WNBA Rookie of the Year Award

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WNBA Rookie of the Year Award

The Women's National Basketball Association's Rookie of the Year Award is an annual Women's National Basketball Association

Women's National Basketball Association

The Women's National Basketball Association has 13 teams and is an organization governing a professional basketball league for women in the United States....
(WNBA) award given since the 1998 WNBA season

1998 WNBA season

The 1998 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's second season. The 1998 season saw two expansion teams join the league, the Detroit Shock and Washington Mystics....
, to the top rookie

Rookie

Rookie is a terminology for a person who is in their first year of play of their sport and has little or no professional experience. The term also has the more general meaning of anyone new to a profession, training or activity , or occasionally to a freshman ....
of the regular season. The winner is selected by a panel of sportswriters throughout the United States

United States

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, each of whom casts a vote for first, second and third place selections. Each first-place vote is worth five points; each second-place vote is worth three points; and each third-place vote is worth one point.

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The Women's National Basketball Association's Rookie of the Year Award is an annual Women's National Basketball Association

Women's National Basketball Association

1998 WNBA season

Rookie

United States

Candace Parker

Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the Women's National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Sparks. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008 WNBA Draft....
. Candace Parker

Candace Parker

WNBA Most Valuable Player Award

The Women's National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player is an annual Women's National Basketball Association award given since the league's 1997 WNBA season....
(MVP) in the same season. In the NBA, only Wilt Chamberlain

Wilt Chamberlain

Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain , nicknamed Wilt the Stilt, The Big Dipper, and Chairman of the Boards, was an American professional National Basketball Association basketball player for the Philadelphia Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers; and also played for the Harlem Globetrotters....
and Wes Unseld

Wes Unseld

Westley Sissel "Wes" Unseld is an American former basketball player. He spent his entire NBA career with the Washington Wizards, and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1988....
accomplished that feat.

Rookie of the Year

Year	Player	Team
1998 1998 WNBA season The 1998 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's second season. The 1998 season saw two expansion teams join the league, the Detroit Shock and Washington Mystics....	Tracy Reid Tracy Reid Tracy Reid is a former professional basketball player.Reid attended college at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated in 1998....	Charlotte Sting Charlotte Sting The Charlotte Sting was once a Women's National Basketball Association franchise based in Charlotte, North Carolina and it was one of the league's eight original teams....
1999 1999 WNBA season The 1999 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's third season. The 1999 season saw two expansion teams join the league, the Minnesota Lynx and Orlando Miracle....	Chamique Holdsclaw Chamique Holdsclaw Chamique Shaunta Holdsclaw is a professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association under a contract with the Atlanta Dream....	Washington Mystics Washington Mystics The Washington Mystics is a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. They started play in 1998, the second year of the WNBA and are one of the WNBA's first expansion franchises....
2000 2000 WNBA season The 2000 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's fourth season. The 2000 season saw four expansion teams join the league, the Indiana Fever, Miami Sol, Portland Fire, and Seattle Storm....	Betty Lennox Betty Lennox Betty Bernice Lennox is an United States professional basketball player currently playing for the Atlanta Dream in the WNBA. Her nicknames include "Betty Basketball" and "B-Money."...	Minnesota Lynx Minnesota Lynx The Minnesota Lynx are a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and play their home games at the Target Center....
2001 2001 WNBA season The 2001 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's fifth season. The season ended with the Los Angeles Sparks winning their first WNBA championship....	Jackie Stiles Jackie Stiles Jackie Marie Stiles is a basketball shooting guard who set scoring records in college, and then played briefly in the Women's National Basketball Association ....	Portland Fire Portland Fire The Portland Fire joined the Women's National Basketball Association in 2000 as the counterpart to the National Basketball Association team the Portland Trail Blazers....
2002 2001 WNBA season The 2001 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's fifth season. The season ended with the Los Angeles Sparks winning their first WNBA championship....	Tamika Catchings Tamika Catchings Tamika Devonne Catchings is an American Women's National Basketball Association player who plays for the Indiana Fever and Poland team Lotos VBW Clima Gdynia....	Indiana Fever Indiana Fever The Indiana Fever is a professional women's basketball team that plays in the Women's National Basketball Association . The Fever are based in Indiana's capital and largest city, Indianapolis, Indiana....
2003 2003 WNBA season The 2003 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's seventh season. It was first season in which team either folded or relocated....	Cheryl Ford Cheryl Ford Cheryl Ford is a professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association, not to be confused with the former Seattle SuperSonics forward Sherell Ford....	Detroit Shock Detroit Shock The Detroit Shock is a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Detroit, Michigan. They were the 2008 WNBA champions.Debuting in 1998, they were one of the league's first expansion franchises....
2004 2004 WNBA season The 2004 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's eighth season. The league was decreased by one team as the Cleveland Rockers folded after the 2003 season....	Diana Taurasi Diana Taurasi Diana Lurena Taurasi is a professional basketball player who plays for the Phoenix Mercury in the Women's National Basketball Association....	Phoenix Mercury Phoenix Mercury The Phoenix Mercury is a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Phoenix, Arizona . The Mercury began in 1997 as one of the league's original eight teams....
2005 2005 WNBA season The 2005 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's ninth season....	Temeka Johnson Temeka Johnson Temeka Rochelle Johnson is an United States professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association....	Washington Mystics Washington Mystics The Washington Mystics is a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Washington, D.C., U.S.A. They started play in 1998, the second year of the WNBA and are one of the WNBA's first expansion franchises....
2006 2006 WNBA season The 2006 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's tenth season. The league added one team the Chicago Sky. On April 5 the Women's National Basketball Association held their draft....	Seimone Augustus	Minnesota Lynx Minnesota Lynx The Minnesota Lynx are a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and play their home games at the Target Center....
2007 2007 WNBA season The 2007 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's 11th season. On January 3, 2007 The Charlotte Sting folded. Three months later on April 4, the Women's National Basketball Association held their annual draft in Cleveland, Ohio....	Armintie Price Armintie Price Armintie Ada Price is an United States professional basketball player. Price, who played collegiately at the University of Mississippi, was drafted third overall by the Chicago Sky in the 2007 WNBA Draft....	Chicago Sky Chicago Sky The Chicago Sky are a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Chicago, Illinois. They began league play in 2006. Their home court is the UIC Pavilion....
2008 2008 WNBA season The 2008 WNBA Season was the Women's National Basketball Association's 12th season....	Candace Parker Candace Parker Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the Women's National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Sparks. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008 WNBA Draft....	Los Angeles Sparks Los Angeles Sparks The Los Angeles Sparks are a Women's National Basketball Association team based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1997, the Sparks are one of the eight original WNBA teams....

Trivia

Cheryl Ford
Cheryl Ford

Cheryl Ford is a professional basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association, not to be confused with the former Seattle SuperSonics forward Sherell Ford....
is the only player to win a Rookie of the Year Award and a WNBA title in the same year.
Candace Parker
Candace Parker

Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the Women's National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Sparks. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008 WNBA Draft....
is the only player to win both the Rookie of the Year Award and Most Valuable Player in the same year.
Candace Parker
Candace Parker

Candace Nicole Parker is an All-American basketball player for the Women's National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Sparks. She was drafted to the team from Tennessee in 2008 WNBA Draft....
is the only player to receive all possible votes for the award.