has anyone ever won two most improved player awards

Leilani Mitchell won the Most Improved Player award twice in her career.

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	NAME	MIP	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Leilani Mitchell L. Mitchell	0	2008	NYL	34	15.2	3.9	1.7	2.9	0.5	0.1	1.1	3.1	37.1	0.6	1.4	40.4	1.0	1.2	81.0	53.0	0.4	1.3	1.1	518	131	57	97	17	3	39	43	+91
2	Leilani Mitchell L. Mitchell	0	2009	NYL	34	12.8	2.4	1.2	2.2	0.3	0.1	0.9	2.9	30.0	0.4	1.5	26.9	0.2	0.2	100.0	39.0	0.2	1.0	0.8	436	80	41	76	9	2	26	46	+10
3	Leilani Mitchell L. Mitchell	1	2010	NYL	34	28.8	9.3	2.6	3.8	1.6	0.2	3.1	7.0	44.1	2.1	4.4	48.6	1.0	1.3	81.4	61.7	0.7	1.9	1.5	978	317	88	130	55	6	51	79	+140
4	Leilani Mitchell L. Mitchell	0	2011	NYL	34	25.4	5.6	2.1	2.9	1.3	0.1	2.0	5.4	37.5	1.3	3.5	36.4	0.2	0.3	80.0	50.2	0.5	1.6	1.3	864	189	73	100	44	3	43	77	+22
5	Leilani Mitchell L. Mitchell	0	2012	NYL	34	26.7	6.5	2.5	3.0	1.0	0.1	2.3	5.7	40.9	1.6	3.8	41.1	0.3	0.4	75.0	55.5	0.6	1.9	1.6	908	220	84	103	35	5	53	72	-88
6	Leilani Mitchell L. Mitchell	0	2013	NYL	34	18.6	5.0	2.1	1.9	0.8	0.1	1.6	3.9	40.6	0.9	2.5	37.6	0.9	1.0	85.7	57.3	0.5	1.6	1.0	633	170	71	66	26	4	34	37	-62
7	Leilani Mitchell L. Mitchell	0	2015	PHX	34	22.5	6.7	2.1	2.7	1.0	0.1	2.4	6.3	37.4	1.3	3.3	39.6	0.7	0.8	88.9	50.5	0.4	1.8	1.4	764	228	72	91	35	4	48	57	+63
8	Leilani Mitchell L. Mitchell	0	2016	WAS	10	16.1	5.9	1.7	1.9	0.1	0.0	2.0	4.6	43.5	1.1	3.1	35.5	0.8	1.0	80.0	58.5	0.3	1.4	1.3	161	59	17	19	1	0	13	17	+12
9	Leilani Mitchell L. Mitchell	0	2017	PHX	34	21.4	8.0	2.4	3.6	0.9	0.3	2.4	6.1	38.9	1.1	2.9	36.0	2.2	2.7	82.4	55.0	0.4	2.0	1.6	726	273	80	121	32	10	53	46	+50
10	Leilani Mitchell L. Mitchell	0	2018	PHX	31	14.9	4.4	1.4	2.3	0.5	0.2	1.5	4.2	35.1	1.0	2.9	34.1	0.4	0.5	85.7	49.2	0.3	1.1	1.2	461	135	43	70	14	6	36	40	-51
11	Leilani Mitchell L. Mitchell	1	2019	PHX	32	30.3	12.8	3.0	4.0	0.9	0.3	4.2	9.5	44.1	2.3	5.4	43.0	2.1	2.6	82.9	60.3	0.5	2.5	1.8	971	410	96	128	30	10	57	78	-32
12	Leilani Mitchell L. Mitchell	0	2020	WAS	22	30.6	9.5	2.8	5.4	0.8	0.0	3.3	8.1	40.8	1.3	4.3	30.5	1.5	1.8	87.2	53.3	0.5	2.3	1.7	673	209	62	119	17	1	38	46	-10
13	Leilani Mitchell L. Mitchell	0	2021	WAS	31	23.4	6.4	2.0	2.5	0.5	0.1	2.1	5.7	36.0	1.6	4.5	35.7	0.6	0.7	82.6	52.4	0.4	1.6	1.1	725	197	61	77	15	2	35	46	-39
	Average	0.2			30.6	22.2	6.6	2.1	3.0	0.8	0.1	2.2	5.6	39.5	1.3	3.3	38.5	0.9	1.1	83.4	54.5	0.4	1.7	1.3	678.3	201.4	65.0	92.1	25.4	4.3	40.5	52.6	8.2
	Total	2			398	22.2	6.6	2.1	3.0	0.8	0.1	2.2	5.6	39.5	1.3	3.3	38.5	0.9	1.1	83.4	54.5	0.4	1.7	1.3	8,818	2,618	845	1,197	330	56	526	684	+106

StatMuse has season-level data for Most Improved Player awards going back to the 1997 season.

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