Sabrina Ionescu Wins Her Second Straight Wooden Award

Oregon Ducks senior point guard Sabrina Ionescu won her second straight Wooden Award on Monday afternoon. With the award Ionescu completed a sweep of the major national player of the year awards for the 2019-20 season. She won both the Naismith Trophy and the Wade Trophy last week, and she has also been named national player of the year by the Associated Press, USBWA and ESPN.com. Earlier on Monday, Ionescu won her third straight Nancy Lieberman Award as the national point guard of the year. Ionescu is a unanimous first-team all-American and the Pac-12 player of the year for the third year in a row. “It’s historical,” said head coach Kelly Graves. “To see what she’s doing – I don’t know how often this has been done where one player sweeps everything. And those that have done it would be considered the icons of the game — and I think you can include her there. “The only unfortunate part of this is, she doesn’t get a chance to validate it with a national championship, like many of the others have. I believe to my core that was going to be the icing on the cake.” Ionescu was great in 2019-20, leading the Ducks to a 31-2 overall record and a sweep of the Pac-12 regular-season and tournament championships. She was named the tournament’s most outstanding player for the second time in her career. She became the only collegiate player ever to reach 2,000 career points (2,562), 1,000 assists (1,091) and 1,000 rebounds (1,040), and matched her own NCAA single-season record as a senior with eight triple-doubles to give her 26 for her career, more than twice as many as any other player in history. Ionescu is expected to be the top overall pick in the upcoming WNBA Draft, which will be held virtually on Friday, April 17, beginning at 5 p.m. PT on ESPN. Photo Credit: Eric Evans/GoDucks.com