NEW YORK, Aug. 30, 2018-- Two-time ruling WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Alana Beard of the Los Angeles Sparks leads the 2018 WNBA All-Defensive Team, the WNBA introduced called the 2018 WNBA Defensive Gamer of the Year, Beard obtained nine of a possible 11 All-Defensive First string elects from a panel of the organization's head trains. She made her fifth WNBA All-Defensive First string selection and nine All-Defensive nod is signed up with on the WNBA All-Defensive First String by Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner, Connecticut Sun guard Jasmine Thomas, Seattle Storm ahead Natasha Howard and Atlanta Dream onward Jessica WNBA All-Defensive Junior varsity contains Minnesota Lynx center Sylvia Fowles, Dream guard Tiffany Hayes, Lynx onward Rebekkah Brunson, Stimulates ahead Nneka Ogwumike and Washington Mystics newbie guard Ariel WNBA's 12 head trains selected First and Second Teams by position and were not permitted to choose gamers from their very own teams. Players gained five points for each and every First Group vote and three points for each and every Second Group ballot. If a gamer got votes at numerous settings, she was slotted at the placement where she got one of the most votes.2018 WNBA All-Defensive First TeamAlana Beard, Triggers: Beard was 4th in the WNBA in takes and helped Los Angeles do with the league's second-highest protective ranking. With 698 profession takes, she places 3rd on the all-time Griner, Mercury: A First string option for the third time, Griner led the WNBA in obstructed shots for the sixth consecutive Thomas, Sun: This notes the 2nd Very first Team choice straight for Thomas, who also made the Junior varsity in 2016. Natasha Howard, Storm: The 2018 WNBA Many Improved Player and newbie All-Defensive choice placed 2nd in the organization in blocks with a career-high 1.97 per video game. Howard's 67 blocks exceeded her overall from the previous three periods Breland Sparks Store, Desire: Making her All-Defensive debut, the seven-year professional was the WNBA's third-leading shot-blocker this season.2018 WNBA All-Defensive Second TeamSylvia Fowles, Lynx: Currently a nine-time All-Defensive option, Fowles established single-season records for recoiling ordinary, overall rebounds and total protective Hayes, Desire: Hayes makes her very first All-Defensive Team after joining Breland to help Atlanta lead the WNBA in defensive Brunson, Lynx: An All-Defensive guest of honor for the 7th time, Brunson came to be the WNBA's all-time rebounding leader this Ogwumike, Stimulates: The 2016 WNBA A Lot Of Belongings Player and an All-Defensive First string member from 2015-17, Ogwumike rated third in the league in Atkins, Mystics: The 7th overall pick in the 2018 WNBA Draft finished ninth in the organization in steals while starting 24 of the 29 video games in which she played during her first period.