//Former Gamecocks star A'ja Wilson named WNBA player of the year

Former Gamecocks star A'ja Wilson named WNBA player of the year

A’ja Wilson has been selected The Associated Press WNBA player of the year. The third-year star helped Las Vegas earn the top seed in the league’s playoffs. Wilson led the South Carolina Gamecocks to a national championship in 2017 under head coach Dawn Staley.Staley congratulated her former player on Twitter.Wilson’s teammate Dearica Hamby was the AP’s sixth woman of the year for the second consecutive