Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve received a pair of prime WNBA awards and ahead Napheesa Collier was named the Defensive Participant of the 12 months, the league introduced Sunday.
Reeve was honoured as Coach of the 12 months and Govt of the 12 months after main the Lynx to a 30-10 common season and a sweep of the Phoenix Mercury within the first spherical of the playoffs.
With the glory, Reeve, 58, turns into the primary particular person to win Coach of the 12 months 4 occasions, additionally named in 2011, 2016 and 2020. That is her second Govt of the 12 months title following her 2019 win.
In her fifteenth season as the top coach of the Lynx, Reeve acquired 62 of 67 votes from a nationwide media panel for the teaching award. Sandy Brondello of the New York Liberty received 4 votes, and Indiana Fever coach Christie Sides was named on one poll.
As for Collier, that is her first Defensive Participant of the 12 months award. She acquired 36 of 67 votes, with A’ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces second with 26.
Collier, 28, is in her sixth WNBA season and began all 34 of her video games performed. She ranked second within the league in steals per sport (1.91), third in rebounds (9.7), fourth in defensive rebounds (7.5) and seventh in blocked photographs (1.41).
The four-time All-Star had 10 defensive rebounds or extra in seven video games. She had eight steals on June 14 in opposition to the Los Angeles Sparks.
The Lynx completed the common season second within the league with fewest factors allowed (75.6).
Minnesota opens the semifinal spherical of the WNBA playoffs in a quest for its fifth league title Sunday evening in opposition to the Connecticut Solar.