Get her another Infinity Gauntlet. A'ja Wilson's win streak continues with AP Female Athlete of the Year

A’ja Wilson is i’nevitable.

Following a historical title season, the WNBA All-Star was named the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year connected Wednesday. It’s the latest accolade acknowledging Wilson’s unprecedented twelvemonth that saw her named the league’s astir invaluable subordinate for a grounds 4th time, arsenic good arsenic co-defensive subordinate of the twelvemonth and finals MVP.

“It’s an grant erstwhile you deliberation astir the radical of women who person won before,” Wilson said to the AP. “Just to person my sanction beryllium a portion of it, I’m blessed.”

The Las Vegas Aces forward, who led her squad to its 3rd title successful 4 years, is conscionable the 5th hoops subordinate to beryllium recognized for the grant pursuing Sheryl Swoopes (1993), Rebecca Lobo (1995), Candace Parker (2008, 2021) and Caitlin Clark (2024).

Wilson is the archetypal subordinate successful WNBA oregon NBA past to triumph the championship; beryllium named Finals MVP, league MVP and DPOY; and assertion the scoring rubric successful the aforesaid season. In June, she besides became the fastest subordinate to ever scope the 5,000-point milestone successful the league.

To observe collecting an array of on-court achievements this season, Wilson donned a replica of Thanos’ Infinity Gauntlet during the Aces’ triumph parade successful October. Under each of the aureate glove’s six Infinity Stones — which took the iconic Marvel Cinematic Universe villain an full 23-film saga to cod and unleash — Wilson reportedly wrote down a antithetic play honor.

“When you’ve collected everything, that’s Thanos,” Wilson said to Time, which named her the outlet’s Athlete of the Year connected Tuesday. “And this year, I collected everything. I don’t truly speech overmuch [s—]. ... I benignant of fto my crippled bash it. This was my biggest infinitesimal of doing it, due to the fact that nary one’s ever done what I’ve done. And I deliberation radical truly needed to recognize that.”

It appears Wilson volition request to procure different gauntlet conscionable to commemorate her galore accomplishments disconnected of the hoops tribunal arsenic well. In February, the erstwhile Gamecock standout saw her alma mater South Carolina bent her assemblage jersey successful the rafters. In May, the two-time Olympic golden medalist saw the archetypal batch of her Nike signature footwear merchantability retired successful a day. The bestselling writer was besides precocious revealed arsenic a subordinate of the 2026 Met Gala’s big committee.

In summation to being the WNBA’s lone four-time MVP and a three-time champion, Wilson is simply a two-time Finals MVP, a three-time DPOY and a seven-time All Star. And she’s conscionable getting started.

“I’m conscionable going to proceed to beryllium wherefore I’m 1 of the top and wherefore my squad is portion of a dynamic dynasty,” Wilson told the AP.