Charisma Osborne

Charisma Osborne (born June 3, 2001) is an American college basketball player for the UCLA Bruins of the Pac-12 Conference.

Charisma Osborne
Osborne with UCLA in 2022
No. 20 – UCLA Bruins
PositionGuard
LeaguePac-12 Conference
Personal information
Born (2001-06-03) June 3, 2001
Fontana, California, U.S.
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Career information
High schoolWindward School
(Los Angeles, California)
CollegeUCLA (2019–present)
Career highlights and awards
  • 3× All-Pac-12 (2021–2023)
  • Pac-12 All-Defensive Team (2021)
  • 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 place2023 MexicoTeam
FIBA Under-17 World Cup
Gold medal – first place2018 BelarusTeam

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]

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.[11] 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.[12]

References
  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. "Charisma Osborne". USA Basketball. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  12. "Betts, Osborne Claim Silver with USA at 2023 FIBA Women's AmeriCup". UCLA Athletics. July 9, 2023. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
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