Cheryl Reeve wins WNBA Executive of the Year for third time

Cheryl Reeve has won the WNBA Executive of the Year award for the third time in her career.

She narrowly beat Atlanta Dream executive Dan Padover in the vote.

Reeve leads the Minnesota Lynx, who finished with the league’s best regular-season record despite losing six players from last season’s rotation and having star Napheesa Collier sidelined until late July.

Reeve also won Coach of the Year for a record fifth time.

The Lynx were later eliminated from the playoffs by the New York Liberty, the first No.

1 seed to lose to a No.

8 seed in the first round.

The major individual awards have now been announced, while the All-WNBA, All-Defensive and All-Rookie teams and the Sportsmanship award are still to come.