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Another National Award For A'ja Wilson

A'ja Wilson continues to add to her list of national awards as she has been named the winner of the Honda Sport Award for Basketball.

On the day she is expected to be the number one pick in the WNBA Draft, South Carolina senior forward A'ja Wilson has added another award to her seven national player of the year awards.

The Heathwood Hall graduate has been named by the Collegiate Women Sports Awards as the winner of the Honda Sport Award for Basketball. She was chosen by a vote of administrators from more than 1,000 NCAA member schools. She is now a finalist for the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year award and the Honda Cup which will be presented on Monday, June 25, in a live broadcast from Los Angeles on the CBS Sports Network.

“So many great players have won this award, including Coach [Dawn] Staley, and I’m honored to have my name added to that list,” Wilson said.

“For the last four years, I’ve been on an amazing journey, and closing my college career with these awards has been an added blessing and a great way to end that part of my basketball life."

Wilson is in New York City for the WNBA Draft where she is expected to be chosen with the first pick by the Las Vegas Aces.

The unanimous national player of the year in women's college basketball, Wilson ranked seventh in the nation with 22.6 points per game, while her 11.8 rebounds per game was 11th in the nation and her 3.18 blocked shots average was fifth. She was the only player in the nation ranked among the top 30 of all three categories.

She is a three-time unanimous First-Team All-American and the only three-time SEC Player of the Year in league history. She is the Gamecocks’ all-time leading scorer and one of 13 players in SEC history to record at least 2,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds. With a school-record 363 career blocks, Wilson is the 10th player in NCAA Div. I history to amass at least 2,000 points and 300 blocks in her career. She leaves South Carolina holding 62 school records and ranking in the program’s all-time top five 114 times.

The CWSA, in its 42nd year, honors the nation’s top NCAA women athletes in 12 sports recognizing superior athletic skills, leadership, academic excellence and eagerness to participate in community service. Since commencing its sponsorship in 1986, Honda has provided more than $3.1 million in institutional grants to the award winners and nominees to support women’s athletics programs at the institutions.

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