Kiki Iriafen

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Kiki Iriafen
Kiki Iriafen 2025 Mystics (cropped).jpg
Iriafen playing for the Washington Mystics in 2025
No. 44–Washington Mystics
Position Power forward
League WNBA
Personal information
Born (2003-08-26) August 26, 2003 (age 22)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High school Harvard-Westlake School
(Los Angeles, California)
College
WNBA draft 2025: 1st round, 4th overall
Drafted by Washington Mystics
Playing career2025–present
Career history
2025–present Washington Mystics
Career highlights
Stats at Basketball Reference   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Okikiola "Kiki" Iriafen is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the USC Trojans of the Big Ten Conference. She previously played for the Stanford Cardinal. Iriafen was selected fourth overall by the Mystics in the 2025 WNBA draft.

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High school career

Iriafen played basketball for Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles. She was a two-time Los Angeles Daily News Player of the Year and was named a McDonald's All-American as a senior. [1] In her junior season, Iriafen led her team to the CIF Southern Section Division 1 title and earned Division 1 Player of the Year honors. [2] She left as her school's all-time leader in points and rebounds. [3] Rated a five-star recruit by ESPN, Iriafen committed to playing college basketball for Stanford over offers from Baylor, UCLA, UConn and Notre Dame. [4]

College career

As a freshman at Stanford, Iriafen came off the bench, averaging 4.2 points and 2.2 rebounds per game en route to Pac-12 All-Freshman honors from league media. [5] In her sophomore season, she averaged 6.7 points and 3.8 rebounds per game. Iriafen became one of Stanford's top players as a junior. [6]

After a breakout junior season in which she averaged 19.4 points and 11.0 rebounds and was named the most improved player in the Pac-12, Iriafen entered the NCAA transfer portal and eventually transferred to USC, returning to her hometown of Los Angeles for her final college season. [7]

Professional career

Washington Mystics (2025–present)

On April 14, 2025, Iriafen was selected fourth overall by the Washington Mystics in the 2025 WNBA draft. [8] She was named Rookie of the Month for May after averaging 13.9 points, 10.1 rebounds, and 1.0 assists per game while shooting 47.4% from the field. [9] [10]

On September 4, 2025 she scored 18 points and got 13 rebounds, breaking the franchise record for most double-doubles in a season with 16. The previous record of 15 was set by Crystal Langhorne in 2010. [11]

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

WNBA

Stats current as of game on July 19, 2025

WNBA regular season statistics [12]
YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2025 Washington 222226.7.460.000.7718.51.40.70.11.911.9
Career1 year, 1 team222226.7.460.000.7718.51.40.70.11.911.9
All-Star1022.9.467.2861.00010.01.02.00.02.017.0

College

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2021–22 Stanford 3306.557.10.056.82.20.40.20.30.44.2
2022–23 Stanford 352712.153.10.064.93.80.50.20.31.36.7
2023–24 Stanford 363627.854.633.377.311.02.30.60.62.319.4
2024–25 USC 353530.349.028.681.18.41.80.90.62.418.0
Career1399819.452.528.674.76.41.30.50.51.612.2

Off the court

In March 2025, ESPN+ announced a second season of their docuseries, Full Court Press would premiere in May 2025. [13] The series (from Peyton Manning's Omaha Productions and Words & Pictures) followed Iriafen, Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo, and Louisiana State's Flau'jae Johnson throughout their 2024–25 NCAA basketball season and postseason. [13] [14]

References

  1. ↑ Fattal, Tarek (June 28, 2021). "Harvard-Westlake's Kiki Iriafen repeats as Daily News All-Area girls basketball player of the year". Los Angeles Daily News . Retrieved February 27, 2024.
  2. ↑ Fattal, Tarek (April 2, 2020). "Harvard-Westlake's Kiki Iriafen spearheads 2020 Daily News All-Area girls basketball team". Los Angeles Daily News . Retrieved February 27, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Kiki Iriafen". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
  4. ↑ Rayburn, Jacob (August 25, 2020). "Iriafen found the perfect fit at Stanford". Rivals . Retrieved February 27, 2024.
  5. ↑ Lev, Michael (January 29, 2024). "Michael Lev: Stanford's Tara VanDerveer on portal, Pac-12's passing, path to prosperity". Arizona Daily Star . Retrieved February 27, 2024.
  6. ↑ Laase, Eden (December 1, 2023). "Cameron Brink and Kiki Iriafen find gratitude in growing together to form formidable 2-post lineup for Stanford". Yahoo! Sports . Retrieved February 27, 2024.
  7. ↑ Voepel, Michael (April 27, 2024). "Kiki Iriafen, off breakout year at Stanford, to join USC". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
  8. ↑ Mendoza, Jordan. "Washington Mystics select USC star Kiki Iriafen with No. 4 pick in 2025 WNBA Draft". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
  9. ↑ "Kiki Iriafen Named Kia WNBA Rookie of the Month". mystics.wnba.com. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
  10. ↑ Pedraza, Candace (2025-06-06). "Rookie Spotlight - Volume 1: Kiki Iriafen". Winsidr. Retrieved 2025-06-09.
  11. ↑ Pereira, Richard (2025-09-04). "Mystics' Kiki Iriafen breaks 15-year franchise record in Mercury clash". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  12. ↑ "Kiki Iriafen WNBA Stats". Basketball Reference.
  13. 1 2 Cowan, Garrett (March 30, 2025). "Season Two of ESPN Original Series Full Court Press, Featuring Hannah Hidalgo, Flau'jae Johnson, and Kiki Iriafen, to Premiere May 3" (Press release). ESPN Press Room . Retrieved March 30, 2025.
  14. ↑ Watkins, Claire (March 30, 2025). "ESPN College Basketball Series 'Full Court Press' Returns for Season 2". Just Women's Sports. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
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