WNBA stars Caitlin Clark and A’ja Wilson have been named the Associated Press Rookie of the Year and the league’s Player of the Year, respectively.
The WNBA shared the information Sunday.
Clark scored probably the most factors in a single season for a rookie and broke the league’s help mark for the season as properly, in keeping with the AP. She made her skilled debut for the Indiana Fever in May throughout a WNBA preseason sport. On Sunday, she is going to make her first look within the playoffs in Connecticut because the league’s postseason begins.
“This recognition wouldn’t be doable with out an unimaginable group of teammates and coaches, and we’re wanting ahead to persevering with an thrilling common season within the postseason,” she advised the AP.
No girls’s basketball participant has beforehand obtained the type of consideration and adulation as Clark, the two-time collegiate nationwide participant of the 12 months out of Iowa and faculty basketball’s all-time main scorer.
Wilson turned the fourth participant in WNBA historical past to win Player of the Year three separate occasions. She was additionally the primary participant within the WNBA to rating 1,000 factors in a season. The Las Vegas Aces star performed for Team USA through the Paris Olympics, serving to the staff dominate Japan in a 102-76 win.
Wilson was additionally the AP’s unanimous selection for the Player of the Year award.
“It means loads,” Wilson advised the AP about her Player of the Year win. “The preparation you set in, the strategy I set myself up for this season.”
The South Carolina native is a two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time WNBA champion.