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Michaela Onyenwere

CAREER
2022: Appeared in 34 of New York’s 36 regular season contests, starting one game…Averaged 4.7 points and 2.1 rebounds…Shot 37.7% from the field and 30.0% from distance.
2021: Selected sixth overall in the 2021 WNBA Draft by the New York Liberty&#8230;Unanimously named the 2021 Associated Press Rookie of the Year… Appeared in all 32 games for New York, starting 29… Averaged 8.6 points, 2.9 rebounds and 22.5 minutes per game… Led all rookies in points per game (8.6), total points (275), total field goals made (91), three point field goals made (37) minutes per game (22.5), total minutes (721), and finished second in rebounds per game (3.0)… Scored in double figures in 12 contests, including a season-high 29 points against Atlanta on May 29… Recorded her first-career double-double on August 31 with 11 points and career-high 10 rebounds against Minnesota.
PLAYOFFS
2022: Averaged 4.7 points and 1.3 rebounds per game while shooting 36.4% (3-7) from the field in the Liberty’s First Round, three-game series against the Chicago Sky…Guided New York to their first postseason victory since 2015 in Game One, adding two points and two rebounds in four minutes. …Tallied double figure scoring in Game Two with 10 points and two boards.
2021: Logged 8:47 minutes and attempted a field goal in her WNBA Playoff debut against the Phoenix Mercury on September 23.
COLLEGE: Four-year letter winner for the UCLA Bruins…As a senior in 2020-21, averaged 19.1 points and 7.2 rebounds while shooting 42.1%, leading UCLA to a Sweet Sixteen appearance&#8230; Finished her collegiate career as fourth overall leading scorer in program history (1,888 points)…Named a Third-Team All-American by AP and USBWA in two consecutive seasons (2019-20, 2020-21)…As a junior, started all 35 games, leading UCLA in scoring with 18.3 points per game while recording 8.5 rebounds per game…Averaged 18.3 points during her sophomore campaign in 2018-19…Named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team in 2017-18.
INTERNATIONAL: Earned a Silver Medal for Team USA in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.…Started in all five games and averaged 10.0 points and 7.8 rebounds per game to help the USA to a 4-1 record…Competed at the 2019 USA Basketball Women’s 3&#215;3 Minicamp in Colorado Springs, Colo…Participated in training camp for the USA Basketball Women’s National Team in Miami ahead of the 2019 FIBA AmeriCup.
PERSONAL: Born on August 10,1999…Daughter of Edith and Peter Onyenwere…Has one younger brother, U.K. and three older brothers, Zach, Patrick and Jordan…Her father competed in the Olympics in track and field for Nigeria and ran track at the University of Missouri…Attended Grandview High School in Aurora, Colo…Helped Grandview secure the 2017 Colorado 5A State Championship…During her senior year (2016-17), she was named Ms. Colorado Basketball, the 5A Girl’s Basketball Player of the Year and the Colorado Gatorade Player of the Year for the third straight year…Also named a 2017 McDonald’s All-American.