Last year, Washington Mystics forward Emma Meesseman placed third in Belgium’s Female Athlete of the Year award (Sportvrouw van het jaar in Dutch or Sportive de l’année in French). The winner was gymnast Nina Derwael and the runner up was heptathlete Nafi Thiam.
This year, the three athletes are likely going to be nominated again in this year’s Sportgala*/Gala du Sport. So after two consecutive years where Meesseman came up a distant third, does she have a chance to win it all? After all, she’s the WNBA Finals MVP. The Mystics are WNBA champions.