NEW YORK, July 24, 2017– Tina Charles of the New York Liberty and Sylvia Fowles
of the Minnesota Lynx today were named the WNBA’s Eastern and Western Conference
Players of the Week, respectively, for games played July 17-23.
Charles earned Player of the Week honors for the 24th time in her eight seasons,
extending her record for the most such awards in WNBA history. This marks her
third Player of the Week award this season.
In New York’s one game last week, Charles finished with game highs of 28 points
and 17 rebounds as the Liberty defeated the visiting Connecticut Sun 96-80 on
July 19 to move within one game of the Sun and Washington Mystics for first
place in the Eastern Conference. With 15 defensive rebounds, the 2012 WNBA Most
Valuable Player equaled her season high set five days earlier against the
Chicago Sky.
Fowles was named Western Conference Player of the Week for the fourth time this
season. She raised her career total to 11 Player of the Week awards in 10
seasons.
Minnesota went 1-0 for the week behind Fowles, who posted game highs of 24
points and 12 rebounds in a 100-74 home victory over the Dallas Wings on July
19. The 2015 Finals MVP made 10-of-11 shots from the field to help the Lynx
improve its WNBA-leading record to 16-2.
Other candidates for the Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week were
the Atlanta Dream’s Brittney Sykes, Chicago’s Allie Quigley and Courtney
Vandersloot, the Los Angeles Sparks’ Nneka Ogwumike, the Seattle Storm’s Breanna
Stewart and Washington’s Kristi Toliver.
For more information on the WNBA Players of the Week, visit www.wnba.com/awards.
The 2017 WNBA regular season runs through Sept. 3. For more information on the
WNBA and game tickets, fans may visit www.wnba.com.
2017 WNBA PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Week Ending East Player Team West Player Team
5/21/17 Layshia Clarendon Atlanta Sylvia Fowles Minnesota
5/28/17 Epiphanny Prince New York Sylvia Fowles Minnesota
6/4/17 Tina Charles New York Diana Taurasi Phoenix
6/11/17 Tina Charles New York Sylvia Fowles Minnesota
6/18/17 Jonquel Jones Connecticut Candace Parker Los Angeles
6/25/17 Alyssa Thomas Connecticut Skylar Diggins-Smith Dallas
7/2/17 Jasmine Thomas Connecticut Candace Parker Los Angeles
7/9/17 Alyssa Thomas Connecticut Brittney Griner Phoenix
7/16/17 Stefanie Dolson Chicago Breanna Stewart Seattle
7/23/17 Tina Charles New York Sylvia Fowles Minnesota
