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Clean sweep! A'ja Wilson wins Wooden, becomes unanimous National Player of the Year | The State

A'ja Wilson is the unanimous national player of the year for women's basketball.

Wilson was named the winner of the Wooden Award at the ESPN College Basketball Awards on Friday, completing her clean sweep of every national player of the year award, a grand total of seven honors. She also earned the recognition from espnW, USA Today, the Associated Press, the USBWA, the WBCA and the Atlanta Tipoff Club, which awards the Naismith Trophy.

Since 2000, there have been 11 unanimous players of the year, including Wilson. She joins an elite group that includes Kelsey Plum, Breanna Stewart (twice), Brittney Griner (twice), Maya Moore (twice), Seimone Augustus, Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird.