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Ionescu Named USBWA National Player of the Week

ST. LOUIS – The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has selected Oregon freshman guard Sabrina Ionescu as its Ann Meyers Drysdale Women's National Player of the Week for games ending the week of Sunday, Feb. 12. The USBWA's weekly honor is handed out each Tuesday through mid-February.

As the Pac-12 Conference Player of the Week, Ionescu was nominated for the weekly award, which was chosen by Mel Greenberg, the USBWA coordinator for women's basketball, from a list of Division I conference players of the week.

Ionescu, a 5-10 freshman guard from Walnut Creek, Calif.