Las Vegas Aces' Tiffany Hayes Named 2024 Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year

October 4, 2024 - Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) News Release

NEW YORK - Las Vegas Aces guard Tiffany Hayes has been named the 2024 Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year, the WNBA announced today. She has earned the honor as the league's top reserve for the first time. To be eligible for the award, a player had to play more games as a reserve than as a starter.

Hayes received 38 of 67 votes from a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. Forward Leonie Fiebich of the New York Liberty finished second with 21 votes. Guard Shatori Walker-Kimbrough of the Washington Mystics received three votes and guard Marina Mabrey of the Connecticut Sun earned two votes. Forward Alysha Clark of the Aces, forward Jordan Horston of the Seattle Storm and guard Lexie Hull of the Indiana Fever each received one vote.

In her 12th WNBA season and first with the Aces, Hayes played in 33 of Las Vegas' 40 regular-season games, coming off the bench a career-high 28 times and starting five games.

Overall, she averaged 9.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 21.5 minutes per game. Hayes also made 40.2 percent of her three-point shots, ranking 10th in the WNBA in that category, and shot 50.0 percent from the field overall.

Among all players who came off the bench in more games than they started - and using the league qualifier of at least 28 games played when ranking the league's top scorers - Hayes finished first in total points (313) and points per game.

The 5-10 guard scored in double figures in 16 games and posted at least 20 points in three of the Aces' final 10 games of the regular season, including a season-high 21 points in a 98-84 win over Seattle on Sept. 19. She also recorded four or more rebounds 10 times.

Hayes, an All-WNBA First Team and WNBA All-Defensive Second Team selection in 2018, helped the two-time defending WNBA champion Aces (27-13) earn the fourth seed in the 2024 WNBA Playoffs presented by Google. Las Vegas will host the Liberty in Game 3 of a Semifinals playoff series tonight at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

Hayes is the fourth player to win the Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year Award as a member of the Aces, joining Clark (2023), Kelsey Plum (2021) and Dearica Hamby (2020 and 2019). In honor of her accomplishment, Hayes will receive $5,150 and a trophy designed to commemorate the achievement.

Below are the voting results for the 2024 Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year Award and the list of recipients since the award's inception in 2007.

2024 KIA WNBA SIXTH PLAYER OF THE YEAR VOTING RESULTS

Votes Player Team

38 Tiffany Hayes Las Vegas Aces

21 Leonie Fiebich New York Liberty

3 Shatori Walker-Kimbrough Washington Mystics

2 Marina Mabrey Connecticut Sun

1 Alysha Clark Las Vegas Aces

1 Jordan Horston Seattle Storm

1 Lexie Hull Indiana Fever

KIA WNBA SIXTH PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNERS

Year Player Team

2024 Tiffany Hayes Las Vegas Aces

2023 Alysha Clark Las Vegas Aces

2022 Brionna Jones Connecticut Sun

2021 Kelsey Plum Las Vegas Aces

2020 Dearica Hamby Las Vegas Aces

2019 Dearica Hamby Las Vegas Aces

2018 Jonquel Jones Connecticut Sun

2017 Sugar Rodgers New York Liberty

2016 Jantel Lavender Los Angeles Sparks

2015 Allie Quigley Chicago Sky

2014 Allie Quigley Chicago Sky

2013 Riquna Williams Tulsa Shock

2012 Renee Montgomery Connecticut Sun

2011 DeWanna Bonner Phoenix Mercury

2010 DeWanna Bonner Phoenix Mercury

2009 DeWanna Bonner Phoenix Mercury

2008 Candice Wiggins Minnesota Lynx

2007 Plenette Pierson Detroit Shock

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