winner of Test series between Australia and Sri Lanka | |
| Warren !Johnny Warren Medal | Warren, JohnnyJohnny Warren | Football (soccer) | Best player in the Australasian A-League, as determined by the league's players | |
| James Craig Watson Medal | James Craig Watson | |||
| James Watt International Medal | James Watt | |||
| Oswald Watt Gold Medal | Oswald Watt | |||
| Wheatcroft !Wheatcroft Trophy | Wheatcroft, TomTom Wheatcroft | Auto racing | Significant contributions to motorsport in the United Kingdom | |
| White !"Whizzer" White NFL Man of the Year Award | White, Byron "Whizzer"Byron "Whizzer" White | American football | Outstanding community service by a National Football League player. Similar to the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, but awarded by the players' union, the NFL Players Association, instead of the league. | |
| Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility | Norbert Wiener | |||
| Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics | Norbert Wiener | Mathematics | ||
| The Wigner Medal | Eugene Wigner | |||
| Prix Daniel Wildenstein | Daniel Wildenstein | Flat racing | Winner of the eponymous horse race | |
| Prince William Cup | Prince William, Duke of Cambridge | Rugby union | Challenge trophy between Wales and South Africa | |
| Ted Williams Award | Ted Williams | Baseball | Most valuable player of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game | |
| Wolf Prize | Ricardo Wolf | Agriculture, chemistry, mathematics, medicine, physics, and arts | Outstanding achievement in each of the named fields | |
| Wollaston Medal | William Hyde Wollaston | |||
| John R. Wooden Award | Wooden, JohnJohn Wooden | Basketball | Player of the Year Awards: Players of the year in NCAA Division I men's and women's college basketball High School Player of the Year Awards: Players of the year in each of the five subsections of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section, plus the CIF Los Angeles Section Legends of Coaching Award: Lifetime achievement by a men's or women's college coach |
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| George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award | Woolf, GeorgeGeorge Woolf | Horse racing | Awarded to a Thoroughbred jockey in the U.S. or Canada who exhibits the highest standards of professional and personal conduct on and off the track | |
| Wright Brothers Medal | Wright Brothers (Orville and Wilbur) | Aerospace engineering | Outstanding contribution | |
| !Wuerffel Trophy | Wuerffel, DannyDanny Wuerffel | American football | College football player "who best combines exemplary community service with athletic and academic achievement" | |
| Yashin !Yashin Award | Yashin, LevLev Yashin | Football (soccer) | Outstanding goalkeeper of the FIFA World Cup | |
| Yates !Yates Cup | Yates, H. B.H. B. Yates | Canadian football | Ontario University Athletics championship | |
| Young !Cy Young Award | Young, CyCy Young | Baseball | Most outstanding pitcher in both the National and American Leagues | |
| Yow !Kay Yow Award | Yow, KayKay Yow | Basketball | Outstanding character, on and off the court, by a Division I women's college basketball coach | |
| Ricardo Zamora Trophy | Ricardo Zamora | Football (soccer) | Goalkeepers with the best "goals-to-games" ratio in both La Liga and the Segunda División (Spain) | |
| !Zarra Trophy | Zarra, Zarra | Football (soccer) | Spanish national with the most goals scored in both La Liga and the Segunda División (Spain). Compare with the Pichichi Trophy, for the same accomplishment but open to players of all nationalities. |
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