Aces forward Wilson named WNBA Most Valuable Player
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[September 08, 2022]
(Reuters) - Las Vegas Aces
forward A'ja Wilson has been named the Women's National Basketball
Association (WNBA) Most Valuable Player after leading her team to
the top seed in the postseason, the league said on Wednesday.
Wilson, who previously earned the MVP honor in 2020 and last month
was named the Defensive Player of the Year, ranked fifth in the WNBA
in scoring as she averaged 19.5 points per game and was second in
rebounding with a career-high 9.4 per game.
The 26-year-old Wilson, playing in her fifth WNBA season, received
31 of the 56 first-place votes from a national panel of
sportswriters and broadcasters to finish ahead of Seattle Storm
forward Breanna Stewart (23 first-place votes).
The award was announced a day after Wilson's Aces beat Stewart's
Storm 3-1 in a best-of-five series to advance to the WNBA Finals.
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Las Vegas Aces center A'ja Wilson (22) laughs after defeating the
Connecticut Sun in game 5 of the WNBA semifinals at IMG Academy.
Mandatory Credit: Mary Holt-USA TODAY Sports
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Wilson joins three-time winners Lauren Jackson,
Lisa Leslie and Sheryl Swoopes and two-time MVPs Cynthia Cooper,
Elena Delle Donne and Candace Parker as the only players to win the
award multiple times.
(Reporting by Frank Pingue in Toronto; Editing by Toby Davis)
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