The 2022 WNBA Rookie of the Year Award belongs to the Atlanta Dream’s Rhyne Howard, the league announced on Thursday afternoon.
Howard received 53 of the 56 possible votes to put a bow on a fantastic rookie season in which she averaged 16.2 points per game, broke the rookie three-point record, earned Eastern Conference Player of the Week honors after her first week of games, and was named a WNBA All-Star.
With Howard winning Rookie of the Year, the award now returns to the draft’s No. 1-overall pick for the first time since 2018 when A’ja Wilson took home the honors.
It is also just the second time ever, and first since Angel McCoughtry in 2009, an Atlanta Dream player was named Rookie of the Year.
Here are some of the best moments from Rhyne Howard’s rookie season:
