University of Connecticut Athletics
Stokes Wins WNBA Championship with Las Vegas Aces
9/18/2022 6:57:00 PM | Women's Basketball
UNCASVILLE, Conn. – UConn women's basketball alumna Kiah Stokes won the 2022 WNBA Championship with the Las Vegas Aces on Sunday evening.
This is the first WNBA Championship for Stokes. She won the 2013, '14 and '15 NCAA Championships at UConn.
The Aces posted a 26-10 record in the regular season and earned the No. 1 seed in the WNBA Playoffs. Las Vegas went 8-2 in the playoffs. The Aces beat the Connecticut Sun, 78-71, in the final game of the season to clinch the title.
Stokes started all 10 of the Aces' postseason games. She averaged 7.2 rebounds and 3.7 points per game in the WNBA Playoffs.
Nineteen former Huskies have won a total of 33 WNBA Championships.
UConn WNBA Champions
2022 – Kiah Stokes (Las Vegas Aces)
2021 – Stefanie Dolson, Azurá Stevens (Chicago Sky)
2020 – Sue Bird, Breanna Stewart, Morgan Tuck (Seattle Storm)
2018 – Sue Bird, Kaleena Mosquesda-Lewis, Breanna Stewart (Seattle Storm)
2017 – Renee Montgomery, Maya Moore (Minnesota Lynx)
2015 – Kalana Greene, Asjha Jones, Renee Montgomery, Maya Moore (Minnesota Lynx)
2014 – Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury)
2013 – Maya Moore (Minnesota Lynx)
2011 – Charde Houston, Maya Moore (Minnesota Lynx)
2010 – Svetlana Abrosimova, Swin Cash, Sue Bird (Seattle Storm)
2009 – Ketia Swanier, Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury)
2008 – Kelly Schumacher (Detroit Shock)
2007 – Kelly Schumacher, Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury)
2006 – Swin Cash (Detroit Shock)
2004 – Sue Bird (Seattle Storm)
2003 – Swin Cash (Detroit Shock)
2000 – Jennifer Rizzotti (Houston Comets)
1999 – Jennifer Rizzotti, Kara Wolters (Houston Comets)
