Diamond Miller of the Lynx was named WNBA Rookie of the Month for July.
This is the seventh time in team history that a Lynx player has received the honor, a group that includes Crystal Dangerfield (twice in 2020), Napheesa Collier (July 2019), Maya Moore (twice in 2011) and Candace Wiggins (June 2008). All but Wiggins won the league’s Rookie of the Year award.
Miller, a 6-3 forward, averaged 13.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.1 steals in 26.5 minutes in July.
She leads WNBA rookies in free throw percentage (.814) and is second in scoring (13.2 per game), assists (2.9) and field goal percentage (.405). Indiana’s Aliyah Boston, the No. 1 overall draft pick, is the leading rookie in scoring (14.1).
Miller, 22, was the second overall pick in the 2023 draft out of Maryland. She helped the Lynx to wins over New York and Connecticut this weekend in the absence of All-Star guard Collier.
