(LEX 18) — Former Wildcat Rhyne Howard is now the 2022 Associated Press WNBA Rookie of the Year!
Atlanta, GA: Home of the @AP 𝙍𝙊𝙊𝙆𝙄𝙀 & 𝘾𝙊𝘼𝘾𝙃 𝙊𝙁 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙔𝙀𝘼𝙍‼️ pic.twitter.com/cK1kfYYbYr
— Atlanta Dream (@AtlantaDream) August 16, 2022
This award should come as no surprise as she was named the WNBA's Rookie of the Month four months in a row.
ANOTHER ONE 🚨
For the 4th consecutive time this season, @howard_rhyne is your @KIA #WNBA Rookie of the Month 🙌#MoreThan pic.twitter.com/ZFJvLyHbCB
— WNBA (@WNBA) August 16, 2022
Howard was the WNBA's No. 1 Draft Pick for the Atlanta Dream. Although the Dream did not make it into the WNBA playoffs, Howard averaged 16.2 points per game, shooting 36.1% from the field.
During the season, Howard won WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week and AP Player of the Week in early May. She's the first rookie to win the award in the first week of their WNBA career since Tamika Catchings in 2002, and the first Dream rookie to ever earn the WNBA Player of the Week award.
Howard was a leader for Big Blue Nation in their historic 2022 Southeastern Conference Championship Tournament run and continues to be a leader in the WNBA.
The WNBA is set to release its league awards in late August.
