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Beyonce, left, accepts the Innovator Award as presenter Stevie Wonder looks on during the iHeartRadio Music Awards, Monday, April 1, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

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FILE - Las Vegas Aces center A'ja Wilson, center right, holds up her MVP trophy after Game 4 of the WNBA basketball finals against the Phoenix Mercury, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)

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FILE - Las Vegas Aces center A'ja Wilson (22) holds up numbers to commemorate her WNBA career 5,000 points after the Aces defeated the Connecticut Sun in a WNBA basketball game Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in Las Vegas. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP, File)

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FILE - Las Vegas Aces center A'ja Wilson (22) grabs a rebound over Indiana Fever guard Aerial Powers (23) during the second half of Game 2 of a WNBA basketball playoff semifinals series Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

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FILE - Las Vegas Aces center A'ja Wilson (22) runs onto the court before Game 5 of a WNBA basketball playoff semifinals series between the Las Vegas Aces and the Indiana Fever, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

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FILE - Las Vegas Aces center A'ja Wilson reacts during the second half of Game 2 against the Seattle Storm in the first round of the WNBA basketball playoffs Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

A’ja Wilson stood atop the WNBA again, winning an unprecedented fourth MVP as her Las Vegas Aces earned a third championship in four seasons. For that, she earned The Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year for the first time. It’s the second consecutive year a basketball player won the award after Caitlin Clark was honored in 2024. A group of 47 sports journalists from the AP and its members voted. Wilson received 17 votes, tennis star Aryna Sabalenka was second with nine and Paige Bueckers was third with five.