Sabrina Ionescu
{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1997)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Sabrina Ionescu
| image = Sabrina Ionescu 2024.jpg
| width =
| caption = Ionescu with the New York Liberty in 2024
| number = 20
| team = New York Liberty
| position = Point guard
| league = WNBA
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|12|6}}
| birth_place = Walnut Creek, California, U.S.
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 165
| high_school = Miramonte
(Orinda, California)
| college = Oregon (2016–2020)
| draft_league = WNBA
| draft_year = 2020
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 1
| draft_team = New York Liberty
| career_start = 2020
| years1 = {{WNBA Year|2020}}–present
| team1 = New York Liberty
| years2 = 2025–present
| team2 = Phantom BC
| highlights = * WNBA champion (2024)
- 3× WNBA All-Star (2022–2024)
- 3× All-WNBA Second Team ({{WNBA Year|2022}}–{{WNBA Year|2024}})
- WNBA Three-Point Shootout champion ({{WNBA Year|2023}})
- WNBA Skills Challenge Champion (2022)
- WNBA Commissioner's Cup Champion (2023)
- NCAA all-time leader in triple-doubles
- AP Player of the Year (2020)
- Honda Sports Award (2020)
- James E. Sullivan Award (2020)
- 2× John R. Wooden Award (2019, 2020)
- Naismith College Player of the Year (2020)
- USBWA Player of the Year (2020)
- 2× Wade Trophy (2019, 2020)
- 3× Unanimous first-team All-American (2018–2020)
- Senior CLASS Award (2020)
- 3× Nancy Lieberman Award (2018–2020)
- USBWA National Freshman of the Year (2017)
- 3× Pac-12 Player of the Year (2018–2020)
- 4× All-Pac-12 (2017–2020)
- Pac-12 Freshman of the Year (2017)
- Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2017)
- 2× Pac-12 tournament MOP (2018, 2020)
- NCAA season assists leader (2020)
- McDonald's All-American Game MVP (2016)
- MaxPreps National Player of the Year (2016)
- California Ms. Basketball (2016)
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's basketball}}
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{{MedalGold|2024 Paris|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Cup|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Australia|}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Under-17 World Cup}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Czech Republic | Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship}}
{{MedalGold|2013 Mexico|Team}}
{{MedalSport | Women's 3x3 basketball}}
{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}
{{MedalGold|2019 Lima | National 3x3 team}}
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| bbr_wnba = ionessa01w
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Sabrina Elaine Ionescu ({{IPAc-en|j|ə|ˈ|n|ɛ|s|k|juː}} {{respell|yə|NESS|kew|}}; born December 6, 1997){{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/sabrina-ionescu_1954739 |title=IONESCU Sabrina |work=Paris 2024 Olympics |access-date=August 9, 2024}} is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She is widely considered one of the greatest three-point shooters of all time. She is a three-time WNBA All-Star and All-WNBA Team selection, and an Olympic gold medalist with the United States national team.
Ionescu played college basketball for the Oregon Ducks, where she twice won the John R. Wooden Award and Wade Trophy, earning consensus national player of the year honors as a senior. She set the Division I career triple-doubles record and is the Pac-12 Conference all-time leader in assists. Regarded as one of the greatest collegiate players in history, Ionescu was selected first overall by the New York Liberty in the 2020 WNBA draft. In 2023, she broke the WNBA single-season record in three-pointers and the WNBA Three-Point Contest record. She led the Liberty to their first league championship in the following year.
Early life
Ionescu was born in Walnut Creek, California, to Romanian-American parents. Her father, Dan Ionescu, escaped communist Romania around the time of the 1989 revolution, seeking political asylum in the United States. He hoped that his then-wife, Liliana Blaj, and their son Andrei could join them in a few months, but they were unable to move to the US until 1995.{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/espnw/feature/26313520/will-sabrina-ionescu-basketball-obsession-play-oregon-favor?addata=espnw:ncw:index |title=Sabrina's Obsession |first=Elizabeth |last=Merrill |website=ESPN.com |date=March 22, 2019 |access-date=March 22, 2019}} By that time, Dan owned a limousine service in Northern California, where he had chosen to settle because he had several extended family members in that area. Sabrina was around three years old when she first picked up a basketball. She has a twin brother Edward ("Eddy"), who was born 18 minutes after her.{{cite news |url=https://statesmanjournal.com/story/sports/2019/04/05/sabrina-ionescu-4-facts-oregon-womens-basketball-star/3367766002/ |title=Sabrina Ionescu: 4 facts about the Oregon women's basketball scoring, assists leader |first=Dillon |last=Thompson |work=Statesman Journal |date=December 10, 2019 |access-date=February 24, 2020}}{{cite news |url=https://www.sfgate.com/collegesports/article/Miramonte-star-Sabrina-Ionescu-returns-to-Bay-10838454.php |title=Miramonte alum Sabrina Ionescu returns to Bay Area with Oregon |first=Tom |last=FitzGerald |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |date=January 5, 2017 |access-date=March 24, 2018}} Eddy played basketball at the City College of San Francisco before transferring to Oregon; he was solely a student in the 2018–19 school year{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/28878754/the-legend-sabrina-ionescu |title=The Legend of Sabrina Ionescu |first=Maria |last=Taylor |website=ESPN.com |date=March 16, 2020 |access-date=March 24, 2020}} before walking on to the Ducks men's basketball team in 2019–20. Sabrina Ionescu grew up in a Romanian-speaking household.{{cite web |url=https://baschet.ro/articole/international/sabrina-ionescu-primul-interviu-in-limba-romana-vorbim-tot-timpul-in-casa-video |title=Sabrina Ionescu, primul interviu în limba română: "Vorbim tot timpul în casă". Video |date=May 22, 2020}}{{cite web |website=eurosport.ro |url=https://www.eurosport.ro/geoblocking.shtml |title=Sabrina Ionescu, declarație de dragoste pentru România! |language=ro |access-date=August 31, 2023 |author=Irina Aldea}}
In a 2019 interview with Ava Wallace of The Washington Post, Ionescu admitted to being a "natural scorer", but said that most of the rest of her skill set came from playing alongside both boys and older girls in her childhood:{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/02/04/her-middle-school-said-play-with-dolls-she-set-an-ncaa-triple-double-record-instead/?noredirect=on |title=Her middle school said to play with dolls. She set an NCAA triple-double record instead |first=Ava |last=Wallace |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 4, 2019 |access-date=February 6, 2019}}{{blockquote|When I was younger, I was always playing with the guys, and I had to find ways to get the ball, because they never wanted to pass to me. So I figured that if I could rebound, I would be able to get the ball myself. Then passing-wise, when I was in sixth grade playing with the eighth-grade team, I was obviously a lot shorter, skinnier, smaller than they were. I would just have to find ways to impact the game other than shooting or scoring, and that was passing.}}
Ionescu attended a middle school that did not have enough players to field a girls' team, and her school refused to allow her to play on the boys' team. She recalled, "My middle school said I should be playing with dolls. Seriously, word-for-word." She responded by recruiting enough girls to enable her school to have a team.
High school
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Ionescu was a four-year varsity basketball letter winner at Miramonte High School in Orinda, California under head coach Kelly Sopak.{{cite web |url=https://usatodayhss.com/2016/sabrina-ionescu-the-franchise-accepts-all-usa-girls-basketball-player-of-the-year-trophy |title=Sabrina Ionescu, 'The Franchise,' accepts ALL-USA Girls Basketball Player of the Year trophy |work=USA Today Sports |date=May 20, 2016 |access-date=March 16, 2018}}
As a freshman in 2012–13, she started 14 of 29 games and averaged 13.8 points, 3.9 assists and 3.9 steals per game to help her team to a 27–3 record and a Northern California Section Division II runner-up finish.
As a sophomore in 2013–14, Ionescu helped her team to a 30–2 record.{{cite web |title=Sabrina Ionescu |url=http://archive.usab.com/bios/ionescu_sabrina.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009201904/http://archive.usab.com/bios/ionescu_sabrina.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 9, 2014 |publisher=USA Basketball |access-date=July 7, 2014}}
During her junior year, Ionescu averaged 18.7 points, 7.7 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 4.7 steals per game, and helped Miramonte High School to a 30–2 record with an appearance in the CIF open division semifinals.
In her senior year, she led Miramonte to the CIF open division title game after averaging 25.3 points, 8.8 assists, 7.6 rebounds, 4.5 steals and 1.3 blocks per game. She posted a triple-double in the championship game loss to Chaminade with 24 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds.{{cite news |url=https://www.calhisports.com/2016/04/14/ms-basketball-2016-sabrina-ionescu/ |title=Ms. Basketball 2016: Sabrina Ionescu |first=Harold |last=Abend |website=CalHiSports.com |date=April 14, 2016 |access-date=March 16, 2018}} Ionescu also made a first half buzzer-beating shot from half court. She received national honors including the USA Today Girls Basketball Player of the Year, Max Preps Player of the Year, Cal-Hi Sports Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year and Gatorade State Player of the Year.{{cite news |url=https://playeroftheyear.gatorade.com/poy/assets/writable/16368/2015_GK_SIonescu.pdf |title=Miramonte High School standout named Gatorade California Girls Basketball Player of the Year |work=Gatorade |date=March 10, 2016 |access-date=March 16, 2018}} Ionescu was named a McDonald's All-America and Jordan Brand All-American selection. She was named the McDonald's All-America game MVP after scoring a record 25 points, including seven three-pointers, with 10 rebounds.{{Cite web |title=The Riveting Rise of Sabrina Ionescu |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/28878754/the-legend-sabrina-ionescu |access-date=2024-02-20 |website=ESPN.com}}
Ionescu left Miramonte with a career win–loss record of 119–9 and a school-record 2,606 points scored. She is also the all-time leader in assists (769), steals (549) and triple-doubles (21). In addition to the career record, Ionescu also held the Miramonte top three single-season scoring records with 598 (2013–14), 760 (2014–15) and 834 (2015–16). Ionescu also held the single-game scoring record of 43 points vs. Pinewood High School while being double- and triple-teamed and the single-game record in assists with 19 at Dublin High School.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}
Ionescu was the No. 1 ranked point guard and No. 4 overall player in the recruiting class of 2016.{{cite web |title=ESPN Recruiting Profile of Sabrina Ionescu |url=http://www.espn.com/high-school/girls-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/185606/sabrina-ionescu |work=ESPN.com |access-date=May 13, 2016}} According to Ava Wallace of The Washington Post, Ionescu chose Oregon "because she wanted to be the all-American at Oregon, not just an all-American somewhere else." At the time, she was the highest-ranked recruit ever to commit to Oregon basketball. However, she had difficulty making a college choice, not signing a National Letter of Intent with any school during either the early signing period in November 2015 or the late period in April 2016. Ionescu finally committed to Oregon just before the school's 2016 summer term began, driving with her father for 8 hours from their Bay Area home to Eugene, making an unannounced visit to Matthew Knight Arena and telling head coach Kelly Graves that she would join the team.
College career
= Freshman season =
On November 13, 2016, Ionescu made her collegiate debut for Oregon, recording 11 points in an 84–67 win over Lamar. Ionescu recorded four triple-doubles, one shy of the Pac-12 record and two less than the NCAA record. She averaged 14.6 points, 6.6 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game, ranking second on the team in scoring and rebounding, and first in assists. She also posted seven double-doubles, ranked third in the Pac-12 and 29th in the NCAA with 183 assists on the year. Her 1.93-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio was second-best in the Pac-12. She was named Pac-12 Freshman of Week four times and was named USBWA National Player of the Week. At the end of the regular season, she was named Pac-12 Freshmen of the Year and unanimous First Team All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Freshman Team selection. Additionally, she was awarded the USBWA National Freshman of the Year presented by the United States Basketball Writers Association.{{cite news |url=http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2017/women170331.html |title=USBWA PRESENTS 2016–17 WOMEN'S HONORS |date=March 31, 2017 |publisher=USBWA |access-date=March 13, 2018}}
= Sophomore season =
Ionescu rose to national prominence in her sophomore year, leading the Ducks to their third regular-season league crown all-time and first-ever No. 1 seed in the Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament.
She led the Pac-12 in scoring (19.2) and assists, dishing out 7.8 assists per game which was fifth-most in the country. She had 16 double-doubles this season and 14 20-point games. She recorded 10-assist games 13 times this season, handing out a league season-high 14 twice. On February 26, 2018, Ionescu was named ESPNW's college basketball player of the week.{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/22586705/oregon-ducks-sabrina-ionescu-espnw-player-week |title=Oregon Ducks' Sabrina Ionescu is ESPNW's player of the week |work=ESPN.com |access-date=March 13, 2018}} Following her second season, she was named the Pac-12 Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year, and was also named a first team All-American by ESPN. Oregon also won the Pac-12 championship for the first time since 2000. She was named the winner of the Nancy Lieberman Award as the top Division I women's point guard after the season,{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/22970363/oregon-sabrina-ionescu-ruthy-hebard-five-players-earning-position-awards |title=Ducks' Sabrina Ionescu, Ruthy Hebard among position award winners |website=ESPN.com |date=March 30, 2018 |access-date=March 30, 2018}} and was also a finalist for the Naismith Award.{{cite news |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/pac-12/index.ssf/2018/03/oregons_ionescu_oregon_states_gulich_named_espn_al.html |title=Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu, Oregon State's Marie Gulich named ESPN All-Americans |last=Greif |first=Andrew |date=March 12, 2018 |work=OregonLive.com |access-date=March 13, 2018}} Ionescu became the NCAA women's all-time leader in triple-doubles,{{cite news |url=https://www.dailyemerald.com/2018/03/12/sabrina-ionescu-thrives-competition-looks-tackle-final-four-expectations/ |title="Triple-double queen" Sabrina Ionescu thrives on competition, looks to tackle Final Four expectations |last=Medow |first=Shawn |date=March 12, 2018 |work=Daily Emerald |access-date=March 13, 2018}} trailing only former BYU men's player Kyle Collinsworth (with 12) among all NCAA players.{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/2018/D1.pdf |title=Career Records: Triple-Doubles |work=2017–18 Division I Men's Basketball Records |publisher=NCAA |page=28 |access-date=April 24, 2018}}
= Junior season =
File:Sabrina Ionescu 2019 Pac 12 Tourney 2019-03-08 (cropped).jpg
On November 6, 2018, Ionescu recorded her 11th triple-double in a victory against Alaska-Fairbanks.{{Cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/game?gameId=401095345 |title=Oregon vs. Alaska Fairbanks – Game Summary – November 6, 2018 – ESPN |website=ESPN.com |language=en |access-date=January 15, 2019}} Twelve days later, she would tie the NCAA triple-double record, with her 12th triple-double in a win against Buffalo.{{Cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/game?gameId=401094234 |title=Buffalo vs. Oregon – Game Summary – November 18, 2018 – ESPN |website=ESPN.com |language=en |access-date=January 15, 2019}} On December 20, 2018, Ionescu recorded her 13th triple-double in a game against Air Force and broke the NCAA triple-double record for both men's and women's basketball.{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/espnW/status/1075852753203851264 |title=espnW on Twitter: "Oregon's @sabrina_i20 messed around and got her 13th career triple-double. She is now the all-time NCAA triple-double leader for both men and women |author=espnWVerified account |date=July 16, 2009 |publisher=Twitter.com |access-date=December 23, 2018}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/game?gameId=401094429 |title=Air Force vs. Oregon – Game Summary – December 20, 2018 – ESPN |website=ESPN.com |language=en |access-date=January 15, 2019}} She was later named ESPNW Player of the Week.{{Cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/25608054 |title=Oregon's Ionescu is espnW's player of the week |date=December 24, 2018 |website=ESPN.com |language=en |access-date=January 15, 2019}} Since that game, Ionescu added five more triple-doubles for a season total of eighteen and broke the Oregon women's basketball assist record (formerly 608 assists) in a Pac-12 conference game against USC.{{Cite web |url=https://www.dailyemerald.com/sports/sabrina-ionescu-breaks-oregon-assist-record-in-blowout-of-usc/article_c9ffed10-1632-11e9-a694-7789efb51a70.html |title=Sabrina Ionescu breaks Oregon assist record in blowout of USC |last=Webster |first=Sierra |website=Daily Emerald |language=en |access-date=January 15, 2019}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/28162685/the-ultimate-guide-oregon-women-basketball-star-sabrina-ionescu |title=The ultimate guide to Oregon senior Sabrina Ionescu |date=January 6, 2020 |website=ESPN.com |language=en |access-date=January 9, 2020}}{{Cite web |url=https://goducks.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/sabrina-ionescu/8584 |title=Sabrina Ionescu – Women's Basketball |website=University of Oregon Athletics |language=en |access-date=February 22, 2020}} In the 2019 NCAA Tournament, Ionescu led the Ducks to their first Final Four appearance after a 88–84 victory over Mississippi State.{{Cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/26407634/sabrina-ionescu-powers-oregon-first-women-final-four |title=Sabrina Ionescu powers Oregon to its first Women's Final Four |last=Pelton |first=Kevin |website=ESPN.com |date=March 31, 2019 |language=en |access-date=March 31, 2019}} Ionescu finished the game with 31 points, eight assists, seven rebounds and a steal. In the Final Four, the Ducks lost to the eventual national champion Baylor 72–67. Ionescu won John R. Wooden Award and the Wade Trophy as the best women's college basketball player in NCAA Division I.
Despite having only played for three seasons, Ionescu was eligible for the 2019 WNBA draft by age. Additionally, she would receive her bachelor's degree that June.{{cite web |url=https://around.uoregon.edu/sabrina-ionescu |title=The Gospel of Sab |first=Damian |last=Foley |work=Around the O |publisher=University of Oregon |date=April 17, 2020 |access-date=April 20, 2020}} However, believing that she had "unfinished business" at Oregon, she chose to come back for her senior season.{{cite web |url=https://www.theplayerstribune.com/articles/sabrina-ionescu-oregon-basketball |title=A Letter to Ducks Nation |first=Sabrina |last=Ionescu |publisher=The Players' Tribune |date=April 6, 2019 |access-date=April 6, 2019}} This announcement came shortly after Ionescu accepted a place in a newly launched one-year master's degree program in brand creation in Oregon's School of Journalism and Communications.{{cite web |url=https://around.uoregon.edu/content/sabrina-ionescu-builds-her-brand-sojc-masters-student |title=Sabrina Ionescu builds her brand as an SOJC master's student |work=Around the O |publisher=University of Oregon |date=February 10, 2020 |access-date=May 12, 2020}}
= Senior season =
In the second game of her senior season on November 13, 2019, Ionescu surpassed the 2,000 points, 800 assists mark for her college career with a 109–52 win over Utah State. She fell short of another triple-double with 16 points, 12 assists and 9 rebounds in the game but recorded her 2,012th career point and 810th career assist.{{Cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/28075674/oregon-sabrina-ionescu-eclipses-2000-points-800-assists-career |title=Ducks' Ionescu eclipses 2,000 points, 800 assists |date=November 14, 2019 |website=ESPN.com |language=en |access-date=January 9, 2020}} In a win over then #3 Stanford (87–55), Ionescu scored a career high 37 points along with 11 rebounds and 7 assists, and broke Alison Lang's Oregon all-time career scoring record of 2,252 points in the third quarter.{{Cite web |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/2020/01/sabrina-ionescu-scores-career-high-37-breaks-program-career-scoring-record-to-lead-no-6-oregon-womens-basketball-past-no-3-stanford.html |title=Sabrina Ionescu scores career-high 37, breaks program career scoring record to lead No. 6 Oregon women's basketball past No. 3 Stanford |last=Oregonian/OregonLive |first=James Crepea {{!}} The|date=January 17, 2020|website=oregonlive|language=en|access-date=January 19, 2020}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/28499685/sabrina-ionescu-career-night-leads-oregon-stanford |title=Sabrina Ionescu's career night leads Oregon past Stanford |date=January 17, 2020 |website=ESPN.com |first=Graham |last=Hays |language=en |access-date=January 19, 2020}} In the rivalry game against Oregon State on January 24, 2020, Ionescu had 24 points, 9 assists and 4 rebounds and broke Oregon State and NBA star Gary Payton's Pac-12 all-time record of 938 assists.{{Cite web |url=https://www.addictedtoquack.com/2020/1/25/21081259/ionescu-breaks-assist-record-in-civil-war-win-ducks-76-beavers-64 |title=Ionescu Breaks Assist Record in Civil War Win, Ducks 76 – Beavers 64 |last=Mariotasmustache |date=January 25, 2020 |website=Addicted To Quack |language=en |access-date=January 26, 2020}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/sports/college/univ-oregon/2020/01/03/live-updates-oregon-ducks-women-vs-colorado/2810212001/ |title=Oregon Ducks women: Ionescu and Hebard reach milestones in lopsided victory |last=Martini |first=Pete |website=Statesman Journal |language=en |access-date=January 9, 2020}} Payton personally congratulated Ionescu on the achievement.{{Cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/gary-payton-congratulates-sabrina-ionescu-005613250.html |title=Gary Payton congratulates Sabrina Ionescu on breaking his Pac-12 all-time assists record |website=sports.yahoo.com |date=January 26, 2020 |language=en-US |access-date=January 26, 2020}} On February 14, 2020, Ionescu recorded her 1,000th career assist in a game against #7 UCLA and joined Courtney Vandersloot as the only players in NCAA men's and women's basketball history with 2,000 plus points and 1,000 plus assists.{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/college/2020/02/15/sabrina-ionescu-career-assists-record-oregon |title=Sabrina Ionescu Adds Career Milestone in Win vs. UCLA |last=West |first=Jenna |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=February 15, 2020 |language=en-us |access-date=February 20, 2020}} Ten days later in the Ducks' 74–66 win at #4 Stanford, she became the first NCAA player ever with 2,000 points, 1,000 assists, and 1,000 rebounds in a career. Ionescu also recorded her eighth triple-double of the season, tying her own NCAA single-season record from the previous season. Earlier that day, she had been a featured speaker at the memorial service for Kobe Bryant, who had become a close personal friend within the previous two years, flying from Los Angeles to the Bay Area immediately after her speech.{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/28776704/oregon-sabrina-ionescu-makes-history-stanford |title=Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu makes history against Stanford |first=Mechelle |last=Voepel |website=ESPN.com |date=February 24, 2020 |access-date=February 24, 2020}}
On April 14, 2020, Ionescu was named the winner of the Honda Sports Award as the best collegiate female basketball player in the nation.{{Cite journal |url=https://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/releases/2019-20/04142020sabrina |title=Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu Named Honda Sport Award Winner for Basketball |date=April 14, 2020 |website=CWSA |language=en |access-date=April 15, 2020}}{{Cite web |url=https://goducks.com/news/2020/4/14/womens-basketball-ionescu-wins-honda-sport-award.aspx |title=Ionescu Wins Honda Sport Award |website=University of Oregon Athletics |language=en |access-date=April 15, 2020}} Ionescu won the AP Player of the Year, Naismith College Player of the Year, USBWA National Player of the Year and the John R. Wooden Award and the Wade Trophy. Ionescu received the Nancy Lieberman award for her third straight season.
= Impact at Oregon =
According to Ducks coach Kelly Graves, in 2019 Ionescu had "a chance to be a Marcus Mariota, that level of player and an esteemed Oregon Duck when it's all said and done." He noted that attendance at Oregon women's games had dramatically increased during Ionescu's career at the school. In the season before she arrived, the average announced home attendance for the Ducks was 1,501. Her sophomore season saw an average attendance of over 4,200; it went up to over 7,100 in her junior season and over 10,000 in her senior season. Ionescu was also a significant draw when Oregon went on the road; for example, when the Ducks visited Washington during her junior season, the crowd for that game was 3,000 more than the Huskies drew two nights earlier against Oregon State.
Graves' remarks about Ionescu's future iconic status at Oregon proved to be prophetic. Shortly after the premature end of her senior season (caused by the COVID-19 pandemic), the university polled fans on social media, asking them to name the four Oregon alumni they would put on a national Mount Rushmore for the university. According to a 2020 story in the university's web journal Around the O, more than 70 suggestions were provided, but the four top choices were Mariota, Steve Prefontaine, Phil Knight, and Ionescu. As the story's author Damian Foley put it,{{blockquote|Yes, Sabrina Elaine Ionescu, who only earned her diploma in 2019, is considered by UO fans to be one of the four greatest Ducks ever, standing alongside such greats as Marcus Mariota, Steve Prefontaine, and the alumnus who co-founded Nike and made the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact possible.}}
Professional career
=WNBA=
== New York Liberty (2020–present) ==
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Ionescu turned 22 in December 2019, making her eligible to declare for the 2019 WNBA draft. A January 2019 mock draft by ESPN, incorporating input from WNBA personnel and ESPN women's basketball analysts, concluded that Ionescu was a possible top pick should she declare.{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/25881161/wnba-mock-draft-2019-predicting-all-three-rounds |title=WNBA mock draft 2019: Predicting all three rounds |first=Mechelle |last=Voepel |website=ESPN.com |date=January 30, 2019 |access-date=February 6, 2019}} However, Ionescu announced in an open letter published in The Players' Tribune on April 6, 2019, the day after Oregon's loss to Baylor in the Final Four and four days before the draft, that she would return to Oregon for her senior season.
On April 17, 2020, the New York Liberty selected Ionescu with the first overall pick in the 2020 WNBA draft.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/17/sports/basketball/wnba-draft-sabrina-ionescu.html |title=Liberty Select Sabrina Ionescu No. 1 in W.N.B.A. Draft |author=Megdal, Howard |work=The New York Times |date=April 17, 2020 |access-date=April 18, 2020}} She played her first game with the Liberty on July 25. In her second WNBA game on July 29 against the Dallas Wings, she recorded 33 points, 7 assists, and 7 rebounds in 34 minutes of play.{{Cite web |title=07/29/20: New York Liberty @ Dallas Wings |url=https://www.wnba.com/game/20200729/NYLDAL/ |access-date=July 30, 2020 |website=WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA |language=en}}
On August 1, 2020, Ionescu injured her left ankle in the second quarter against the Atlanta Dream. She was diagnosed the next day with a{{Cite web |date=October 12, 2020 |title=Your Day in Women's Basketball, October 12: Sabrina Ionescu is ready to ball |url=https://highposthoops.com/2020/10/12/day-womens-basketball-october-12-sabrina-ionescu-ready-ball/ |access-date=April 10, 2021 |website=High Post Hoops |language=en-US}} grade 3 sprain, and was expected to miss about one month while recovering.{{Cite web |title=New York Liberty's Sabrina Ionescu leaves game after ankle injury |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/31/sport/sabrina-ionescu-ankle-injury-spt-intl/index.html |first=Jill |last=Martin |date=August 1, 2020 |access-date=August 3, 2020 |work=CNN}}{{Cite web |title=What Sabrina Ionescu's injury means for her rookie season and the New York Liberty |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/29584914/what-sabrina-ionescu-injury-means-rookie-season-new-york-liberty |first=Mechelle |last=Voepel |date=August 3, 2020 |access-date=August 4, 2020 |work=ESPN}} In the end, though, she did not play again for the remainder of her first professional season. She complained about not being able to be considered a rookie in her second season of playing in the WNBA even though she played two games in her first season.{{Cite web |last=Cash |first=Meredith |title=WNBA star Sabrina Ionescu wants a second rookie year, but the WNBA won't budge |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/sabrina-ionescu-wnba-rookie-season-repeat-league-says-no-2021-4 |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}
File:Sabrina Ionesco on the court for the NY Liberty.jpg
The next season, on May 18, 2021, Ionescu recorded her first professional triple-double in her 6th career game. She scored 26 points, 12 assists, and 10 rebounds, she became the fastest player in WNBA history to record a triple double.{{Cite web |title=New York Liberty's Sabrina Ionescu youngest player in WNBA history to record a triple-double |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/31468633/new-york-liberty-sabrina-ionescu-youngest-player-wnba-history-record-triple-doublehttps://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/31468633/new-york-liberty-sabrina-ionescu-youngest-player-wnba-history-record-triple-double |date=May 18, 2021 |access-date=May 21, 2021 |work=ESPN}} It was also the first Liberty triple-double, as well as the tenth in league history.{{Cite magazine |last=Coleman |first=Madeline |title=Ionescu Records Liberty's First-Ever Triple Double |url=https://www.si.com/wnba/2021/05/19/sabrina-ionescu-records-new-york-liberty-first-triple-double |access-date=May 19, 2021 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |date=May 18, 2021 |language=en-us}}
On July 6, 2022, Ionescu had 31 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists to record the first 30-point triple-double in WNBA history.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbssports.com/wnba/news/libertys-sabrina-ionescu-records-first-30-point-triple-double-in-wnba-history-in-win-over-aces/ |title=Liberty's Sabrina Ionescu records first 30-point triple-double in WNBA history in win over Aces |last=Maloney |first=Jack |work=CBS Sports |date=July 7, 2022 |access-date=July 15, 2022}}
Ionecscu and the Liberty advanced to the WNBA Finals in consecutive seasons (2023 and 2024). They were defeated by the Las Vegas Aces in 2023, 3 games to 1.{{cite web |last=Maloney |first=Jack |url=https://www.cbssports.com/wnba/news/2023-wnba-finals-las-vegas-aces-outlast-new-york-liberty-to-win-second-consecutive-championship/ |title=2023 WNBA Finals: Las Vegas Aces outlast New York Liberty to win second consecutive championship |publisher=CBS Sports |date=October 18, 2023 |accessdate=October 20, 2024}} The following season, they matched up against the Minnesota Lynx. In game 3 against Minnesota, Ionescu scored the game-winning three-pointer to give the Liberty a 2–1 series lead.{{cite web |last=Voepel |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Voepel |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41839327/sabrina-ionescu-3-pointer-gives-liberty-game-3-win-vs-lynx-wnba-finals |title=Sabrina Ionescu secures Liberty Game 3 win vs. Lynx in WNBA Finals |publisher=ESPN |date=October 16, 2024 |accessdate=October 20, 2024}} In the fifth game, she had a bad night shooting the ball, but she contributed leading Liberty with 8 assists and 7 rebounds, 6 of which were defensive, in addition to 2 steals and 1 block in the fifth game, helping the team win its first championship in the history of the franchise.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/new-york-liberty-minnesota-lynx-game-5-wnba-finals/ |title=Liberty finally get it done, top Lynx in overtime for first WNBA championship |publisher=CBS Sports |date=October 20, 2024 |accessdate=October 20, 2024}}{{cite web |last=Young |first=Grant |url=https://www.si.com/onsi/womens-fastbreak/news/sabrina-ionescu-made-woeful-shooting-history-in-liberty-wnba-finals-win-01japf86ww4c |title=Sabrina Ionescu Made Woeful Shooting History in Liberty WNBA Finals Win |work=Sports Illustrated |date=October 20, 2024 |accessdate=October 20, 2024}}
=Unrivaled=
==Phantom BC (2025–present)==
On December 23, 2024, Ionescu was announced as the final roster spot for the inaugural 2025 season of Unrivaled, the women’s 3-on-3 basketball league founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart, signing a deal that "puts her in a category of her own" within the league.{{cite news |first=Kendra |last=Andrews |title=Unrivaled 3-on-3 league signs Liberty's Sabrina Ionescu to deal |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/43127502/sources-unrivaled-3x3-league-signs-sabrina-ionescu-deal |work=ESPN |date=December 23, 2024 |access-date=December 23, 2024}} Ionescu signed with Phantom BC, joining her former college teammate, Satou Sabally, and filling the club's final wildcard spot.{{cite news |first=Margaret |last=Fleming |title=Unrivaled Adds Sabrina Ionescu As More Salary Details Emerge |url=https://frontofficesports.com/sabrina-ionescu-unrivaled-salary-liberty/ |work=Front Office Sports |date=December 23, 2024 |access-date=December 23, 2024}}
Three-point contests
On July 14, 2023, Ionescu scored 37 points in the Three-Point Contest, the highest in WNBA history, making 25 of her final 27 shots.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/38011902/sabrina-ionescu-scores-record-37-points-win-wnba-3-point-contest |title=Sabrina Ionescu scores record 37 points to win WNBA 3-point contest |work=ESPN |first=Alexa |last=Philippou |date=July 14, 2023 |access-date=July 15, 2023}} Stephen Curry holds the NBA record of 31 points. The three-point contest is not a unified record between WNBA and NBA, as the shooting distance and ball sizes are not equal.{{Cite magazine |last=Koons |first=Zach |date=July 14, 2023 |title=Steph Curry Was in Awe of Sabrina Ionescu Shattering His Three-Point Contest Record |url=https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2023/07/15/steph-curry-sabrina-ionescu-nba-wnba-3-point-contest-record |access-date=2023-07-15 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |language=en-us}}
On February 17, 2024, Ionescu competed against Stephen Curry in a three-point contest during the NBA All-Star Weekend.{{cite web |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10109745-sabrina-ionescu-hints-at-stephen-curry-3-point-contest-rematch-at-nba-all-star-2025 |title=Sabrina Ionescu Hints at Stephen Curry 3-Point Contest Rematch at NBA All-Star 2025 |website=Bleacher Report}} She scored 26 against Curry's 29 points.{{cite web |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/nba/2024/02/watch-stephen-curry-narrowly-defeats-sabrina-ionescu-in-three-point-shootout-at-nba-all-star.html |title=Watch: Stephen Curry narrowly defeats Sabrina Ionescu in three-point shootout at NBA All-Star |date=February 18, 2024}}
Ionescu was invited to participate in the 2024 contest, but declined the offer.{{cite news |first=Chuck |last=Schilken |title=Caitlin Clark, Sabrina Ionescu hit lots of threes. But they aren't in All-Star shooting contest |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/caitlin-clark-sabrina-ionescu-hit-215147214.html |work=Yahoo Sports |date=July 18, 2024 |access-date=July 18, 2024}}
Off the court
File:Sabrina Ionescu parade 2024.jpg championship parade in 2024]]
On April 17, 2020, Ionescu signed an endorsement deal with Nike, which will include signature footwear and apparel.{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/29051284/nike-signs-no-1-pick-sabrina-ionescu-multi-year-endorsement-deal |title=Nike signs #1 pick Sabrina Ionescu to multiyear endorsement deal |date=April 18, 2020}} On September 1, 2023, the Nike Sabrina 1's were released as her first signature shoe.{{cite web |url=https://www.si.com/fannation/sneakers/news/the-nike-sabrina-1-hits-shelves-this-friday |title=The Nike Sabrina 1 Hits Shelves This Friday |date=August 30, 2023}} On November 11, 2022, she rejoined her alma mater, Oregon, as the director of athletic culture.{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericalayala/2022/11/11/sabrina-ionescu-joins-oregon-ducks-in-part-time-role/ |title=Sabrina Ionescu joins Oregon Ducks in part-time role |website=Forbes}} On November 14, 2022, she was ranked in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Sports.{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/sabrina-ionescu/ |title=Sabrina Ionescu - Forbes 30 Under 30 Profile |website=Forbes}}
Since 2022, Ionescu has hosted the Sabrina Ionescu Showcase for girls basketball teams in the Bay Area. Most recently these games have been hosted at all-girls high school Carondolet, where her former coach Kelly Sopak now coaches, and its brother school, De La Salle.{{cite web |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/high-school/article/east-bay-tourneys-host-nation-s-top-basketball-18614400.php |title=East Bay tourneys host some of the nation's top prep basketball players |date=January 18, 2024}}
Her second signature shoe with Nike, the Sabrina 2, debuted in the summer of 2024.{{Cite web |title=How to Buy Sabrina Ionescu's Second Nike Signature Shoe |url=https://www.complex.com/sneakers/a/victor-deng/nike-sabrina-2-release-date-ionescu |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=www.complex.com |language=en}}
National team career
=3x3 basketball=
In late April 2018, Ionescu and Oregon teammates Erin Boley, Otiona Gildon, and Ruthy Hebard entered the USA Basketball women's national 3x3 championship tournament at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.{{cite press release |url=https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2018/04/3x3-women-open-day-2.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423002959/https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2018/04/3x3-women-open-day-2.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 23, 2018 |title=Oregon Ducks Take USA Basketball Women's 3x3 National Championship Title |publisher=USA Basketball |date=April 22, 2018 |access-date=April 24, 2018}} Ionescu had never before played under FIBA 3x3 rules, admitting after the tournament, "I had to ask the rules before the games started."{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/23288919/sabrina-ionescu-leads-oregon-usa-3-3-national-championship |title=Sabrina Ionescu leads Oregon to USA 3-on-3 national championship |date=April 22, 2018 |access-date=April 24, 2018 |agency=Associated Press |website=ESPN.com}} She adjusted quickly to the unfamiliar format, leading her team to the championship while going unbeaten and also being named tournament MVP. Ionescu and her Oregon teammates would be named as the US team for the 2018 3x3 World Cup to be held in June in the Philippines.{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/olympics/basketball/story/_/id/23526091/oregon-ducks-players-represent-us-fiba-3x3-world-cup |title=Oregon players to represent U.S. in FIBA 3x3 World Cup |last=Voepel |first=Mechelle |date=May 17, 2018 |access-date=May 18, 2018 |website=ESPN.com}} At the World Cup, they were the youngest team in the field, but swept their pool, defeating Cup holders Russia along the way.{{cite web |url=http://www.fiba.basketball/3x3wc/2018/news/don-t-call-them-kids-they-just-swept-their-pool-at-the-fiba-3x3-world-cup-2018 |title=Don't call them kids – they just swept their pool at the FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2018 |date=June 11, 2018 |publisher=FIBA |access-date=June 11, 2018}} They finished 5th.
=2024 Summer Olympics=
In June 2024, Ionescu was named to the US women's Olympic team to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France alongside fellow New York Liberty teammate, Breanna Stewart.{{cite news |first=Cydney |last=Henderson |title=USA basketball Olympic women's team roster: Who made the cut for Paris Olympics |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/06/17/usa-womens-basketball-roster-paris-olympics/74066385007/ |work=USA Today |date=June 17, 2024 |access-date=July 6, 2024}} Ionescu and the United States defeated France 67–66 in the final, earning Ionescu her first Olympic gold medal and the United States’ eighth consecutive gold medal.{{cite news |first=Juana |last=Summers |title=U.S. women's basketball team defeats France to win eighth straight Olympic gold medal |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/08/11/g-s1-16527/us-womens-basketball-gold-france-paris-olympics |work=NPR |date=August 11, 2024 |access-date=August 11, 2024}}
Career statistics
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}
| class="wikitable" |
| style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"|†
|Denotes season(s) in which Ionescu won a WNBA championship |
=WNBA=
==Regular season==
Stats current through end of 2024 season
{{WNBA player statistics start|caption=WNBA regular season statistics{{cite web |title=Sabrina Ionescu WNBA Stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/i/ionessa01w.html |website=Basketball Reference}}}}
|-
| align="left" |2020
| align="left" |New York
|3||3||26.6||.452||.350||1.000||4.7||4.0||0.7||0.0||4.3||18.3
|-
| align="left" |2021
| align="left" |New York
|30||26||30.0||.375||.329||.911||5.7||6.1||0.6||0.5||3.2||11.7
|-
| align="left" |2022
| align="left" |New York
|36||36||32.3||.411||.333||.931||7.1||6.3||1.1||0.3||3.0||17.4
|-
| align="left" |2023
| align="left" |New York
|36||36||31.5||.423||.448||.872||5.6||5.4||1.0||0.3||2.6||17.0
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;" |2024†
| align="left" |New York
|38||38||32.1||.394||.332||.898||4.4||6.2||1.0||0.3||2.7||18.2
|- class="sortbottom"
| rowspan=2 align="left" | Career
| align="left" | 5 years, 1 team
| 143 || 139 || 31.4 || .404 || .363 || .906 || 5.6 || 6.0 || 0.9 || 0.3 || 2.9 || 16.3
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;"| All-Star
| 3 || 1 || 21.3 || .464 || .444 || 1.000 || 5.0 || 5.7 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.3 || 14.0
|}
==Playoffs==
{{WNBA player statistics start|caption=WNBA playoff statistics}}
|-
| align="left" |2021
| align="left" |New York
|1||1||35.0||.417||.143||1.000||5.0||style="background:#d3d3d3;"|11.0°||1.0||0.0||2.0||14.0
|-
| align="left" |2022
| align="left" |New York
|3||3||31.0||.531||.400||.750||6.0||4.3||1.0||0.3||3.0||14.3
|-
| align="left" |2023
| align="left" |New York
|10||10||35.1||.393||.400||.913||4.2||4.7||0.8||0.7||1.7||13.7
|-
| style="text-align:left; background:#afe6ba;" |2024†
| align="left" |New York
|11||11||35.5||.396||.363||.920||5.3||5.3||1.6||0.5||2.9||16.9
|- class="sortbottom"
| align="left" | Career
| align="left" | 4 years, 1 team
| 25 || 25 || 34.8 || .409 || .372 || .909 || 4.9 || 5.2 || 1.2 || 0.5 || 2.4 || 15.2
|}
= College =
{{WNBA player statistics start|caption=NCAA statistics{{cite web |title=Sabrina Ionescu College Stats |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/sabrina-ionescu-1.html |work=Sports Reference}}}}
|-
|33||33||32.9||.390||.420||.825||6.6||5.5||1.3||0.2||2.9||14.6
|-
|38||38||35.6||.468||.438||.805||6.7||7.8||1.7||0.3||3.0||19.7
|-
|38||38||36.0||.443||.429||.883||7.4||8.2||1.3||0.2||2.5||19.9
|-
|33||33||33.7||.518||.392||.921||8.6||9.1||1.5||0.3||3.0||17.5
|- class="sortbottom"
|colspan=2 align=center | Career
|142||142||34.6||.455||.422||.851||7.3||7.7||1.5||0.3||2.8||18.0
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Personal life
Ionescu is a Romanian Orthodox Christian.{{cite web |last1=Mercer |first1=Kevin |title=Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu wins PAC-12 Player of the Year while playing for Christ |url=https://sportsspectrum.com/sport/basketball/2019/03/07/oregons-sabrina-ionescu-wins-pac-12-womens-basketball-player-of-the-year/ |website=Sports Spectrum |date=March 7, 2019 |access-date=June 1, 2020}} She was close with Kobe Bryant, with whom she had one-on-one training sessions, and spoke at the Kobe & Gianna Bryant Celebration of Life at the Staples Center on February 24, 2020.{{cite web |last1=Lemoncelli |first1=Jenna |date=April 17, 2020 |title=Sabrina Ionescu: 5 Facts About Superstar Picked No. 1 By New York Liberty In WNBA Draft |url=https://hollywoodlife.com/feature/who-is-sabrina-ionescu-basketball-player-2-3939563/ |access-date=June 1, 2020 |website=Hollywoodlife.com}} Ionescu is also a very close friend of her former teammate Ruthy Hebard.{{Cite web |date=July 16, 2020 |title=Sabrina Ionescu's sneaky way of seeing best friend Ruthy Hebard in the 'wubble' |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/northwest/oregon-ducks/sabrina-ionescus-sneaky-way-seeing-best-friend-ruthy-hebard-wubble |access-date=April 10, 2021 |website=RSN |language=en}}
On March 10, 2024, Ionescu married NFL center and former University of Oregon football player Hroniss Grasu, also a Romanian-American.{{Cite web |title=Who Is Sabrina Ionescu's Husband? All About Hroniss Grasu |url=https://people.com/who-is-hroniss-grasu-sabrina-ionescu-7567139 |access-date=2024-10-18 |website=People.com |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu gets married to Raiders' Hroniss Grasu |website=ESPN |date=March 12, 2024 |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/39717333/sabrina-ionescu-new-york-liberty-hroniss-grasu-las-vegas-raiders-married |access-date=September 20, 2024 |first=Kalan |last=Hooks}}
See also
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- [https://www.usab.com/players/sabrina-ionescu Sabrina Ionescu] at USA Basketball ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150701190855/http://www.usab.com/basketball/players/womens/i/ionescu-sabrina.aspx archive July 1, 2015])
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