A’ja Wilson and Candace Parker were both unanimous selections for the 2020 All-WNBA First Team the league announced over the weekend. The honor is the first for Wilson and the sixth for Parker, who has appeared on nine overall between both teams. Joining them on First Team were Breanna Stewart, Courtney Vandersloot and Arike Ogunbowale.
First and Second Team voting is determined by a voting panel of 47 national sportswriters and broadcasters and was completed by the end of the regular season. Each player was selected by position and earn five points for First Team and three points for Second Team. Parker and Wilson both earned 235 points while Stewart tallied 233, Vandersloot 224 and Ogunbowale 190.
WNBA Voting Drama, Drama and More Drama!
#WNBATwitter erupted with questions as to why Breanna Stewart was not a unanimous selection as ONE media member voted her for Second Team. The one voter has yet to come forward with such fraudulence.
All-WNBA Second Team
The WNBA All-Second Team was made up of Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury), DeWanna Bonner (Connecticut Sun), Napheesa Collier (Minnesota Lynx), Skylar Diggins-Smith (Phoenix Mercury) and Myisha Hines-Allen (Washington Mystics).
This is the first All-WNBA Team honor for Hines-Allen and Collier, Bonner’s second and Diggins-Smith’s fourth appearance. Taurasi currently holds the most All-WNBA Team selections with 14 in total.
