.jpg) Osborne with thePhoenix Mercury in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 – Phoenix Mercury | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Guard | ||||||||||||||||||||
| League | WNBA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2001-07-03)July 3, 2001 (age 23) Fontana, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 166 lb (75 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| High school | Windward School (Los Angeles, California) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College | UCLA (2019–2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2024: 3rd round, 25th overall pick | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Selected by thePhoenix Mercury | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2024–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–present | Phoenix Mercury | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Charisma Osborne (born July 3, 2001) is an American professionalbasketball player who currently plays for thePhoenix Mercury of theWNBA. She was drafted by the Mercury in the2024 WNBA draft. She playedcollege basketball atUCLA.
Osborne played basketball forWindward School inLos Angeles under coachVanessa 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 theMcDonald's All-American Game and was namedLos Angeles Times player of the year for a third consecutive season.[3] Rated a five-starrecruit byESPN, she committed to playcollege basketball forUCLA over offers from Duke, Louisville, Ohio State and USC.[4]
As a freshman at UCLA, Osborne averaged 12.2 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, receivingPac-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 careertriple-double, with 18 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds in a 93–51 win overUSC.[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 the2023 NCAA tournament, Osborne scored a career-high 36 points in an 82–73 victory overOklahoma.[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 the2023 WNBA draft, Osborne returned to UCLA for a fifth season of eligibility, granted due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[10] During her fifth season, she reached second on the all-time scoring list for UCLA women's basketball.[11]
Osborne was chosen as the first pick of the third round (25th overall) by thePhoenix Mercury in the2024 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]
Osborne won a gold medal playing for theUnited States at the2018 FIBA Under-17 World Cup, where she averaged 4 points and 3.7 rebounds per game.[16] She competed for thesenior national team at the2023 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]
| 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 |
Stats current through end of 2024 season
| 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 |
| 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 | |
