A’ja Wilson wrapped-up a historic 2025 season with another major honor , being named the Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year for the first time in her career.

The Las Vegas Aces star, who secured her fourth WNBA MVP and led the franchise to its third championship in four seasons, used the moment to address criticism and reaffirm her team’s ambitions.

“The way they talk about us, the way they talk about me, I'm ready for that, I'm ready for the noise,” Wilson said, as reported by Doug Feinberg of the Associated Press. “It's always going to be something. If we sit here and try to please everybody, we're going to go insane. I'm just going to continue to prove why I'm one of the greatest and why my team is part of a dynamic dynasty.”

Wilson became only the fifth basketball pl

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