Charisma Osborne

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Charisma Osborne
Charisma Osborne.jpg
Osborne with UCLA in 2022
Personal information
Born (2001-06-03) June 3, 2001 (age 22)
Fontana, California, U.S.
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Career information
High school Windward School
(Los Angeles, California)
College UCLA (2019–2024)
WNBA draft 2024: 3rd round, 25th overall pick
Selected by the Phoenix Mercury
Position Guard
Career highlights and awards
  • 4× All-Pac-12 (2021–2023)
  • 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 Flag of the United States.svg  United States
FIBA AmeriCup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Mexico Team
FIBA Under-17 World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Belarus Team

Charisma Osborne (born June 3, 2001) is an American professional basketball player who is a free agent. She was drafted by the Phoenix Mercury in the 2024 WNBA draft. She played college basketball at UCLA.

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High school career

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

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

Osborne was chosen as the first pick of the third round (25th overall) by the Phoenix Mercury in the 2024 WNBA draft. [12] On 11 May 2024, Osborne was waived by the Phoenix Mercury. [13]

National team career

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. [14] 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. [15]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames 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

College

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2019–20 UCLA 312929.438.233.379.25.81.41.50.31.212.2
2020–21 UCLA 232334.536.134.086.85.83.81.70.42.017.0
2021–22 UCLA 282835.536.233.187.55.13.91.50.22.416.4
2022–23 UCLA 363633.138.729.283.25.92.81.40.31.915.9
2023–24 UCLA 343432.941.032.289.25.24.01.60.31.913.9
Career15215032.938.132.385.35.63.11.50.31.914.9
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference. [16]

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References

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  2. ↑ Tennis, Mark (April 13, 2018). "Ms. Basketball 2018: It's got Charisma". CalHiSports. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
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  4. ↑ "Charisma Osborne 2019 High School Girls' Basketball Profile". ESPN . Retrieved July 8, 2023.
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