WNBA Rookie of the Year Award

The Women's National Basketball Association's Rookie of the Year Award is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the 1998 WNBA season, to the top rookie of the regular season. The winner is selected by a panel of sportswriters throughout the United States, each of whom casts a vote for first, second and third place selections. Each first-place vote is worth five points; each second-place vote is worth three points; and each third-place vote is worth one point. The player(s) with the highest point total, regardless of the number of first-place votes, wins the award.

The 2003 award winner Cheryl Ford and 2011 award winner Maya Moore are the only players to win both the WNBA Rookie of the Year award and a WNBA championship in the same season.

The 2008 award winner was Candace Parker who became the first player to win the award after garnering all possible votes and also the first player to win the WNBA Most Valuable Player Award in the same season. In the NBA, only Wilt Chamberlain and Wes Unseld have won the Most Valuable Player Award and Rookie of the Year Award in the same season.

The 2020 award winner, Crystal Dangerfield, is the first who was not chosen in the first round of the draft; she was chosen in the second round in 2020 as the 16th overall pick.

As of 2019, eight Rookie of the Year recipients have gone on to become a member of a WNBA championship team.

Winners

Season Player Position Nationality Team Draft Pick Year 1998 Tracy Reid Forward  United States Charlotte Sting 7 1998 1999 Chamique Holdsclaw Forward  United States Washington Mystics 1 1999 2000 Betty Lennox Guard  United States Minnesota Lynx 6 2000 2001 Jackie Stiles Guard  United States Portland Fire 4 2001 2002 Tamika Catchings Forward  United States Indiana Fever 3 2001 2003 Cheryl Ford Forward  United States Detroit Shock 3 2003 2004 Diana Taurasi Guard  United States Phoenix Mercury 1 2004 2005 Temeka Johnson Guard  United States Washington Mystics (2) 6 2005 2006 Seimone Augustus Guard / Forward  United States Minnesota Lynx (2) 1 2006 2007 Armintie Price Guard  United States Chicago Sky 3 2007 2008 Candace Parker Forward / Center  United States Los Angeles Sparks 1 2008 2009 Angel McCoughtry Forward  United States Atlanta Dream 1 2009 2010 Tina Charles Center  United States Connecticut Sun 1 2010 2011 Maya Moore Forward  United States Minnesota Lynx (3) 1 2011 2012 Nneka Ogwumike Forward  United States Los Angeles Sparks (2) 1 2012 2013 Elena Delle Donne Guard / Forward  United States Chicago Sky (2) 2 2013 2014 Chiney Ogwumike Forward  United States Connecticut Sun (2) 1 2014 2015 Jewell Loyd Guard  United States Seattle Storm 1 2015 2016 Breanna Stewart Forward / Center  United States Seattle Storm (2) 1 2016 2017 Allisha Gray Guard  United States Dallas Wings (2) 4 2017 2018 A'ja Wilson Forward  United States Las Vegas Aces 1 2018 2019 Napheesa Collier Forward  United States Minnesota Lynx (4) 6 2019 2020 Crystal Dangerfield Guard  United States Minnesota Lynx (5) 16 2020 2021 Michaela Onyenwere[1] Forward  United States New York Liberty 6 2021 2022 Rhyne Howard[2] Guard  United States Atlanta Dream (2) 1 2022 2023 Aliyah Boston[3] Forward  United States Indiana Fever (2) 1 2023 See also List of sports awards honoring women References "WNBA Rookie of the Year". Retrieved January 19, 2009. "Nneka Ogwumike, Glory Johnson Headline 2012 All-Rookie Team". WNBA. Retrieved 7 Oct 2012. Notes ^ "New York Liberty's Michaela Onyenwere Named 2021 Kia WNBA Rookie Of The Year". wnba.com. WNBA. October 5, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2021. ^ "Atlanta Dream's Rhyne Howard Named 2022 Kia Rookie of the Year". wnba.com (Press release). WNBA. August 25, 2022. Retrieved August 25, 2022. ^ "Indiana Fever's Aliyah Boston Named 2023 Kia WNBA Rookie of the Year".

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