| Mia Mastrov | |
| Number: | 21 |
| Position: | Guard |
| Birth Date: | 1 April 2003[1] |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 11 |
| High School: | Miramonte High School (Orinda, California) |
| College: | California (2021–2024) |
Mia Mastrov (born April 1, 2003) is an American former college basketball player for the California Golden Bears of the Pac-12 Conference. She was one of the NCAA's highest-paid athletes for her name, image, and likeness (NIL) during her college career.
Mastrov grew up in Lafayette, California, and attended Miramonte High School.[2] She averaged 12.2 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 2.9 steals per game in high school and was named all-state three times.[2] She played Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) basketball for the Cal Stars of Orinda, California. She committed to the University of California, Berkeley, in August 2020.[3] She graduated from high school early in January 2021.[4]
Mastrov debuted for the California Golden Bears off the bench on February 5, 2021, scoring a career-high 20 points including four made threes in a 51–62 loss to Utah. She was California's highest-ever debutante scorer and the team's top single-game scorer against a Pac-12 opponent at that point in the 2021–21 season.[5] She started the last five games of her freshman season, averaging 7.0 points and 4.3 rebounds per game.[2] She scored 12 points and grabbed 7 rebounds in a 67–55 win over Arizona State on February 21, 2021.[2]
Mastrov played a backup guard role the following three seasons. She scored 9 points in a 102–60 win over McNeese on December 11, 2021, which was California's first 100-point game under head coach Charmin Smith.[2] [6] She shot 4-for-7 for a season-high 11 points in an 88–52 win over Florida A&M on December 18, 2022.[7] She scored 10 points and grabbed 5 rebounds in a 61–49 loss to Washington State in the first round of the Pac-12 Conference tournament on March 1, 2023.[2] She scored 14 points shooting 6-for-8 with two threes in a season-opening 89–56 win over CSU Bakersfield on November 6, 2023.[2] She averaged 3.0 points and 1.4 rebounds in 13.7 minutes per game for her career.[2]
|-| style="text-align:left;" | 2020–21| style="text-align:left;" | California|6||5||32.2||24.2||17.6||100.0||4.3||1.0||0.5||0.7||3.3||7.0 |-| style="text-align:left;" | 2021–22| style="text-align:left;" | California|24||2||11.9||31.3||25.0||76.5||1.2||0.5||0.5||0.1||0.7||2.6 |-| style="text-align:left;" | 2022–23| style="text-align:left;" | California|28||0||12.0||26.7||24.5||81.3||1.1||0.7||0.3||0.0||0.8||2.6 |-| style="text-align:left;" | 2023–24| style="text-align:left;" | California|30||0||13.0||31.5||25.7||83.3||1.4||0.5||0.6||0.0||1.1||2.7|-| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Career|88||7||13.7||28.6||23.3||82.5||1.4||0.6||0.5||0.1||1.0||3.0|- class="sortbottom"|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[8]
Mastrov's father, Mark Mastrov, is the founder of fitness center chain 24 Hour Fitness. Her grandfather, Bert Mastrov, played college basketball as part of the first California team under coach Pete Newell.[3]
Mastrov was one of the NCAA's most-followed women's basketball players on social media, with 1.2 million followers across TikTok and Instagram, and one of its highest name, image, and likeness (NIL) earners.[9] [10] Her social media posts include lip syncs, basketball photos, swimsuit photos, and NIL brand partnerships.[11] She is a close friend of Stanford basketball star Cameron Brink, with whom she played AAU youth basketball.[12] She has been a professional model.[12]