WNBA star and Olympian Sabrina Ionescu gets Orinda’s Miramonte High School gymnasium named after her

ORINDA, Calif. (KGO) — Miramonte High School in Orinda is honoring one of its most famous alumni by renaming the school gym after WNBA star and Olympian, Sabrina Ionescu.

The Acalanes Union High School District voted to officially designate the facility as the Sabrina Ionescu Gymnasium.

Ionescu now is a guard for the New York Liberty after graduating from Miramonte in 2016.

Her high school career at Miramonte had extreme success, which was followed by her talents growing at an NCAA level at the University of Oregon.

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In 2020, she was the No.1 overall pick in the WNBA draft and has since become a WNBA All-Star and an Olympian.

Miramonte High School Principal Ben Campopiano said Ionescu’s influence is still felt on campus, noting, “She has a lasting legacy… obviously here at Miramonte.”

A date for the renaming ceremony has not yet been set.