Charisma Osborne

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| name = Charisma Osborne

| image = Charisma Osborne 2024 (cropped).jpg

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| caption = Osborne with the Phoenix Mercury in 2024

| number =

| position = Guard

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 9

| weight_lb = 166

| league = WNBA

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|7|3}}

| birth_place = Fontana, California, U.S.

| high_school = Windward School
(Los Angeles, California)

| college = UCLA (2019–2024)

| draft_league = WNBA

| draft_year = 2024

| draft_round = 3

| draft_pick = 25

| draft_team = Phoenix Mercury

| career_start = 2024

| years1 = {{WNBA Year|2024}}

| team1 = Phoenix Mercury

| highlights =

4× All-Pac-12 (2021–2024)
2× Pac-12 All-Defensive Team (2021, 2024)
Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2020)
McDonald's All-American (2019)
California Ms. Basketball (2018)

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{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}Charisma Osborne (born July 3, 2001) is an American professional basketball player who previously played for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA. She was drafted by the Mercury in the 2024 WNBA draft. She played college basketball at UCLA.

Early life

Osborne played basketball for Windward School in Los Angeles under coach Vanessa Nygaard. As a sophomore, she led her team to a Division I state title.{{cite web |last1=Sondheimer |first1=Eric |title=Windward’s Charisma Osborne is the Los Angeles Times girls’ basketball player of the year |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/varsity-times/la-sp-girls-basketball-player-20170328-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=July 8, 2023 |date=March 28, 2017}} In her junior season, Osborne led Windward to the Open Division state championship and earned California Ms. Basketball honors.{{cite web |last1=Tennis |first1=Mark |title=Ms. Basketball 2018: It’s got Charisma |url=https://www.calhisports.com/2018/04/13/ms-basketball-2018-its-got-charisma/ |publisher=CalHiSports |access-date=September 30, 2023 |date=April 13, 2018}} As a senior, she was selected to play in the McDonald's All-American Game and was named Los Angeles Times player of the year for a third consecutive season.{{cite web |last1=Sondheimer |first1=Eric |title=Charisma Osborne repeats (again) as The Times’ girls’ basketball player of the year |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/la-sp-girls-basketball-player-of-the-year-20190323-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=July 8, 2023 |date=March 24, 2019}} Rated a five-star recruit by ESPN, she committed to play college basketball for UCLA over offers from Duke, Louisville, Ohio State and USC.{{cite web |title=Charisma Osborne 2019 High School Girls' Basketball Profile |url=https://www.espn.com/high-school/girls-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/228899 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=July 8, 2023}}

College career

File:Charisma Osborne.jpg in 2022]]

As a freshman at UCLA, Osborne averaged 12.2 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, receiving Pac-12 All-Freshman honors. She made 59 three-pointers, the most by a freshman in program history.{{cite web |title=Osborne Named to Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Top 20 Watch List |url=https://uclabruins.com/news/2020/11/9/womens-basketball-osborne-named-to-ann-meyers-drysdale-award-top-20-watch-list |publisher=UCLA Athletics |access-date=September 30, 2023 |date=November 10, 2020}} On February 26, 2021, she posted her first career triple-double, with 18 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds in a 93–51 win over USC.{{cite web |title=Osborne has triple-double in No. 10 UCLA women's rout of USC |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaw/2021/02/26/osborne-has-triple-double-in-no-10-ucla-womens-rout-of-usc/43444377/ |website=USA Today |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=September 30, 2023 |date=February 26, 2021}} In her sophomore season, Osborne averaged 17 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game and was an All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Defensive Team selection.{{cite web |last1=Moon |first1=Francis |title=UCLA women’s basketball sports stacked 2021-2022 season squad |url=https://dailybruin.com/2021/11/12/ucla-womens-basketball-sports-stacked-2021-2022-season-squad |website=Daily Bruin |access-date=September 30, 2023 |date=November 12, 2021}} As a junior, she averaged 16.4 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game, earning All-Pac-12 honors.{{cite web |last1=Kensing |first1=Kyle |title=Charisma Osborne Has More Than One Way To Power UCLA Basketball |url=https://www.flohoops.com/articles/8240194-charisma-osborne-has-more-than-one-way-to-power-ucla-basketball |publisher=FloHoops |access-date=September 30, 2023 |date=November 10, 2022}} In the second round of the 2023 NCAA tournament, Osborne scored a career-high 36 points in an 82–73 victory over Oklahoma.{{cite web |last1=Sawyer |first1=Haley |title=Charisma Osborne’s big night leads UCLA women past Oklahoma, into Sweet 16 |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2023/03/20/charisma-osbornes-big-night-leads-ucla-women-past-oklahoma-into-sweet-16/ |website=Los Angeles Daily News |access-date=September 30, 2023 |date=March 20, 2023}} She averaged 15.9 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game in her senior season and made the All-Pac-12 Team for her third straight year. Despite being a projected top-10 pick in the 2023 WNBA draft, Osborne returned to UCLA for a fifth season of eligibility, granted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |last1=Royer |first1=Benjamin |title=Charisma Osborne, Camryn Brown Returning to UCLA Women’s Basketball |url=https://www.si.com/college/ucla/womens-basketball/charisma-osborne-camryn-brown-returning-to-ucla-womens-basketball |website=Sports Illustrated |access-date=September 30, 2023 |date=April 5, 2023}} During her fifth season, she reached second on the all-time scoring list for UCLA women's basketball.{{Cite web |last=Carlson |first=Gavin |date=2024-03-18 |title=Creating a legacy: Charisma Osborne surpasses 2,248 points amid career of growth, trust |url=https://dailybruin.com/2024/03/18/creating-a-legacy-charisma-osborne-surpasses-2248-points-amid-career-of-growth-trust/ |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=Daily Bruin}}

Professional career

Osborne was chosen as the first pick of the third round (25th overall) by the Phoenix Mercury in the 2024 WNBA draft.{{Cite web |last=Geitheim |first=Eva |date=2024-04-16 |title=UCLA Women's Basketball: Charisma Osborne Selected by Phoenix Mercury in Third Round of WNBA Draft |url=https://www.si.com/college/ucla/ucla-womens-basketball-charisma-osborne-selected-phoenix-mercury-third-round-wnba-draft-eg2001 |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=Sports Illustrated UCLA Bruins News, Analysis and More |language=en}} On May 11, 2024, Osborne was waived by the Mercury.{{Cite web |title=WNBA Player Movement & Transactions {{!}} WNBA |url=https://www.wnba.com/players/transactions |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=www.wnba.com}} On June 13, 2024, Osborne was re-signed by the Mercury.{{cite web|url=https://arizonasports.com/story/3549074/mercury-sign-charisma-osborne-waive-morgan-bertsch/|title=Mercury sign 2024 draft pick Charisma Osborne, waive forward Morgan Bertsch|website=arizonasports.com|publisher=KMVP-FM|date=June 13, 2024|access-date=June 13, 2024}} However, she ended up playing in only two regular-season games in her rookie season, as she was struggling with injuries.{{Cite web |date=2024-09-05 |title=Former UCLA women's basketball player Charisma Osborne heading to playoffs |url=https://uclawire.usatoday.com/2024/09/05/former-ucla-womens-basketball-player-charisma-osborne-wnba-playoffs/ |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=UCLA Wire |language=en-US}}

National team career

Osborne won a gold medal playing for the United States at the 2018 FIBA Under-17 World Cup, where she averaged 4 points and 3.7 rebounds per game.{{cite web |title=Charisma Osborne |url=https://www.usab.com/players/charisma-osborne |publisher=USA Basketball |access-date=September 30, 2023}} She competed for the senior national team at the 2023 FIBA Women's AmeriCup in Mexico, averaging 5.1 points, 4.1 rebounds and a team-high 3 assists per game en route to a silver medal.{{cite web |title=Betts, Osborne Claim Silver with USA at 2023 FIBA Women’s AmeriCup |url=https://uclabruins.com/news/2023/7/9/womens-basketball-betts-osborne-claim-silver-with-usa-at-2023-fiba-womens-americup.aspx |publisher=UCLA Athletics |access-date=September 30, 2023 |date=July 9, 2023}}

Career statistics

=WNBA=

==Regular season==

Stats current through end of 2024 season

{{WNBA player statistics start|caption=WNBA regular season statistics{{cite web |title=Charisma Osborne WNBA Stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/o/osborch02w.html |website=Basketball Reference}}}}

| align="left" | {{wnbay|2024}}

| align="left" | Phoenix

| 2 || 0 || 5.0 || .500 || — || — || 0.5 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 1.0

|- class="sortbottom"

| align="left" | Career

| align="left" | 1 year, 1 team

| 2 || 0 || 5.0 || .500 || — || — || 0.5 || 0.5 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.0 || 1.0

=College=

{{WNBA player statistics start|caption=NCAA statistics{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/charisma-osborne-1.html|title=Charisma Osborne College Stats|publisher=Sports-Reference|accessdate=April 11, 2024}}}}

| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20