{"id":741541,"date":"2026-07-03T20:45:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T20:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/741541\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T20:45:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T20:45:27","slug":"las-vegas-aces-aja-wilson-extends-wnba-accolades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/741541\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Aces A\u2019ja Wilson extends WNBA accolades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LAS VEGAS (<a href=\"http:\/\/fox5vegas.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"http:\/\/fox5vegas.com\/\">FOX5<\/a>) \u2014 Las Vegas Aces center A\u2019ja Wilson was named the WNBA\u2019s Western Conference Player of the Month for June, extending her league-record total to 15 monthly awards, according to the Aces organization.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The release said it is Wilson\u2019s second Player of the Month honor this season after also winning in May.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In June, the Aces went 9-2 while Wilson averaged a league-high 26.5 points and 10.3 rebounds, along with 2.9 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.8 blocks per game, the release said. Wilson shot 52.6% from the field and 81.6% from the free-throw line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">MORE ON FOX5: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5vegas.com\/2026\/06\/30\/amplified-vegas-sports-roundup-knights-fall-stanley-cup-final-aces-roll-raiders-prep-camp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.fox5vegas.com\/2026\/06\/30\/amplified-vegas-sports-roundup-knights-fall-stanley-cup-final-aces-roll-raiders-prep-camp\/\">Vegas sports roundup: Knights fall in Stanley Cup Final, Aces roll, Raiders prep for camp<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The press release credited Wilson with eight 20-point games in June, including five 30-point performances, and said she led the league with six 20-point double-doubles during the month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Las Vegas Aces release also noted Wilson earned her 30th Western Conference Player of the Week award on June 16, trailing only Tina Charles\u2019 33 for the most all-time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to the release, Wilson previously won Western Conference Player of the Month in August and September 2020; June 2021; May and July 2022; June, July and August 2023; May, June, July and September 2024; August 2025; and May 2026. The WNBA said Charles is second with 12 Eastern Conference monthly awards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The release highlighted several standout performances, including a 34-point, 12-rebound, nine-assist game in a win over Seattle on June 8 and a 33-point, 10-rebound, five-steal performance at Phoenix on June 17.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KVVU. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS (FOX5) \u2014 Las Vegas Aces center A\u2019ja Wilson was named the WNBA\u2019s Western Conference Player of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":741542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[318660,318654,318657,318655,318659,99,434,318658,318656],"class_list":["post-741541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-aja-wilson-mvp-aces-center","tag-aja-wilson-player-of-the-month","tag-aces-june-record","tag-las-vegas-aces-aja-wilson","tag-las-vegas-aces-news","tag-sports","tag-wnba","tag-wnba-awards-2026-season","tag-wnba-western-conference-player-of-the-month"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=741541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/741542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}