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According to Jamaicans.com, Jamaican-American basketball star Olivia Miles has capped a record-breaking debut season with one of the WNBA’s top honours, being unanimously named the 2026 Kia WNBA Rookie of the Year. The 23-year-old Minnesota Lynx guard received all 74 votes from a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters, becoming the sixth player in Lynx history to win the award. Miles, who was selected second overall by Minnesota in the 2026 WNBA Draft, quickly established herself as one of the league’s standout young players. She started all 40 games of her rookie season, averaging 19.8 points, 6.0 assists, 4.7 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game. She also rewrote the WNBA record books, scoring 790 points to break Caitlin Clark’s previous record of 769 for the most points by a rookie in a single season. Her 22 games with at least 20 points also established a new rookie record, surpassing the 20 set by former
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