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A’ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces and Indiana Fever rookie sensation Caitlin Clark led the way in the first round of All-Star voting results released by the WNBA on Friday.
The top five was rounded out by Clark’s Fever teammate Aliyah Boston, New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart and Arike Ogunbowale of the Dallas Wings:
Another notable inclusion in the top 10 is Chicago Sky rookie forward Angel Reese, who is seventh in the voting after going seventh overall in the 2024 WNBA draft.
Voting is open until June 29, and the 2024 WNBA All-Star Game will be played July 20, pitting the WNBA All-Stars against the 2024 United States Olympic women’s basketball team.
Earlier this month, the U.S. women’s basketball team that will compete in the Summer Games in Paris was announced, and it features the following WNBA stars:
Of those players, five of them are among the top 10 current vote getters, but their voting results won’t impact their All-Star status either way since they will represent Team USA in the game.
Aside from Team USA players, Clark is the leading vote getter thus far, followed by Boston, Ogunbowale, Reese and Dearica Hamby of the Los Angeles Sparks.
The decision to leave Clark off of Team USA was a highly controversial one given her status as the most popular player in the WNBA.
Clark established herself as the all-time leading scorer in Division I college basketball during her time at the University of Iowa, won back-to-back National College Player of the Year awards and led the Hawkeyes to the National Championship Game in consecutive years.
She was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft as a result, and while her rookie year has had some ups and downs thus far, she has put up strong numbers, averaging 16.3 points, 6.2 assists, 5.5 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game for a 6-10 Fever team that has won four of its past five games and three in a row.
Assuming Clark maintains her positioning in the voting and is part of the WNBA All-Stars in the All-Star Game, she will have a golden opportunity to show why she perhaps should have been selected to Team USA.
There will also be added intrigue if Reese is chosen for the WNBA All-Stars since they have been viewed as on-court rivals in recent years and met in the NCAA National Championship Game two years ago with Reese’s LSU Tigers beating Clark’s Hawkeyes.