A'ja Wilson headlines 2026 All‑WNBA First Team as 2,000 searches recorded

According to Field Level Media and FOX5 Vegas, Wilson headlines the 2026 All‑WNBA First Team. Yahoo Sports also reports her comment, “Go make me a sandwich,” about the first time a male tested her as a female athlete.

Who is A'ja Wilson

A'ja Riyadh Wilson is an American professional basketball player born on 8 August 1996 in Columbia, United States. She plays for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association. Wilson previously played for the South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team from 2014 before joining the Aces in 2018. She stands 193 cm tall.

Lesser‑known facts

Wilson shares her 8 August birthday with physicist Paul Dirac and former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, both listed in the Index.

Twenty people in the Index were born in Columbia; the most recognised among them is film director Stanley Donen.

Her collegiate accolades include the John R. Wooden Award, Naismith College Player of the Year, Wade Trophy, Associated Press Women’s College Basketball Player of the Year and USBWA Women’s National Player of the Year, all earned in 2018, as well as SEC Player of the Year in 2016 and NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player in 2017.

Wilson appeared in the film Space Jam: A New Legacy.

She attended Heathwood Hall Episcopal School before studying at the University of South Carolina.