The former Duck attended the first game of the 2024 season and was met with a warm reception.
Perhaps no Oregon graduate has enjoyed a better summer than Sabrina Ionescu. The New York Liberty star helped lead her team to a top spot in the WNBA standings before heading to Paris to win a gold medal for Team USA. Upon her return and the restart of the W season, Ionescu didn't miss a beat and is now averaging 19.5 points for the 27-6 Liberty with the postseason rapidly approaching.
With her team on a West Coast trip, Ionescu was also able to pay a quick visit to her college campus. She was on-site for Oregon's first football game of the season, with the No. 3-ranked Ducks taking on the Idaho Vandals. The return of such a superstar alumnus is always a big occasion for the school and Oregon made that obvious by paying homage to Ionescu in two different ways. The first is simple and a classic— Ionescu got a moment on the big board. The crowd went wild. She even wore her gold medal. It was a great moment.As a cherry on top, the football team all wore Ionescu's shoes on their way into the game on Saturday afternoon.
Sabrina Ionescu was recognized at the Oregon football game for her Olympic gold medal AND the team pulled up in her Nike Sabrina 1 🔥, but they did ultimately beat Idaho 24-14. A win is a win, as Ionescu would surely be happy to tell us after winning her first gold medal by exactly one point.Liam McKeone is a senior writer for the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated.
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