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


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

Clark, the league’s rookie of the year, finished fourth in the balloting of 67 sportswriters and broadcasters, getting 52 first-team votes.

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.

Breanna Stewart (New York Liberty) and Alyssa Thomas (Connecticut Sun) were also first-team selections.

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

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