Monika Czinano Explained

Monika Czinano
Number:	25
Team:	TFSE-MTK
Position:	Power forward / Center
Height Ft:	6
Height In:	3
League:	Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A (Budapest, Hungary)
Birth Date:	20 January 2000
Birth Place:	Stillwater, Minnesota, U.S.
High School:	Watertown Mayer (Watertown, Minnesota)
College:	Iowa (2018–2023)
Draft League:	WNBA
Draft Year:	2023
Draft Round:	3
Draft Pick:	26
Draft Team:	Los Angeles Sparks
Career Start:	2023
Career Number:	25
Highlights:	2× Honorable mention All-American – AP (2022, 2023) 4× First-team All-Big Ten (2020–2023)

Monika Czinano (; ;^[1] born January 20, 2000) is an American professional basketball player.^[2] She plays the power forward and center positions. Czinano, who hails from Watertown, Minnesota, joined the Hawkeye women’s basketball program in 2018. As a freshman, she played behind former Hawkeye Megan Gustafson in the 2018–19 season, and took over the starting center position in 2019–20.^[3]

She achieved a major milestone during her senior season at Iowa, becoming the fifth Hawkeye to surpass 2,000 career points and the 38th all-time in Big Ten Conference history. Czinano and her teammate Caitlin Clark made history as the first pair of teammates to surpass 2,000 career points in the same season in Big Ten women's basketball history.^[4] Together, Czinano and Clark were known as The Law Firm.

As of the 2023/24 season, Czinano is playing for TFSE-MTK Budapest in Eurobasket's Hungary-A Division.^[5]

Statistics

Legend
bgcolor=lightgreen width=3em		Led NCAA Division I	-		Led the Big Ten -->
Bold	Career best

!Season!Team!GP!MIN!PTS!REB!AST!STL!BLK!TO!FG%!3P%!FT%

2018–19	Iowa	35	5.8	2.3	1.0	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.4	.554	0.0	.500
2019–20	Iowa	29	27.9	16.0	5.0	0.8	0.4	0.6	1.9	.679	0.0	.709
2020–21	Iowa	30	29.7	19.3	5.8	1.3	0.4	0.6	2.0	bgcolor=lightgreen	.668	0.0	.680
2021–22	Iowa	31	28.7	21.2	6.2	1.0	0.3	0.3	1.3	bgcolor=lightgreen	.679	0.0	.843
2022–23	Iowa	38	28.0	17.1	6.5	1.4	0.8	0.4	2.0	.674	0.0	.794

Source^[6]

See also

• List of NCAA Division I women's basketball career field-goal percentage leaders

External links

• Iowa Hawkeyes bio

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2021–22 Roster: Pronunciation Guide . 2021–22 Iowa Women's Basketball Media Guide . 3 . Iowa Hawkeyes . June 6, 2022.
2. Web site: 2020-04-10 . Monika Czinano . 2022-04-13 . University of Iowa Athletics . en-US.
3. Web site: Peterson . Chloe . Iowa women’s basketball senior center Monika Czinano to return for fifth season . 2022-04-13 . The Daily Iowan.
4. Web site: 2023-01-31 . Clark, Czinano, Murray Late Season Wooden Top 20 . 2023-02-17 . Yardbarker . en.
5. Web site: TFSE-MTK Budapest basketball, News, Roster, Rumors, Stats, Awards, Transactions, Details-eurobasket . 7 October 2023.
6. Web site: Monika Czinano Stats . 2022-08-03 . ESPN . en.