Women's National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player Award

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The WNBA Most Valuable Player Award is an annual award is given by the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) to the WNBA player who is the most valuable league-wide to her individual team in regular season competition. The winner of the award is determined by the votes of a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. The distinction is normally awarded during the playoffs of that year.

Contents 1 Most Valuable Players 2 Trivia 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Most Valuable Players

Year	Player	Team
1997	Cynthia Cooper	Houston Comets
1998	Cynthia Cooper (2)	Houston Comets
1999	Yolanda Griffith	Sacramento Monarchs
2000	Sheryl Swoopes	Houston Comets
2001	Lisa Leslie	Los Angeles Sparks
2002	Sheryl Swoopes (2)	Houston Comets
2003	Lauren Jackson	Seattle Storm
2004	Lisa Leslie (2)	Los Angeles Sparks
2005	Sheryl Swoopes (3)	Houston Comets
2006	Lisa Leslie (3)	Los Angeles Sparks
2007	Lauren Jackson (2)	Seattle Storm

[edit] Trivia

• Sheryl Swoopes won the award for a record third time in 2005 by the closest margin in league history. She had a total of 327 votes, while runner-up Lauren Jackson had 325 votes. She also became the second player in WNBA history to win both the All-Star Game MVP award and the regular season MVP award in the same season.
• Only once has a player from the Eastern Conference won the award, that being Cooper of the Houston Comets in 1997—the year before the Comets moved into the Western Conference.

[edit] See also

• Category:Women's National Basketball Association seasons
• WNBA Coach of the Year
• WNBA Finals MVP
• WNBA Defensive Player of the Year
• WNBA Most Improved Player
• WNBA Rookie of the Year
• Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award

[edit] References

• Swoopes Named 2005 WNBA MVP. Retrieved on September 18, 2005.