Clark’s spectacular rookie year earned her ROY honors, while Collier wins DPOY after finishing second in MVP voting.
The WNBA began announcing its award winners earlier this week, with A’ja Wilson winning her third MVP award after a dominant, record-breaking season in Las Vegas and DiJonai Carrington taking home Most Improved Player after a terrific season in Connecticut.
That left two major awards still left to be announced, as Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year honors were yet to be officially handed out. However, on Friday, we learned who would win those two awards early after the WNBPA spoiled the ROY and DPOY announcements in a statement condemning USA Today writer Christine Brennan over her questioning of Carrington after accidentally poking Caitlin Clark in the eye in Game 1 of their first round series.
