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Atlanta Dream star Rhyne Howard wins WNBA Rookie of the Year award

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Rhyne Howard, the No. 1 pick in the 2022 WNBA draft by the Atlanta Dream, was announced as the league's Rookie of the Year on Thursday.

Howard received 53 of 56 votes from a media panel and is the first top pick to win the award since Las Vegas' A'ja Wilson did so in 2018.

The Dream traded with the Washington Mystics to get the No. 1 pick, and it paid off as Howard, a 6-foot-2 guard out of Kentucky, excelled immediately at the pro level.

Howard averaged 16.2 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.6 steals in 31.3 minutes while starting 34 games, leading all rookies in points, assists, steals and minutes per game.

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