WNBA MVP A'ja Wilson reunites with college coach Dawn Staley for her first Olympic Games
Emily AdamsLas Vegas' A’ja Wilson still remembers her 12th birthday party. The opening ceremony of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing fell on her birthday, Aug. 8, so she decided to have an Olympic-themed celebration around the Games.
From her home in Columbia, South Carolina, Wilson watched the U.S. women’s basketball team win its fourth straight Olympic Gold medal. Now, the reigning WNBA MVP will celebrate her 25th birthday on the day of the closing ceremonies at the Tokyo Olympics, and she hopes she will be wearing a gold medal of her own.
“It would be crazy,” Wilson said. “I don't even know how to even say gold medalist at this point, but that added to my resume would be huge. I was just talking to one of my teammates about it, and we were like, ‘Are we getting the Olympic rings tattooed on us?’ I’m like ‘Yeah, we’ve got to. This is huge.’”