In April, Aliyah Boston became the Indiana Fever‘s first No. 1 draft pick. Monday, she was named the franchise’s second WNBA Rookie of the Year.
She is the fifth player to win the honor unanimously, joining A’ja Wilson (2018), Elena Delle Donne (2013), Tina Charles (2010) and Candace Parker (2008). Boston got all 60 votes from a media panel.
She is the third player out of South Carolina to be named the league’s top rookie, along with Wilson and Allisha Gray (2017). Boston was the sixth rookie to be chosen an All-Star starter.
Boston led the WNBA’s all-rookie team, which also included Seattle Storm guard/forward Jordan Horston (from Tennessee), Minnesota Lynx forwards Dorka Juhász (UConn) and Diamond Miller (Maryland), and Washington Mystics guard Li Meng (China).
The Fever’s other Rookie of the Year was Tamika Catchings in 2002. She was drafted No. 3 in 2001 but didn’t play that season due to a knee injury that prematurely ended her college career at Tennessee. Catchings went on to have an outstanding WNBA career for the Fever; they have not made the…
