Mercury's Bonner wins Sixth Woman Award

Mercury's Bonner wins Sixth Woman Award

Published Oct. 22, 2009 1:01 a.m. ET

Phoenix Mercury guard/forward DeWanna Bonner has been named the 2009 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year presented by Kia Motors. Bonner received 20 votes, more than all six of the other nominees combined, from a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters to earn the award.

She becomes the second consecutive rookie to receive the honor, following 2008 winner Candice Wiggins. The top three vote getters for 2009 Sixth Woman of the Year were all rookies as Atlanta Dream forward Angel McCoughtry finished second with 10 votes and Detroit Shock guard Shavonte Zellous finished third with four votes.

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