Sabrina Ionescu

Sabrina Ionescu

Ionescu with the New York Liberty in 2024
No. 20 – New York Liberty
Position	Point guard
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1997-12-06) December 6, 1997 (age 27) Walnut Creek, California, U.S.
Listed height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Listed weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High school	Miramonte (Orinda, California)
College	Oregon (2016–2020)
WNBA draft	2020: 1st round, 1st overall pick
Selected by the New York Liberty
Playing career	2020–present
Career history
2020–present	New York Liberty
2025–present	Phantom BC
Career highlights and awards
WNBA champion (2024) 3× WNBA All-Star (2022–2024) 3× All-WNBA Second Team (2022–2024) WNBA Three-Point Shootout champion (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) California Ms. Basketball (2016)
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Women's basketball Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team World Cup 2022 Australia FIBA U-17 World Cup 2014 Czech Republic National team FIBA Americas U-16 Championship 2013 Mexico National team Pan American Games 2019 Lima National 3x3 team

Sabrina Elaine Ionescu (/jəˈnɛskjuː/ yə-NESS-kew; born December 6, 1997)^[1] is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Oregon Ducks and is considered one of the greatest collegiate players of all time.

Ionescu attended Miramonte High School in Orinda, California, where she was named MVP of the McDonald's All-American Game. Rated the fourth-best player in her class by ESPN, she became the highest-rated recruit to ever commit to Oregon. As a junior, she led the Ducks to their first Final Four appearance and won the John R. Wooden Award and Wade Trophy as the top player in NCAA Division I. In her senior season, Ionescu was the consensus national player of the year and led Division I in assists. She is the Division I career leader in triple-doubles and holds the Pac-12 Conference all-time assists record.

Ionescu was selected first overall by the New York Liberty in the 2020 WNBA draft. She has been selected to three consecutive WNBA All-Star games and has thrice made the All-WNBA Team. In 2023, Ionescu set the WNBA single-season record in three-pointers and the WNBA Three-Point Contest record. In the same season, she helped the Liberty reach the WNBA Finals and win their first Commissioner's Cup.

A two-time youth gold medalist with the United States, Ionescu made her senior national team debut at the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, where she won a gold medal. She was named to the 2024 Summer Olympics team for USA and won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics.