Congrats to Elena Delle Donne on 2015 WNBA MVP.
I know this is selfish but every EDD success rips at my heart a little bit because I did not get to see Her, Maya, Tina in the same line up- that would have been Epic!
Ouch!Must be something wrong with the Voting as the Pipeline to the WNBA; Notre Dame; doesn't have a player who received any votes
Must be something wrong with the Voting as the Pipeline to the WNBA; Notre Dame; doesn't have a player who received any votes
The best of the best. Congrats to Elena. What impresses me most about her season was doubling her rebounding average. Shooting 95% on FTs is also very impressive. I still want to see her play with Maya and Tina.Well deserved, IMO.
Here's the list since the first award in 1997:
Year Player Nationality Team
1997 Cynthia Cooper United States Houston Comets
1998 Cynthia Cooper (2) United States Houston Comets
1999 Yolanda Griffith United States Sacramento Monarchs
2000 Sheryl Swoopes United States Houston Comets
2001 Lisa Leslie United States Los Angeles Sparks
2002 Sheryl Swoopes (2) United States Houston Comets
2003 Lauren Jackson Australia Seattle Storm
2004 Lisa Leslie (2) United States Los Angeles Sparks
2005 Sheryl Swoopes (3) United States Houston Comets
2006 Lisa Leslie (3) United States Los Angeles Sparks
2007 Lauren Jackson (2) Australia Seattle Storm
2008 Candace Parker United States Los Angeles Sparks
2009 Diana Taurasi United States Phoenix Mercury
2010 Lauren Jackson (3) Australia Seattle Storm
2011 Tamika Catchings United States Indiana Fever
2012 Tina Charles United States Connecticut Sun
2013 Candace Parker (2) United States Los Angeles Sparks
2014 Maya Moore United States Minnesota Lynx
2015 EDD
Breathing some pretty rarefied air, to be on that list ...
That's actually very good news for Kiah in the RoY voting because like Kiah in the rookies' contest, EDD had a huge lead over all the other players in the Win Shares category, beating out Maya by 8.7 to 6.3. So obviously the main thing that the voters are using to decide these awards has to be Win Shares.
Maya was second in the voting and Tina third, according to the WNBA website:
Points Player Team First-Place Votes
385 points - Elena Delle Donne Chicago Sky (38 first place votes)
246 - Maya Moore Minnesota Lynx (1)
181 - Tina Charles New York Liberty
70 - Brittney Griner Phoenix Mercury
57 - Candace Parker Los Angeles Sparks
29 - DeWanna Bonner Phoenix Mercury
13 - Epiphanny Prince New York Liberty
10 - Angel McCoughtry Atlanta Dream
7 - Courtney Vandersloot Chicago Sky
1 - Nneka Ogwumike Los Angeles Sparks
Here's a link:
MVP Announcement
All 9 Americans. Do Bonner, Vandersloot and Prince have a shot at the Olympic team?
Vandersloot is definitely in the team pool and I think has a good shot, the other two, meh - too much competition in the wing position for them to get a serious look.All 9 Americans. Do Bonner, Vandersloot and Prince have a shot at the Olympic team?
\According to Doug Feinberg and ESPN
As Orang noted, Prince is on the Russian National Team, although I thought I heard they didn't make the Olympics? or maybe I'm confused.Vandersloot is definitely in the team pool and I think has a good shot, the other two, meh - too much competition in the wing position for them to get a serious look.