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A'ja Wilson

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Born
1996 (28 years old)

Birth Place
Columbia, South Carolina

Position
Power Forward

Status
Active

Ethnicity
Black

Team Number
22

Height
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

Weight
195 lb (88 kg)

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Sport
Basketball

Team
Las Vegas Aces

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United States Basketball Women

League
WNBA

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A'ja Riyadh Wilson (/ˈeɪʒə/ 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).

Wilson played for the South Carolina Gamecocks in college, and helped lead the Gamecocks to their first NCAA Women's Basketball Championship in 2017, and won the NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player award. In 2018, she won a record third straight SEC Player of the Year award, leading South Carolina to a record fourth straight SEC Tournament Championship, becoming the all-time leading scorer in South Carolina women's basketball history, and was a consensus first-team All-American for the third consecutive season. Wilson swept all National Player of the Year awards (Wade, AP, Honda, USBWA, Wooden, and Naismith) as the best player in Women's College basketball for 2018. In the 2018 WNBA draft, she was drafted first overall by the Aces.

Wilson won her first WNBA MVP in 2020, as well as her first Olympic Gold medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics. In 2022, Wilson helped lead the Aces to their first title in franchise history, a feat she repeated in 2023 while earning Finals MVP. On July 7, 2024, in a matchup against the Dallas Wings, she became the Aces' all time leading scorer in franchise history. She is also a New York Times best-selling author. She also won the gold medal in basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics. On September 15, 2024, A'ja Wilson became the first WNBA player to score 1,000 points in a season when she had 29 in the Las Vegas Aces' 84-71 win over the Connecticut Sun.

Career Honours

WNBA MVP 2024 Las Vegas Aces	WNBA All Star 2024 Las Vegas Aces	WNBA peak performer 2024 Las Vegas Aces	WNBA scoring champion 2024 Las Vegas Aces
WNBA blocks leader 2024 Las Vegas Aces	Basketball Olympics Gold Women 2024 United States Basketball Women	All-WNBA First Team 2024 Las Vegas Aces	WNBA All Star 2023 Las Vegas Aces
WNBA 2023 Las Vegas Aces	WNBA Defensive Player of the Year 2023 Las Vegas Aces	All-WNBA First Team 2023 Las Vegas Aces	WNBA blocks leader 2023 Las Vegas Aces
WNBA Finals MVP 2023 Las Vegas Aces	WNBA 2022 Las Vegas Aces	WNBA Defensive Player of the Year 2022 Las Vegas Aces	WNBA All Star 2022 Las Vegas Aces
All-WNBA First Team 2022 Las Vegas Aces	FIBA Womens World Cup 2022 United States Basketball Women	WNBA Commissioners Cup 2022 Las Vegas Aces	WNBA MVP 2022 Las Vegas Aces
WNBA blocks leader 2022 Las Vegas Aces	WNBA All Star 2021 Las Vegas Aces	All-WNBA First Team 2020 Las Vegas Aces	WNBA MVP 2020 Las Vegas Aces
WNBA blocks leader 2020 Las Vegas Aces	Basketball Olympics Gold Women 2020 United States Basketball Women	WNBA All Star 2019 Las Vegas Aces	WNBA All Star 2018 Las Vegas Aces
WNBA Rookie of the Year 2018 Las Vegas Aces	FIBA Womens World Cup 2018 United States Basketball Women

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