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Las Vegas Aces star A'ja Wilson rocked an elegant black and white two-piece dress at Wall Street Journal's 2024 Annual Innovator Awards which took place at the Museum of Modern Art in New York on Tuesday. Wilson also debuted a new shorter hairstyle and completed her look with black leather pumps.
Reacting to Wilson's outfit, USC Trojans star JuJu Watkins commented with a heart-eye emoji on the two-time WNBA champion's Instagram post, featuring snaps of her at the event.
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The event recognizes “leaders across industries who are changing the game in their fields,” and featured A'ja Wilson among various other notable attendees across industries. The 2024 WNBA MVP accepted the award for sports on behalf of the league for its meteoric rise in popularity in the past season.
As per WSJ, Wilson gave a speech after receiving the award and started on a humorous note. She remarked that she had sworn off coming back to New York after the New York Liberty eliminated the Aces' shot at a three-peat this season.
"I'm going to be completely honest with you guys, I'm a bitter and sore loser," Wilson joked.
Wilson further noted the difficulty faced by the WNBA to get mainstream recognition and cited their belief in the sport and their abilities as the only way to get through that hard time.
"...especially when others don't see the vision or deny your value."
A'ja Wilson and Angel Reese co-feature on WSJ cover
Despite the conclusion of the season, A'ja Wilson and Angel Reese made headlines with their feature on an upcoming issue of the Wall Street Journal Magazine. The WNBA superstars stood alongside each other for the cover image of the magazine's innovator issue for November.
As part of the issue, Wilson also compared Reese to herself and she praised the rookie on her on-court ability.
“I saw a little bit of myself in her. No matter what I do, I’m going to make sure that I go all out and give it 100%. I saw the motor that she has and was like oh yeah, that’s young A’ja for sure," Wilson said.
Both Wilson and Reese are expected to be among the dominant bigs in the WNBA for years to come.
