Tulsa Shock guard Skylar Diggins wins WNBA's Most Improved award
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Tulsa Shock guard Skylar Diggins is the WNBA's Most Improved Player of the Year.
The league announced Wednesday that Diggins received 29 of a possible 38 votes from a panel of national and local sports writers and broadcasters.
The No. 3 overall pick out of Notre Dame in 2013, Diggins averaged 8.5 points as a rookie. Her scoring average jumped to 20.1 this season, second-best in the league. She also averaged 5.0 assists, fourth in the league, and improved her field-goal percentage from 33 percent to 42 percent. She had 27 points and seven assists in the All-Star Game.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Washington's Emma Meesseman, Tulsa's Courtney Paris and Chicago's Allie Quigley tied for second with two votes apiece. Connecticut's Alex Bentley, Chicago's Jessica Breland and Phoenix's Brittney Griner each received one vote.