Give it up to @sabrina_i20 for having the most popular @wnba jersey this season! 👏🙌 Also, thanks to our Libs fam, the Liberty was 2nd in overall team merch sales! #SeafoamSZN pic.twitter.com/Y8R1J22nPY
— New York Liberty (@nyliberty) September 23, 2021
Former Oregon Ducks star point guard Sabrina Ionescu had the highest selling jersey in the WNBA this past season, according to a tweet from the New York Liberty’s Twitter account.
Ionescu was among the most popular athletes on the planet during her final season in Eugene playing for coach Kelly Graves and the Ducks, and it’s clear becoming the first overall pick in the draft, and moving to the media empire that is New York, did not hurt her popularity one bit.
A severely sprained ankle limited Ionescu to just three games during her rookie season, and while she was healthier in 2021 – appearing in 30 games and making 26 starts – it’s clear she never quite returned to 100 percent health and it showed on her stat sheet.
Ionescu averaged 11.7 points, 6.1 assists, and 5.7 rebounds while shooting just 37.9% from the field, 32.5% from three and 91.1% from the charity stripe.
Still, the soon-to-be 24-year-old is among the most popular WNBA players in the league right now, and if she comes back fully healthy in 2022 you can bet she will be among the top performers in the league – and her jersey sales will remain around the top of the list.
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