Chelsea Gray and Nneka Ogwumike Selected 2019 All-WNBA First and Second Teams

NEW YORK -- WNBA A Lot Of Valuable Player Elena Delle Donne of the Washington Mystics has been unanimously selected to the 2019 All-WNBA First String, the WNBA introduced Donne was the only gamer called to the First Team on all 43 ballots in ballot by a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. The 6-5 forward-guard ends up being the only 2018 All-WNBA First string option to repeat as a First string guest of honor in 2019. Signing Up With Delle Donne on the 2019 All-WNBA First Group are Chicago Sky guard Courtney Vandersloot, Phoenix Mercury facility Brittney Griner, Los Angeles Sparks guard Chelsea Gray and Seattle Storm forward Natasha Howard. This marks the first All-WNBA nod for Howard and the first option to the First Group for Gray and 2019 All-WNBA Junior varsity is composed of Connecticut Sun forward Jonquel Jones, Sparks onward Nneka Ogwumike, Las Vegas Aces center Liz Cambage, Sky guard Diamond DeShields and Minnesota Lynx guard Odyssey Sims. DeShields and Sims are making their All-WNBA for the All-WNBA First and Junior varsities was conducted at the conclusion of the normal period. Players were picked by position and got five factors for every First string ballot and three points for every Junior varsity ballot. If a gamer got ballots at several positions, she was slotted at the position where she received one of the most votes.2019 All-WNBA First TeamElena Delle Donne, Mystics: Delle Donne gained her fourth All-WNBA First string honor and fifth All-WNBA selection overall. The two-time WNBA MVP ranked 2nd in the organization in scoring, fifth in recoiling and 11th in obstructed shots. She ended up being the first WNBA gamer to contend least half from the area, 40 percent from three-point array and 90 percent from the totally free toss Vandersloot, Sky: This marks the 3rd All-WNBA selection for Vandersloot, a Junior varsity participant in 2015 and 2018. Vandersloot damaged her own WNBA documents for help average and total helps, winning her third successive assist title and fourth Griner, Mercury: Griner was named All-WNBA for the fifth time and All-WNBA First string for the 2nd time. She averaged 20.7 indicate win her 2nd scoring title in the last three periods and tied the Sun's Jones for the organization lead in obstructed shots with 2.0 per Gray, Triggers: An All-WNBA Second Team choice in 2017, Gray averaged 14.5 points and a career-high 5.9 assists this season. She was named a WNBA All-Star Video game starter for the very first time in her third successive All-Star Howard, Tornado: The 2019 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year balanced career highs of 18.1 points, 8.2 rebounds and 2.18 steals to select 1.74 blocks. She was voted to the All-Defensive First Team for the 2nd straight year and made her first All-Star option.2019 All-WNBA Second TeamJonquel Jones, Sunlight: Jones balanced 9.7 rebounds for her second recoiling title in four seasons, connected for the WNBA lead in obstructed shots with 2.0 per video game and added 14.6 factors to help Connecticut surface with the organization's second-best document. She was likewise picked to the WNBA All-Defensive Group for the first Ogwumike, Triggers: This is the 4th All-WNBA choice for Ogwumike, who was additionally honored in 2016 Sparks Jersey, when she was the organization's MVP. Currently a four-time All-WNBA honoree, Ogwumike ranked 9th in the WNBA in racking up, 4th in rebounding and fifth in Cambage, Aces: In her very first season with Las Vegas, Cambage balanced 15.9 points, 8.2 rebounds and 1.59 blocks. The 6-8 facility belonged to the All-WNBA First String in 2018, when she led the league in scoring and completed second in DeShields, Skies: A novice All-WNBA and All-Star selection in her second season, DeShields placed 8th in the WNBA in racking up and included 5.5 rebounds, 2.4 helps and 1.26 takes. She signed up with Vandersloot in aiding Chicago get to the playoffs for the first time given that 2016. Odyssey Sims, Lynx: In her first season with Minnesota, the six-year expert connected Gray for 13th in the WNBA in scoring and rated fourth in assists en path to her very first All-WNBA honor. A novice All-Star this season, Sims started all 34 ready the initial time in her honor of their accomplishments, each member of the All-WNBA First Team will get $10, 000 and each participant of the Junior varsity will receive $5, 000.