Jackie Young

Las Vegas Aces forward Dearica Hamby (5) and Las Vegas Aces guard Kelsey Plum (10) kiss the championship trophy after winning the 2022 WNBA Championship series between the Las Vegas Aces and the Connecticut Sun at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut, USA on September 18, 2022. Photo Credit: Chris Poss

‘We have to be scrappers’: How Las Vegas captured the 2022 WNBA title

By Matthew Walter / September 19, 2022

The Aces’ ‘buy-in factor… has been high’

The French U23 3x3 team poses with the trophy and medals after winning the 2022 FIBA Nations League Final.

Daily Briefing — Sept. 17, 2022: FIBA Nations League, Women’s Series headline thrilling week of 3×3 play

By Isabel Rodrigues / September 17, 2022

Plus: World Cup roster updates

Las Vegas Aces guard Chelsea Gray dribbles the ball as Washington Mystics guard Ariel Atkins defends.

What will it take for the Las Vegas Aces to win their first WNBA championship?

By Matthew Walter / September 10, 2022

Connecticut is all that stands between the Aces and a championship. What will it take for Las Vegas to defeat the Sun?

The Aces used multiple gritty performances to defeat the Storm and advance to the 2022 WNBA Finals

By Matthew Walter / September 7, 2022

It was by no means easy but behind some tough performances the Aces were able to win two games in Seattle

Locked on Women’s Basketball: Who needs home court? Storm and Sun both start the WNBA semifinals with road wins

By The Next / August 29, 2022

Alex and Jackie discuss Game One of the WNBA semifinals that ended in road wins for Seattle and Connecticut

Four pictures in a collage: on top, Las Vegas Aces wing Jackie Young has the ball at the top of her dribble while looking out the court; on the bottom-left, Minnesota point guard Moriah Jefferson drives downhill from the slot around a pick-and-roll screen from Lynx center Sylvia Fowles, who is beginning to roll after screening Dallas Wings wing Marina Mabrey off of Jefferson; on the middle of the bottom, Seattle Storm big Ezi Magbegor celebrates a teammate's three from the bench, while the crowd celebrates in the background; on the bottom-right, New York Liberty combo guard Sabrina Ionescu holds the ball above her head while releasing a jumper

The Next’s 2022 WNBA Awards: Most Improved Player

By Em Adler / August 29, 2022

The Next’s 2022 WNBA Most Improved Player is Las Vegas’ Jackie Young

Hammon wins 2022 WNBA Coach of the Year

By Matthew Walter / August 26, 2022

The six-time WNBA All-Star adds a new form of hardware to her trophy case

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What the Aces need to do to advance to their fourth straight WNBA semifinals

By Matthew Walter / August 17, 2022

While Phoenix knocked Las Vegas out of last year’s playoffs this season’s opening round series has a much different feel to it

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Defense is the number one thing that will decide the Las Vegas Aces’ fate in 2022

By Matthew Walter / August 2, 2022

Why the Aces will need to see more defensive performances like the one in their Commissioner’s Cup championship if they want that elusive first championship

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Locked on Women’s Basketball: Are the Las Vegas Aces too top-heavy? Becky Hammon, A’ja Wilson and Kelsey Plum tell us

By The Next / July 13, 2022

‘Jackie Young and I put in a lot of work in the offseason to prepare our bodies for this-strength wise and conditioning-wise Jackie is as good as anyone’-Kelsey Plum said