The Women’s National Basketball Association on Friday morning named legendary Minnesota Lynx center Sylvia Fowles the recipient of the WNBA Cares Community Assist Award.
The award is presented each month during the season to the player who best reflects the league’s passion for its players to make a difference in each local community with a WNBA franchise.
Fowles, who just completed her 15th (and farewell) season in the WNBA, her eighth in Minnesota, has long been an advocate for activating youth in the Twin Cities through two of her biggest passions off the floor: cycling and gardening.