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Charisma Osborne

Charisma Osborne (born July 3, 2001) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA. She was drafted by the Mercury in the 2024 WNBA draft. She played college basketball at UCLA.

Charisma Osborne
Osborne with the Phoenix Mercury in 2024
No. 24 – Phoenix Mercury
PositionGuard
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (2001-07-03) July 3, 2001 (age 23)
Fontana, California, U.S.
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight166 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High schoolWindward School
(Los Angeles, California)
CollegeUCLA (2019–2024)
WNBA draft2024: 3rd round, 25th overall pick
Selected by the Phoenix Mercury
Playing career2024–present
Career history
2024–presentPhoenix Mercury
Career highlights and awards
  • 4× All-Pac-12 (2021–2024)
  • 2× Pac-12 All-Defensive Team (2021, 2024)
  • Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2020)
  • McDonald's All-American (2019)
  • California Ms. Basketball (2018)
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing the  United States
FIBA AmeriCup
Silver medal – second place 2023 Mexico Team
FIBA Under-17 World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2018 Belarus Team

Early life

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Osborne played basketball for Windward School in Los Angeles under coach Vanessa Nygaard. As a sophomore, she led her team to a Division I state title.[1] In her junior season, Osborne led Windward to the Open Division state championship and earned California Ms. Basketball honors.[2] As a senior, she was selected to play in the McDonald's All-American Game and was named Los Angeles Times player of the year for a third consecutive season.[3] Rated a five-star recruit by ESPN, she committed to play college basketball for UCLA over offers from Duke, Louisville, Ohio State and USC.[4]

College career

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Osborne with UCLA in 2022

As a freshman at UCLA, Osborne averaged 12.2 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, receiving Pac-12 All-Freshman honors. She made 59 three-pointers, the most by a freshman in program history.[5] On February 26, 2021, she posted her first career triple-double, with 18 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds in a 93–51 win over USC.[6] In her sophomore season, Osborne averaged 17 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game and was an All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Defensive Team selection.[7] As a junior, she averaged 16.4 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game, earning All-Pac-12 honors.[8] In the second round of the 2023 NCAA tournament, Osborne scored a career-high 36 points in an 82–73 victory over Oklahoma.[9] She averaged 15.9 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game in her senior season and made the All-Pac-12 Team for her third straight year. Despite being a projected top-10 pick in the 2023 WNBA draft, Osborne returned to UCLA for a fifth season of eligibility, granted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10] During her fifth season, she reached second on the all-time scoring list for UCLA women's basketball.[11]

Professional career

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Osborne was chosen as the first pick of the third round (25th overall) by the Phoenix Mercury in the 2024 WNBA draft.[12] On May 11, 2024, Osborne was waived by the Mercury.[13] On June 13, 2024, Osborne was re-signed by the Mercury.[14] However, she ended up playing in only two regular-season games in her rookie season, as she was struggling with injuries.[15]

National team career

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Osborne won a gold medal playing for the United States at the 2018 FIBA Under-17 World Cup, where she averaged 4 points and 3.7 rebounds per game.[16] She competed for the senior national team at the 2023 FIBA Women's AmeriCup in Mexico, averaging 5.1 points, 4.1 rebounds and a team-high 3 assists per game en route to a silver medal.[17]

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

WNBA

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Regular season

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Stats current through end of 2024 season

WNBA regular season statistics[18]
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2024 Phoenix 2 0 5.0 .500 — — 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0
Career 1 year, 1 team 2 0 5.0 .500 — — 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0

College

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NCAA statistics[19]
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2019–20 UCLA 31 29 29.4 .382 .333 .792 5.8 1.4 1.5 0.3 1.2 12.2
2020–21 UCLA 23 23 34.5 .361 .340 .868 5.8 3.8 1.7 0.4 2.0 17.0
2021–22 UCLA 28 28 35.5 .362 .331 .875 5.1 3.9 1.5 0.2 2.4 16.4
2022–23 UCLA 36 36 33.1 .387 .292 .832 5.9 2.8 1.4 0.3 1.9 15.9
2023–24 UCLA 34 34 32.9 .410 .322 .892 5.2 4.0 1.6 0.3 1.9 13.9
Career 152 150 32.9 .381 .323 .853 5.6 3.1 1.5 0.3 1.9 14.9

References

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  1. ^ Sondheimer, Eric (March 28, 2017). "Windward's Charisma Osborne is the Los Angeles Times girls' basketball player of the year". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  2. ^ Tennis, Mark (April 13, 2018). "Ms. Basketball 2018: It's got Charisma". CalHiSports. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  3. ^ Sondheimer, Eric (March 24, 2019). "Charisma Osborne repeats (again) as The Times' girls' basketball player of the year". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  4. ^ "Charisma Osborne 2019 High School Girls' Basketball Profile". ESPN. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
  5. ^ "Osborne Named to Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Top 20 Watch List". UCLA Athletics. November 10, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  6. ^ "Osborne has triple-double in No. 10 UCLA women's rout of USC". USA Today. Associated Press. February 26, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  7. ^ Moon, Francis (November 12, 2021). "UCLA women's basketball sports stacked 2021-2022 season squad". Daily Bruin. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  8. ^ Kensing, Kyle (November 10, 2022). "Charisma Osborne Has More Than One Way To Power UCLA Basketball". FloHoops. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  9. ^ Sawyer, Haley (March 20, 2023). "Charisma Osborne's big night leads UCLA women past Oklahoma, into Sweet 16". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  10. ^ Royer, Benjamin (April 5, 2023). "Charisma Osborne, Camryn Brown Returning to UCLA Women's Basketball". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  11. ^ Carlson, Gavin (March 18, 2024). "Creating a legacy: Charisma Osborne surpasses 2,248 points amid career of growth, trust". Daily Bruin. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  12. ^ Geitheim, Eva (April 16, 2024). "UCLA Women's Basketball: Charisma Osborne Selected by Phoenix Mercury in Third Round of WNBA Draft". Sports Illustrated UCLA Bruins News, Analysis and More. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  13. ^ "WNBA Player Movement & Transactions | WNBA". www.wnba.com. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
  14. ^ "Mercury sign 2024 draft pick Charisma Osborne, waive forward Morgan Bertsch". arizonasports.com. KMVP-FM. June 13, 2024. Retrieved June 13, 2024.
  15. ^ "Former UCLA women's basketball player Charisma Osborne heading to playoffs". UCLA Wire. September 5, 2024. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
  16. ^ "Charisma Osborne". USA Basketball. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  17. ^ "Betts, Osborne Claim Silver with USA at 2023 FIBA Women's AmeriCup". UCLA Athletics. July 9, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  18. ^ "Charisma Osborne WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference.
  19. ^ "Charisma Osborne College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
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