On Friday, the Associated Press announced that Washington Mystics center Shakira Austin was named the 2025 WNBA Comeback Player of the Year.
In the 2025 WNBA season, Austin played in 38 games, averaging 12.7 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.1 blocks per game. The season comes one year after she missed most of 2024 due to hip and ankle injuries.
