WNBA star A'ja Wilson to get signature shoe with Nike

Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson is officially getting her own signature shoe with Nike.

The two-time WNBA champion and MVP will be the first Black WNBA player to come out with her own signature shoe since 2010.

The news comes as Wilson prepared to take on the Puerto Rican national team in a preseason exhibition on Saturday at her alma mater, South Carolina‘s Colonial Life Stadium. She came out for warmups with a sweatshirt with the words ‘Of Course I have A Shoe Dot Com,’ which, when looked up, redirects you to Nike’s website with this message:

“You thought we’d sleep on an SEC champion, national champion, #1 draft pick, five-time All-Star, U.S. Olympic gold winner, WNBA Finals MVP, a statue-having, New York Times Best Seller, TIME 100 Most Influential People in 2024, two-time WNBA champion, two-time Defensive Player of the Year, two-time WNBA MVP, and pettiest hooper on the internet? You thought. Of course, A’ja’s got a shoe. A’One A’rriving 2025.”

Wilson has since responded to the news on X:

The answer to the question 💅🤭 pic.twitter.com/WgXSDMmbwE

— A'ja Wilson (@_ajawilson22) May 11, 2024

Nike has also named Wilson to become one of the brand’s signature athletes, which features a who’s who of names in women’s sports such as Serena Williams, Megan Rapinoe, Naomi Osaka and fellow WNBA star Sabrina Ionescu.

On top of her signature shoe, she is also going to be releasing an entire signature collection in 2025.

“It’s been incredible working with Nike toward a dream of having my collection, and it really is an honor to take this next step and become a Nike signature athlete,” Wilson said in a release, via ESPN. “From my logo to the look of the shoe and the pieces throughout the collection, we’ve worked to make sure every detail is perfectly tuned to my game and style.”

This news comes days after Wilson signed a multi-year deal with Gatorade as well. That’s not all the sponsorships that Wilson has cashed in on over the past year, either as she became the first female athlete to land a partnership with Ruffles and the first WNBA player to sign on with Mountain Dew. Those came after she inked a deal with Nike upon her arrival in the W in 2018. Wilson also recently released her first book, Dear Black Girls.

All this comes as she continues to dominate on the court. Last season, she averaged a career-high 22.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.2 blocks to with 1.4 steals en route to a second consecutive Defensive Player of the Year award. That was an impressive follow-up to a 2022 season in which Wilson’s stat line included 19.5 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.9 blocks and 1.4 steals to her second MVP award en route to the Aces winning their second WNBA Championship in as many years.