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Fever's Caitlin Clark, Aces' A'ja Wilson named All-WNBA

Fever's Caitlin Clark, Aces' A'ja Wilson named All-WNBA

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark on Wednesday became the league's first rookie to be named to the All-WNBA first team since Candace Parker in 2008, while Napheesa Collier of the Minnesota Lynx and A'ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces were unanimous selections.

Breanna Stewart (New York Liberty) and Alyssa Thomas (Connecticut Sun) were also named to the first team.

Clark, the league's rookie of the year, received 52 first-team votes and was featured on 66 of the 67 ballots submitted by a national media panel.

She joins Parker, Sue Bird, Tamika Catchings and Diana Taurasi as the fifth rookie to ever receive this honor.

She started all 40 regular season games for the Fever, who went 20-20 and finished sixth in the league. She averaged 19.2 points, a WNBA-best 8.4 assists, 5.7 rebounds and 1.3 steals in 35.4 minutes per game.

Clark also made 122 3-pointers, leading the league and helping the Fever reach the playoffs for the first time since 2016.

Wilson, who was unanimously voted MVP by the league, earned a spot on the first team for the third consecutive season and fourth time overall. Collier, a three-time All-WNBA selection, was named to the first team for the second consecutive season.

The All-WNBA second team consists of Sabrina Ionescu (Liberty), Kahleah Copper (Phoenix Mercury), Nneka Ogwumike (Seattle Storm), Arike Ogunbowale (Dallas Wngs) and Jonquel Jones (Liberty).

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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