Las Vegas Aces forward Aja Wilson named WNBA Most Valuable Player

Reuters

Aja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces will be playing in the WNBA championship finalReuters

Las Vegas Aces forward Aja Wilson (26) 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.

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 (28) (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.

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.

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