A'ja Wilson
No. 22 – Las Vegas Aces
Position
Center
League
WNBA
Personal information
Born
August 8, 1996 (1996-08-08 ) (age 29) Columbia, South Carolina
Nationality
Listed height
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight
195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
WNBA Draft 2018 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st
Selected by the Las Vegas Aces
Pro career
2018–present (8 years)
Career history
2018–present
Las Vegas Aces
Career highlights and awards
3× WNBA champion (2022, 2023, 2025)
2× WNBA Finals MVP (2023, 2025)
4× WNBA MVP (2020, 2022, 2024, 2025)
2× WNBA Defensive Player of the Year (2022, 2023)
6× WNBA All-Star (2018, 2019, 2021–2024)
WNBA Rookie of the Year (2018)WNBA All-Rookie Team (2018)
4× All-WNBA First Team (2020, 2022–2024)
All-WNBA Second Team (2021)
3× WNBA All-Defensive First Team (2022-2024)
WNBA All-Defensive Second Team (2020)
WNBA Peak Performer (2024)
WNBA scoring champion (2024)
4× WNBA blocks leader (2020, 2022–2024)
Commissioner's Cup champion (2022)
2× Best WNBA Player ESPY Award (2023, 2024)
Best Female Athlete ESPY Award (2024)
2× USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year (2015, 2022)
FIBA Women's Olympics MVP (2024)
FIBA Women's Olympics All-Star Five (2020, 2024)
FIBA Women's World Cup MVP (2022)
NCAA champion (2017)
NCAA Tournament MOP (2017)
AP Player of the Year (2018)
Honda Sports Award (2018)
Naismith College Player of the Year (2018)
John R. Wooden Award (2018)
Wade Trophy (2018)
USBWA National Player of the Year (2018)
Lisa Leslie Award (2018)
3× All-American – USBWA, WBCA Coaches' (2016–2018)
3× First-team All-American – AP (2016–2018)
Third-team All-American - AP (2015)
3× SEC Player of the Year (2016–2018)
2× SEC Defensive Player of the Year (2016, 2018)
2× SEC Tournament MVP (2017, 2018)
4× First-team All-SEC (2015–2018)
3× SEC All-Defensive Team (2016–2018)
SEC Freshman of the Year (2015)
SEC All-Freshman Team (2015)
SEC Female Athlete of the Year (2018)
McDonald's All-American (2014)
A'ja Riyadh Wilson (AY-zhə; born August 8, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
Early life [ ] High school career [ ] Professional career [ ] Las Vegas Aces (2018–present) [ ] In 2018, Wilson was drafted first overall by the Las Vegas Aces . On May 20, 2018, in her career debut, Wilson scored 14 points along with 10 rebounds in a 101–65 loss to the Connecticut Sun .
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