[24][25][26] In the 2019 NCAA Tournament, Ionescu leads the Ducks to their first Final Four appearance after their 8884 victory over Mississippi State. The Ducks administer a historic walloping, beating the Huskies 74-56 for their worst loss ever at Gampel. As a fresher in high school, she recorded an average . There, she achieved an impressive milestone, becoming the first college basketball player to collect 1,000 assists, 2,000 points, and 1,000 rebounds in a career. Sabrina: I could tell Eddy was really nervous. 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. I felt more alone. The New York Liberty guard, 25, shared on Saturday that she and the Las Vegas Raiders center, 31, are set to wed. "It . She has 21 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists in the third-ranked Ducks' 74-66 win over No. There is no related content available. From here on out, really, everything's gonna be for him and what he taught me. I think he almost started crying, gave me a hug, everyone was super happy, and then I started school the next day. I definitely loved working with my left hand. Parents Age And Net Worth RevealedContinue, Your email address will not be published. She was born with her twin brother named Edward, also named Eddy, who was born just 18 minutes after Sabrina was born. Sabrina: They were coming to win that game, not by one or two points. Indeed her legacy at Oregon had already been written. Ionescu recorded four triple-doubles, one shy of the Pac-12 record and two less than the NCAA record. That stuff comes out in you. 1 in the WNBA Draft a year later.. That was in May 2020, a time in which she sat atop the basketball world as the NCAA's . 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. 1 seed in the Pac-12 Women's Basketball Tournament. Kind of like describing Sue [Bird]. In the season before she arrived, the average announced home attendance for the Ducks was 1,501. However, that's quite a pull, you know? She is also the Pac-12 Conference all-time leader in assists as well as the only NCAA Division I basketball player to record 2000 points, 1000 assists, and 1000 rebounds in her career. On December 6, 1997, Sabrina Ionescu was born in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California. [3] Sabrina was around three years old when she first picked up a basketball. Ionescu left Miramonte with a career winloss record of 1199 and a school-record 2,606 points scored. And I was like, "I'm by the hotel here." And that was it. Everyone's watching us. Everything was fair game. But my teammates were ready and I tried to do everything I could to be ready in order for us to win. Eddy Ionescu, a professional basketball player with the New York Liberty, is Sabrina Ionescu's brother. Furthermore, Ionescu and her team finished as the Northern California Section Division II runner-up team. EUGENE, Ore. Sabrina Ionescu woke not long after dawn in her small apartment, laced up her black Nikes and walked across a deserted street to the looming arena where she had . Being able to grow up, have the same friends, play the same sports and do everything together is really fun. I took Washington, Oregon State, Oregon, Cal. But everything comes to a halt when the NCAA announces a complete shutdown of winter and spring championships. It was hard. Hebard: I think it's needed. They make it to the Elite Eight again before falling to eventual champion Notre Dame. 6 Oregon women's basketball past No. So then I was like, "All right, we're going to Eugene.". He played basketball at City College of San Francisco. Hebard: I think it's just amazing to see what she accomplishes because she works so hard, and then, like, triple-doubles, that's such a big thing. The entire time, he had played it off that he was like, "We'll do whatever's best for you," and then was like, "All right, I'm going to go on a walk." Also, people are curious to know more about her partner, parents and family. She is now the all-time NCAA triple-double leader for both men and women", "Air Force vs. Oregon Game Summary December 20, 2018 ESPN", "Oregon's Ionescu is espnW's player of the week", "Sabrina Ionescu breaks Oregon assist record in blowout of USC", "The ultimate guide to Oregon senior Sabrina Ionescu", "Sabrina Ionescu powers Oregon to its first Women's Final Four", "Sabrina Ionescu builds her brand as an SOJC master's student", "Ducks' Ionescu eclipses 2,000 points, 800 assists", "Sabrina Ionescu scores career-high 37, breaks program career scoring record to lead No. And we were going against the No. Carlos Serrao for ESPN. Sabrina Ionescu selected No. They upset No. We let Oregon down in some way, because we had such high expectations for ourselves. "You just see it's a little bit different in her preparation, in her focus, in her manner," he says. They used to play football and basketball for college-level games. Sabrina: We struggled, and I think we didn't handle adversity very well. 4 overall player in the recruiting class of 2016. The WNBA draft order is released in September, and the New York Liberty draw the top pick. Speaking of which. Sopak: I'm on the phone with her and she has 19 minutes to notify the WNBA [laughs] if she's going to declare for the draft, and we're seeing things on Twitter that she's going, she's not going, and we're laughing about it because she doesn't know. In an interview with ESPN, the presumptive No. I try to score, and try to rebound and pass, and just do everything that I can to help the team. I feel like that's definitely something that she'll leave behind, that's going to motivate the younger generation. [1], Because Ionescu turned 22 in December 2019 she was eligible to declare for the 2019 WNBA draft. Sabrina was around three years old when she first picked up a basketball. Her father's name is Dan Ionescu who fled Communist Romania around the time of the 1989 revolution. . After they went 23-14 in 2016-17, Oregon went 33-5 in 2017-18 and 2018-19. "Swear to God, we . No one spoke. We couldn't hear ourselves, we couldn't hear our coach, just because of how many fans were there. Sabrina Ionescu has been in the spotlight since she was a teenager. And then Kelly didn't say anything, he just handed me the papers with the stats on it and continued to have his postgame speech. However, these rumors are entirely false, and she is not gay. I just showed up. Sabrina is expected to be the No. She's not the biggest, quickest, fastest, strongest. Sabrina Ionescu and brother Eddy are born on Dec. 6, 1997, to Romanian immigrant parents in Walnut Creek, California. [16] Ionescu became NCAA women's all-time leader in triple-doubles,[17] trailing only former BYU men's player Kyle Collinsworth (with 12) among all NCAA players.[18]. NBA stars like Steph Curry and Kobe Bryant take notice of Sabrina's game. . And All-Star guard Sabrina Ionescu is feeling as healthy and energized as she has since she joined the Liberty as the No. 1 by New York Liberty in WNBA draft, while Gianna Bryant is an honorary pick . 3 Stanford", "Sabrina Ionescu's career night leads Oregon past Stanford", "Ionescu Breaks Assist Record in Civil War Win, Ducks 76 Beavers 64", "Oregon Ducks women: Ionescu and Hebard reach milestones in lopsided victory", "Gary Payton congratulates Sabrina Ionescu on breaking his Pac-12 all-time assists record", "Sabrina Ionescu Adds Career Milestone in Win vs. UCLA", "Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu Named Honda Sport Award Winner for Basketball", "WNBA mock draft 2019: Predicting all three rounds", "Liberty Select Sabrina Ionescu No. I was hoping, and I felt like, OK, she's got something to prove and she would like to come back. Her talent hasn't gone. On Feb. 3, with so many still in mourning, No. Eddy Ionescu, Sabrina's twin brother, was born just 18 minutes after her in 1997. It allowed me to push her more than I could push any other player to be great. [28] This announcement came shortly after Ionescu accepted a place in a newly launched one-year master's degree program in brand creation in UO's School of Journalism and Communications. But if I did, they were only tears of joy. [12] 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." As a senior, Ionescu averaged 17.5 points per game, 9.1 assists, and 8.6 rebounds. All Ionescu: The ultimate guide to Oregon women's basketball star Sabrina Ionescu, Trailblazers: Women coaches discuss their ascension in the men's league, POY: Ionescu is women's college basketball's player of the year, Athletes' futures: NCAA to discuss granting athletes eligibility relief. Sabrina Ionescu's Family Background Explored. [31][32] 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. She set an NCAA triple-double record instead", "Sabrina Ionescu, 'The Franchise,' accepts ALL-USA Girls Basketball Player of the Year trophy", "Miramonte High School standout named Gatorade California Girls Basketball Player of the Year", "ESPN Recruiting Profile of Sabrina Ionescu", "Oregon Ducks' Sabrina Ionescu is ESPNW's player of the week", "Ducks' Sabrina Ionescu, Ruthy Hebard among position award winners", "Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu, Oregon State's Marie Gulich named ESPN All-Americans", "Oregon vs. Alaska Fairbanks Game Summary November 6, 2018 ESPN", "Buffalo vs. Oregon Game Summary November 18, 2018 ESPN", "espnW on Twitter: "Oregon's @sabrina_i20 messed around and got her 13th career triple-double. I played 1-on-1, collect the money, Slurpees. Inhale, exhale. [14] 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. She debuted for Oregon in November 2016, scoring 11 points in a win over Lamar. Namrata is an enthusiastic CSIT student. I just know she doesn't like to lose, and that's, you know, it's her biggest strength, but it's also her biggest weakness. [51] 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. Oregon coach Kelly Graves has developed a sense for nights when his star will get a triple-double. The Athletics Shams Charania reported that she is expected to miss approximately one month as she has a Grade 3 left ankle sprain. Sabrina gets her first collegiate triple-double just seven games into her Oregon career, in a 91-62 victory over San Jose State. Graves' remarks about Ionescu's future iconic status at Oregon proved to be prophetic. We drove up here, walked in, surprised [coach] Kelly Graves. Ionescu went to a middle school where there weren't . [29], 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 10952 win over Utah State. Sabrina Elaine Ionescu (born December 6, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). You just see it's a little bit different in her preparation, in her focus, in her manner. She also posted seven double-doubles, ranked third in the Pac-12 and 29th in the NCAA with 183 assists on the year. After all, Ive never met another Romanian basketball player on the floor., twin brother Eddy Ionescu gave us tv gold last night with a Romanian breakdown of the game of his sis @sabrina_i20 @OregonWBB #WNCAA pic.twitter.com/YFuCJ2BUDo, Many NBA Players Supported the WNBA in a Big Way. She then joined the City College of San Francisco but later transferred to the University of Oregon. I was crying, my family was upset. Her father, Dan, once met Luka Dukich, an Executive director for Chicago Bulls, while he was driving Uber in San Francisco. On April 14, 2020, Ionescu was named the winner of the Honda Sports Award as the best collegiate female basketball player in the nation. I was like, "I just don't know. Death Cause And Mental HealthContinue, Katrina Gorry Partner Clara Markstedt is a Swedish football player who competes for Vittsjo GIK. Ionescu leads the Ducks with 15 points and eight rebounds, but the Huskies win 90-52. The scrappy kid from the Bay Area has risen to become the most formidable player in her sport. It's crazy to see everything come full circle and see how young I was and the dreams that I had and I went on a walk and just tried to clear my mind to figure out what I wanted to do. [40] She played her first game with the Liberty on July 25. The talented professional basketball player Sabrina has been the subject of rumors regarding her sexual orientation. Ionescus impressive performances throughout college included one Pac-12 record, two less than the NCAA record, and four triple-doubles. Scoring 26 points, 12 assists, and 10 rebounds, she became the youngest player in WNBA history to record a triple double. Graves: I think Sabrina in New York, if that's the way it works out, is a match made in heaven. Sabrina: I don't really think I grasped what it would be like. Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu (20) celebrates after a game against Mississippi State during the 2019 NCAA women's tournament. Sabrina: Coming into college, I never ran a ball screen in my life, and that's what our entire offense was. Sagittarius . And so he starts bawling, and then I start crying. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Months go by. I would just have to find ways to impact the game other than shooting or scoring, and that was passing. Ionescu was born to Romanian-American parents in Walnut Creek, California. In March, the 31-2 Ducks are poised for a 1-seed and deep run in the NCAA tournament. No posts yet. She has recorded 10-assist games 13 times this season, handing out a league season-high 14 twice. The Ducks make the NCAA tournament for the first time in 12 years, as a 10-seed. 706K followers. If they would see something scary, a dog or something, they would reach at each other's hands, not at our hands as parents. 1 ranked point guard and No. And that fourth quarter, we just didn't shoot the ball well. The card a 2020 Panini. After the NCAA made the extraordinary decision last week to cancel its tournaments in an effort to slow the coronavirus pandemic, Ionescu lost the opportunity to win the championship that has eluded her and her Oregon Ducks, the one for which she delayed entry to the WNBA to try to claim. Just show the world what we can do a little more. [36] Ten days later in the Ducks' 7466 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. Her 1.93-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio was second-best in the Pac-12. Sopak: The biggest challenge she has now is overcoming losing. She has a twin brother named Eddy who played basketball at City College of San Francisco. He has an older brother named Nico, who was a placekicker for Washington State from 2008 to 2010. She broke the NCAA triple-double record for womens and mens basketball. Ionescu, meanwhile, stars for the New York Liberty. Eddy: Summers in California were just basketball and sleep, pretty much. [50], * 2020 NCAA tournament canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic, Ionescu is a Christian. Eddy is also a basketball player. On Monday, Sabrina says goodbye to Oregon in an Instagram post: "Although our unfinished business will remain just that, I have been blessed to be a part of this journey." First Name Sabrina #9. Is the twin brother of Duck women's basketball superstar Sabrina Ionescu, who was the 2019 Wooden Award and Wade Trophy winner and holds the NCAA career triple-double record for both men and women . Sabrina makes college visits but doesn't make a decision about which one she'll attend until just before the summer 2016 term begins. Sabrina, his sister, plays professionally in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). His son and wife were unable to relocate to the United States until 1995. Like. And he definitely helped me with that, growing up. After two years at the City College of San Francisco, Eddy transfers to Oregon, and he and Sabrina become roommates. Every time I stood up, everyone in unison would be like, "basketball." That same day, Ionescu flies to the Bay Area for a game against Stanford. "Not many . 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. Major is general social science. We were the best shooting team in the country. She becomes friends with Kobe, who mentors her, and with his daughter Gianna and her Mamba teammates. Graves: She takes it to heart. Sabrina Ionescu and longtime beau Hroniss Grasu are "finally" getting married! See All. Sabrina Ionescu is the first NCAA player EVER with 2,000 points, 1,000 assists and 1,000 rebounds! [39] 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. how dedicated I was to playing the game. In 2012, Sabrina and Eddy enroll at Miramonte High School, where Sopak coaches. After just scoring 12 points on 4-of-17 shooting in her first game, Ionescu scored 33 points on 11-of-20 shooting in her second. Her first language was Romanian, which she used when playing with her brother in basketball games. When I found out Sabrina had a twin brother, Eddy, I immediately knew I wanted to interview them together because they . Hebard: She loves Steph Curry. His parents, tefan and Mariana Grasu, migrated from Romania to the USA in 1982. Her soon-to-be favorite player entered the league in 2009, when the Warriors used the No. If we didnt want somebody else knowing what I wanted to do like a pick-and-pop, or watch me in the corner, or drive to the left wed say it to each other in Romanian, Eddy said, according to The Oregonian. She's relentless." [49] At the World Cup, they were the youngest team in the field, but swept their pool, defeating Cup holders Russia along the way. Born in Walnut Creek, CA #6. Grasu is a former American football player and the Las Vegas Raiders. What's next for the prodigious point guard with a penchant for pushing life-altering decisions to the last possible moment? Sabrina: That's all I talked about. With 2.6 seconds left, Sabrina misses the front end of a one-and-one that would have tied and perhaps won the game. Ionescu also shares her knowledge with boys and girls at camps and academies, including Bryant's Mamba Sports Academy. On February 26, 2018, Ionescu was named ESPNW's college basketball player of the week. 1 seed and a deep run in the postseason, the NCAA halted its tournaments amid the coronavirus pandemic, effectively ending Sabrina's collegiate career. Ionescus love for the sport started at a young age, as she began playing basketball when she was only three years old. [1] She is the NCAA all-time leader in career triple-doubles, the Pac-12 Conference all-time leader in assists, and the only NCAA Division I basketball player to record 2,000 points, 1,000 assists, and 1,000 rebounds in a career.[2]. And so we'd play him in H-O-R-S-E, two-on-two, one-on-one. They broke down the game, and then. I just walked into the locker room and knew we won. Playing basketball with her older brother, Andrei, and her twin brother, Eddy, had taught her the joy of clawing for every rebound, every point. However, things did not go as per plan for Dan. She was born with her twin brother named Edward also called Eddy, who was born only 18 minutes after the birth of Sabrina. Carlos Serrao for ESPN. ", "I started to play basketball at the age of 3, though I was just throwing the ball around. After becoming eligible in 2019, Ionescu joined the Womens National Basketball Association (WNBA) and continued to show her impressive talents. Sabrina Ionescu Popularity . I had to let her be, just because I knew her draft decision was coming up. Forward Ruthy Hebard bought into her best friend's mission of changing the culture at Oregon. Eddy Ionescu, aka Edward 'Vortex' Ionescu, followed the same path as her sister and is a professional basketball player like her sister. And so I had to learn how to use the ball screens and all the frustration that comes with that. Taurasi: Maybe your parents don't necessarily speak English really well when you're a kid, and you may have to do some things other kids don't. [45], On July 6, 2022, Ionescu had 31 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists to record the first 30-point triple-double in WNBA history.[46]. 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. She wants to win a national championship. Sabrina: I knew I was doing a little bit of everything, but there were no stats up on the scoreboard. Our dad was the outlet pass, so he didn't stop it for anything. What she had done, as a 12-year-old member of the Toastmasters International Club, was write a speech titled "How My Basketball Dreams Began. As Sabrina processes her grief, she dedicates her season and everything that comes next to Kobe. She's going to play at that level. Sabrina Ionescu was born on 6th December 1997 and grew up in Walnut Creek, California, to her Romanian-American parents. Eddy: We were together when she made that decision. 107 posts. Kelly Sopak, Sabrina's AAU and high school coach: She eventually just showed up at tryouts. And so for days on end, I didn't use my right hand once. Dan: She will not back down from anything, and he will not back down from anything. Having kids come up to me after the game and just talk to me, wearing my jersey some are shaking and just super excited to meet me is awesome and humbling. Brother's name: Edward Ionescu "Eddy" (Twin), Andrei Ionescu: Education: Miramonte High School , University of Oregon: Height: 5 feet 11 inches (180c m) Marital Status: Unmarried: Husband/Boyfriend: NA . So I didn't post anything. There'd be fights. People were crying and just so sad. When she's losing a game, you do not talk to her. Eddy: We competed in everything. , Read More Demetress Bell Wife Is He Married? Sabrina had her share of failures, and I think that's probably the most powerful thing a coach can give a player is the struggle. Whoever came walking up to the park, we're like, "All right, we'll pick on this guy." Dan: She would start, a minute here, minute there when a kid was not there. The junior is a brilliant mentor in the University of Oregon community, a strong Christian, a . Edward demonstrated his talent through his victories over Utah, Oregon State, and California. Katrina, Read More Katrina Gorry Partner Clara Markstedt Is A Soccer Player Children and Age RevealedContinue, Aaron Nesmith brother name is Eddie Nesmith. 3 Oregon arrives for the first time at Gampel Pavilion for a matchup against No.
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