After following up her breakout 2021 campaign with another All Star-caliber season, Connecticut Sun forward Brionna Jones has been named the 2022 Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year
The league announced Thursday that Jones, 26, earned 53 of a possible 56 votes from a panel of national media members to claim the honor, handily beating out Sky forward/center Azurá Stevens and Mystics forward Myisha Hines-Allen.
Jones, a first-time All-Star and the WNBA’s Most Improved Player a year ago, made the most of her opportunities in a key reserve role for Connecticut this season. Despite returning to the bench in the wake of Alyssa Thomas’s return after starting all 32 games in the ’21 season, Jones responded by averaging an impressive 13.