We continue to distribute trophies in the WNBA. A'ja Wilson won MVP, Napheesa Collier won Defensive Player of the Year, DiJonai Carrington won Most Improved Player, and Caitlin Clark was named Rookie Of The Year. Tiffany Hayes is added to this list.
The Aces player has indeed just been crowned “Sixth Person of the Year”, or best substitute. With 38 votes out of 67she beat Leonie Fiebich of New York, who received only 21 votes.
Tiffany Hayes thus perpetuates the Las Vegas tradition in this area because, since 2019, the franchise has won five of the six “Sixth Person of the Year” trophies, with Dearica Hamby (twice), Kelsey Plum and Alysha Clark.
It is also a late coronation for the 35-year-old guard, former All-Star (2017), who was playing her 12th season in the WNBA (even though she had announced her retirement six months before…) and put on this substitute costume for the first time since his first two years in the league. She averaged 9.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists, with a nice 40% 3-point success rate.
