Las Vegas Aces forward Alysha Clark was named 2023 WNBA Sixth Player of the Year, the league announced on Monday. The veteran forward was a key figure off the bench on an Aces team that set a new WNBA record for most wins in a regular season with 34 and earned the No. 1 seed in the playoffs.
Clark got 35 of the 60 votes from a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. DiJonai Carrington of the Sun and Dana Evans of the Sky finished second and third in the voting, respectively.
A second-round pick back in 2010, Clark has long established herself as one of the league’s best role players thanks to her versatile defensive abilities and strong 3-point shooting. The two-time All-Defensive selection spent the first nine seasons of her career with the Seattle Storm, where she helped the team win two titles, before signing with the Washington Mystics in 2021. After two seasons in the nation’s capitol, she decided to sign with the Aces in free agency last winter.
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