Sabrina
Ionescu

CAREER

2022: Amassed a historic third-year campaign with the Liberty, en route to a spot on the 2022 All-WNBA Second Team; becoming the eighth player in Liberty franchise history to earn such honors…Also named to the 2022 Associated Press First Team…Earned two KIA WNBA Eastern Conference Player of the Month honors (June and August 2022) and four total Eastern Conference Player of the Week nods…Made her first-ever WNBA All-Star appearance where she was voted a starter and won the 2022 WNBA Skills Challenge…Etched her name into the record books after becoming the first-ever WNBA player to record 500+ points, 200+ rebounds and 200+ assists in a single season on August 6…Tallied the league’s first-ever triple-double in less than three quarters on June 12, and the first-ever 30-plus point triple-double on July 6…Also recorded seven double-doubles throughout the regular season…Became the fastest Liberty draftee to eclipse the 1,000-career point mark in just 66 games…Set the single-season franchise assist record with 228 and single-game record with 16 on July 31…Appeared and started in all 36 regular season contests, finishing with averages of 17.4 points (8^th in WNBA), 7.1 rebounds (12^th in WNBA), and 6.3 assists per game (3^rd in WNBA) while shooting 41.1% from the field, 33.3% from three and 93.1% at the free throw line.

2021: Appeared in 30 games, starting 26 in her first full WNBA season… Named Eastern Conference Player of the Week on May 24, 2021… Became the fastest player to record a triple-double (26 points, 12 assists, 10 rebounds) in WNBA history in just her sixth career game as a professional on May 18 which was the first triple-double in Liberty history and the tenth all-time in league history… Posted double figure scoring in 20 games, including 11 consecutive games to finish the regular season…Finished with averages of 11.7 points, 6.1 assists and 5.7 rebounds…Her 6.1 assists per game ranked third in the WNBA, and the sixth most in franchise history.

2020: Selected 1^st overall in the 2020 WNBA Draft, which was the first No.1 overall draft pick in New York Liberty history…Saw action in 3 games, starting all 3, in an injury-shortened rookie campaign…Suffered a left ankle sprain in the 2^nd quarter against Atlanta on July 31…Ionescu averaged 18.3 points, 4.7 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 26.7 minutes per game…Sabrina was one point shy of tying the Liberty single-game rookie scoring record on July 29 when she recorded 33 points (6-10 3PT) against Dallas…Her 6 three-point field goals made is the most-ever by a true rookie in Liberty franchise history…Also totaled season-highs of 7 rebounds and 7 assists in the same game against Dallas.

PLAYOFFS

2022: Averaged 14.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.3 assists 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, totaling 22 points, seven boards and six assists on 50.0% (3-6) shooting from deep.

2021: Finished with 14 points, a game-high 11 assists, and five rebounds in her WNBA Playoff debut against the Phoenix Mercury on September 23. Ionescu shot 41.7% (5-12) from the field and 100% (3-3) at the free throw line.

COLLEGE: Ionescu joins the New York Liberty after one of the most decorated careers in the history of college basketball…Throughout her four seasons at Oregon, she amassed 2,562 points, 1,040 rebounds and 1,091 assists, which was the first time any player has done so in NCAA history– male or female…Sabrina also holds the NCAA record for most career triple-doubles with 26…In her senior year (2019-20), she led Oregon to its third-straight Pac-12 Conference Championship while averaging 17.5 points, 9.1 assists and 8.6 rebounds per game…Ionescu received the 2020 Citizen Naismith Trophy for national player of the year…Unanimously voted the 2020 AP Women’s Basketball Player of the Year, which is the second-time ever in history…Awarded the 2019-20 Wade Trophy for national player of the year for the second-straight season…Also named the Wooden Award Winner for most outstanding player in women’s college basketball for the second-straight year…Earned both her third Nancy Lieberman Award (nation’s top point guard) as well as her third Pac-12 Player of the Year honor…Co-recipient of the 2020 AAU James E. Sullivan Award for the nation’s most outstanding amateur athlete…In 2019, as a junior, Ionescu helped Oregon to its first-ever Final Four appearance in program history…Also led the Ducks to back-to-back Elite Eight finishes as a freshman and sophomore, which was the first-time ever for the program…In her sophomore and junior campaigns, (2017-18, 2018-19), Ionescu garnered a combined nine First-Team All-American nods from WBCA, AP, USBWA, ESPNW, and USA Today…In her rookie campaign for the Ducks (2016-17), she was given Freshmen of the Year honors from ESPNW, USBWA, and the Pac-12 Conference.

INTERNATIONAL: Won two tournament titles with Team USA, first the 2017 U24 Four Nations Tournament and then the 2019 Red Bull USA Basketball 3×3 Nationals (named MVP)…2018 USA Basketball 3×3 National Championship MVP…Member of the USA U23 national team in the summer of 2017…Won gold at the 2017 Four Nations Tournament in Tokyo, Japan, averaging 10.3 points over three games…Also won gold medals with the U16 and U17 USA national teams…Helped the USA to a championship at the 2013 U16 FIBA Americas Championship in Cancun, Mexico and the 2014 U17 FIBA World Championships in Pilsen, Czech Republic.

PERSONAL: Born on December 6, 1997…Daughter of Dan Ionescu and Liliana Blaj…has a twin brother, Eddy, who plays basketball at her alma mater…Attended Miramonte High School in Orinda, Calif. where she graduated in 2016….Named the national player of the year by both USA Today and MaxPreps following her senior season…Played in both the McDonald’s All-America and Jordan Brand All-America games…Named the McDonald’s All-America game MVP after scoring a record 25 points, including seven three-pointers, with 10 rebounds…California’s Gatorade state player of the year as a senior…Led Miramonte to the CIF open division title game in her senior season after averaging 25.3 points, 8.8 assists, 7.6 rebounds, 4.5 steals and 1.3 blocks per game…In her junior season, Ionescu helped Miramonte to a 30-2 record and an appearance in the CIF open division semifinals.