Timeline A'ja Wilson

Las Vegas Aces centre with four WNBA MVP awards and three titles. A national champion at South Carolina under Dawn Staley, she also won two Olympic golds with Team USA.

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1996 A'ja Wilson born in Columbia A'ja Wilson is born in Columbia, South Carolina.
2014 A'ja Wilson joins South Carolina The top high-school recruit in the country chooses her home-state Gamecocks under Dawn Staley.
2017 A'ja Wilson wins the NCAA title Wilson leads South Carolina to its first national championship and is named Final Four Most Outstanding Player.
2018 A'ja Wilson drafted first by Las Vegas The Las Vegas Aces take Wilson with the first pick of the WNBA draft.
2018 A'ja Wilson named Rookie of the Year Wilson is the WNBA Rookie of the Year.
2018 A'ja Wilson wins the World Cup with Team USA Wilson is part of the US team that wins the FIBA World Cup in Spain.
2020 A'ja Wilson wins her first MVP award Wilson is named WNBA Most Valuable Player in the bubble season.
2021 A'ja Wilson statue unveiled at South Carolina South Carolina unveils a bronze statue of Wilson outside its arena.
2021 A'ja Wilson wins Olympic gold in Tokyo Wilson wins her first Olympic gold medal with Team USA.
2022 A'ja Wilson wins her first WNBA title Wilson adds the championship to her second MVP and Defensive Player of the Year awards.
2022 A'ja Wilson named World Cup MVP Wilson is MVP as the US win the World Cup in Sydney.
2023 A'ja Wilson scores 53 points Wilson ties the WNBA single-game scoring record with 53 points against Atlanta.
2023 A'ja Wilson wins a second straight title The Aces become the first repeat WNBA champions in more than 20 years.
2024 A'ja Wilson wins Olympic gold in Paris Wilson is the leading scorer as the US win an eighth straight Olympic gold.
2024 A'ja Wilson scores 1,000 points in a season Wilson becomes the first WNBA player to score 1,000 points in a season and wins a third MVP.
2025 A'ja Wilson becomes fastest to 5,000 points Wilson reaches 5,000 career points faster than any player in WNBA history.
2025 A'ja Wilson launches the Nike A'One Nike releases Wilson's signature shoe, its first for a Black WNBA player in more than two decades.
2025 A'ja Wilson wins a third title and record fourth MVP Wilson wins the title, Finals MVP, league MVP, Defensive Player of the Year and the scoring title in one season.