This story was updated. An earlier version included an inaccuracy.
Phoenix Mercury’s top scorer Kahleah Copper was named to the Associated Press All-WNBA Second Team on Sunday.
The AP revealed its 2024 season awards just hours before the playoffs’ first-round games, including the No. 7 seed Phoenix at No. 2 Minnesota. This is separate from the league’s individual year-end awards.
Copper finished the regular season as the league’s third-leading scorer averaging a career-high 21.1 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 2.3 assists. She finished the regular season with nine 30-plus point performances, second behind the 11 from the MVP A’ja Wilson of the two-time defending champion and No. 4 Las Vegas Aces. The MVP award was the one revealed by the league thus far.
The AP All-WNBA Second Team’s other four players are top seed New York Liberty’s Sabrina Ionescu, Dallas Wings’ Arike Ogunbowale, the No. 5 Seattle Storm’s Nneka Ogwumike, and Minnesota’s Kayla McBride.
The First Team consists of Wilson, No. 6 Indiana Fever superstar rookie Caitlin Clark, Minnesota’s Napheesa Collier, New York’s Breanna Stewart, and No. 3 Connecticut’s Alyssa Thomas.
In addition to Copper winning her first career gold medal with Team USA at the Olympics in August, this is the first time that the nine-year veteran guard Copper received All-WNBA honors. She’s the only Mercury player who earned league honors this season.
This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Mercury’s Kahleah Copper named to 2024 AP All-WNBA Second Team
