It’s official: Veronica Burton has won the WNBA’s Most Improved Player award, voted on by a panel of media members. Burton won 68 of 72 first-place votes, with Azura Stevens (2 votes), Allisha Gray (1 vote), and Natisha Hiedeman (1 vote) receiving the remaining votes.
WNBA reveals its least surprising award winner
Golden State Valkyries guard Veronica Burton earned the league’s Most Improved Player award.
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Noa Dalzell is a senior writer covering the WNBA and all of women’s basketball for Breakaway, SB Nation’s women’s sports vertical, as well as the Celtics for CelticsBlog.
Burton, who averaged 11.9 points, 6 assists, and 1.1 steals for the Golden State Valkyries, led the expansion team on both ends en route to a playoff berth.
She was SB Nation’s vote for Most Improved, which we explain here:
On Wednesday, Burton and the Valkyries will look to bounce back from Sunday’s Game 1 loss to the Minnesota Lynx.
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