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Las Vegas, Nev. (FOX5) -What Olympic gold medalist, two-time WNBA champion and three-time WNBA M’VP, A’ja wilson Today he added another trophy to her case: 2024 US Basketball 5×5 Athlete of the Year after leading the US Olympic team to the US Olympics in 2024 in Paris.
Winning his third such honor, Wilson joins a short list of athletes who have won the US Basketball Award at least three times, including including Theresa Edwards., Lisa Leslie., Brea Stuart and Diana TaurassiS For the first time, she won it after performances at M’VP at the FIBA 2015 World Cup and the FIBA 2022 World Cup.
In France, Wilson is average of 18.7 points and 10.2 fights per game, both of them in second place in the US Olympic Record Books in the United States. She also guides the US into blocks (2.7) and steal (1.5) per game to join Cheryl Miller (1984) As the only two players in the history of the United States to lead Americans in four major statistical categories of the Olympics.
In addition, the third leading goal scorer in the games, Wilson has published 21 points and 13 rebounds in the 67-66 gold win of the United States over host France.
In 2024, his seventh season on WNBA, Wilson was declared the M’VP on the League for the third time, joining Lauren JacksonLeslie and Cheryl is ignited As the only players who have won the award three times.
Wilson is an average of 26.9 points, 11.9 rebounds, 2.58 blocked shots and 1.79 thefts in 34.4 minutes in 38 games. She is ranked first in WNBA, both in points and in blocks, second in struggles, fifth in thefts and fourth in minutes, putting maximum career in all five categories of game. Wilson also finished seventh in the League in a percentage of field targets (.518) and 17th in the free throw rate (.844).
6-4 Wilson broke WNBA’s one-season record for an average assessment, which was set by Phoenix guard Mercury Diana Tauras in 2006 (25.3 PPG). Wilson also set one -season records with 1.021 total points and 451 total struggles. She is the first player to lead WNBA in general points, struggles and blocks (98) per season.
During the regular season 2024, Wilson was named a player at the Western Conference of Kia WNBA four times (May, June, July and September) and the WNBA Western Conference player of the week six times (weeks 3, 6, 7, 10 and 12). Six-time WNBA All-Star, Wilson game for the US national team in the AT&T WNBA game in 2024 before leading the United States to gold.
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