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Las Vegas (June 30, 2021)— The WNBA announced today that Las Vegas Aces center Liz Cambage and forward Dearica Hamby were named to the 2021 WNBA All Star Team which will take on the US Women’s National Team in the 2021 AT&T WNBA All Star Game at Michelob ULTRA Arena, July 14 at 4 pm PT. Teammates A’ja Wilson and Chelsea Gray are playing with the US National Team in preparation for the duo’s first Olympic Games.

Cambage is making her fourth All-Star appearance, averaging 14.8 points, 9.1 rebounds and 1.8 blocked shots per game in 2021 while connecting on 58.0 percent of her field goal attempts. Two games ago, the Australian native became the third player in franchise history to grab 20 rebounds in a game when she snagged a career-high 20 boards at Minnesota. She was the runner up in league MVP voting in 2018 when she led the WNBA in scoring, and finished second in rebounding. She also set the league single game scoring benchmark that season, pouring in 54 points vs. New York on July 17, 2018.

Hamby is making her first All-Star appearance, averaging 11.2 points and 6.1 rebounds per game this year, while making 52.2 percent of her shots from the field. She was named WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year in each of the past two seasons, and is on pace to retire as the most prolific bench scorer in league history. Over the past three seasons, the Wake Forest grad is averaging 11.7 points, and 7.1 rebounds, while connecting on 51.1 percent of her field goal attempts.

The 2021 AT&T WNBA All Star Game is one of many key elements of the celebration of the WNBA’s 25th season, which will continue to recognize the incredible achievements of players to date while also serving as a celebratory send-off of the WNBA players who will compete in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Serving as Co-Head Coaches of Team WNBA will be WNBA Legends Lisa Leslie and Tina Thompson. Both Leslie and Thompson are among the most decorated players in league history. Each was named to the WNBA’s All-Decade Team in 2006. Each also was among the honorees in 2016 when the WNBA unveiled its “Top 20@20” celebrating the 20 greatest and most influential players in its history. The USA Women’s National Team will be under the direction of Head Coach Dawn Staley, herself a member of the WNBA’s All-Decade Team.

As part of the league’s 25th season celebrations, the WNBA will also honor the gold-medal winning 1996 U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team with a special presentation during the game highlighting the impact the team had on women’s sports and the role it played in launching the WNBA.

The initial selection of the All-Stars was conducted through a combination of voting by fans (50 percent of the vote), current WNBA players (25 percent) and a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters (25 percent) from June 15 through June 27.

The top 36 vote-getters from that voting process who are not members of the USA Basketball 5×5 roster, were provided to WNBA Head Coaches who determined from that list, the 12 players who will play for the Team WNBA All-Stars. Coaches were not permitted to vote for players from their own team. Each coach was required to submit votes for five frontcourt players, three guards, and four additional players at any position. The list of top 36 vote-getters is available here.

Starters for AT&T WNBA All-Star 2021 will be determined by the respective head coaches of Team WNBA and the USA Basketball Women’s National Team.

As previously announced, the USA Basketball Women’s National Team will hold training camp in Las Vegas in July. If a player for the USA Basketball Women’s National Team is unable to participate in AT&T WNBA All-Star 2021, USA Basketball will appoint a replacement. Should a member of Team WNBA be unable to play for any reason, WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert will name a replacement.

For ticket information for AT&T WNBA All-Star 2021, log on to wnba.com/allstar.

AT&T is the Marquee Partner of the WNBA and is an inaugural WNBA Changemaker.

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