Sedona Prince Explained

Sedona Prince
Number:24
Position:Power forward / center
League:Big 12 Conference
Team:TCU Horned Frogs
Birth Date:May 12, 2000
Birth Place:Hemet, California, US
Height Ft:6
Height In:7
Weight Lb:195
High School:Liberty Hill
(Liberty Hill, Texas)
College:
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Sedona Prince (born May 12, 2000) is an American basketball player who currently plays for the TCU Horned Frogs of the Big 12 Conference.[1] She previously played for the Oregon Ducks of the Pac-12 Conference and the Texas Longhorns of the Big 12 Conference. At, she was one of the tallest players to ever play for Oregon.[2] Prince generated national attention in 2021 after highlighting the disparity in facilities between the men's and women's NCAA tournaments. She was not allowed to compete during the 2019 - 2020 NCAA season due NCAA transfer rules requiring her to sit out a season.[3]

Early life and high school

Born in Hemet, California and raised in Liberty Hill, Texas, Prince began playing basketball in the fourth grade. After attending Faith Academy of Marble Falls to get away from being bullied for her height, she transferred back to Liberty Hill High School, where she was a three-year varsity player.[4] She committed to playing college basketball at Texas, who put out their offer when she was in the eighth grade. They later took her off the team due to her aggressive and threatening nature and, including incidences of violence towards other teammates. [5] [6]

College career

Texas

Prince redshirted her true freshman season while recovering from a broken right leg suffered at the FIBA Americas U18 Championships. According to her mother, Tambra, the athletic trainers at Texas were urging her to prepare for the upcoming season, having her do exercises a month after her surgery, leading to her suffering a set-back and nearly dying from an infection and the antibiotics she was taking to combat it.[7] Prince announced that she would transfer to Oregon to continue her collegiate career, with reports stating that differences with the Texas medical staff were the main reason for the transfer.[8] [9] [10]

Oregon

Prince applied for a hardship waiver to grant her immediate eligibility for the 2019–20 season, but had her waiver and appeal denied, leading to her sitting out the season instead.[9] [11]

National team career

Prince has represented the United States, starting at the 2015 FIBA Americas U16 Championship where she was a part of the team that won bronze. She also won bronze representing the U17 national team at the 2016 FIBA U17 World Cup.

Prince was a part of the United States women's national under-19 basketball team at the 2018 FIBA Under-18 Women's Americas Championship, where she broke her leg during a game in the preliminary round, causing her to miss her true freshman season.[12] Despite the injury, she still earned a gold medal as the United States won the FIBA Americas championship over Canada.

Prince was named a finalist for the 2021 FIBA Women's AmeriCup roster in April, and was officially named to the roster in June.[13] [14]

Career statistics

College

|-| style="text-align:left;" | 2018–19| style="text-align:left;" | Texas| style="text-align:center;" colspan=12 | Redshirted|-| style="text-align:left;" | 2019–20| style="text-align:left;" | Oregon| style="text-align:center;" colspan=12 | Sat out due to NCAA transfer rules|-| style="text-align:left;" | 2020–21| style="text-align:left;" | Oregon| 19 || 10 || 19.8 || 54.5 || 28.6 || 80.0 || 3.9 || 1.3 || 0.6 || 1.5 || 0.8 || 10.4|-| style="text-align:left;" | 2021–22| style="text-align:left;" | Oregon|30||18||22.1||54.2||0.0||74.6||4.9||1.4||0.5||1.3||1.0||9.3|-| style="text-align:left;" | 2023–24| style="text-align:left;" | TCU|21||21||33.2||55.2||35.7||71.9||9.7||1.9||0.8||2.9||2.5||19.7|-| style="text-align:center;" | Career| style="text-align:center;" | 3 years, 2 teams|71||49||24.4||54.7||30.4||73.9||6.0||1.5||0.6||1.8||1.4||12.5|- class="sortbottom"|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[15]

Personal life

Prince is the daughter of James and Tambra Prince. James is a retired Marine while Tambra played basketball and volleyball at St. John's College in Kansas. She also has an older brother, Diego. [16]

Prince has been accused by several ex-partners of serious physical and mental abuse over the past few years. [17] [18] [19]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TCU Signs Touted Transfer Center Sedona Prince to 2023-2024 Roster . TCU Athletics. 20 July 2023.
  2. Web site: What to Know About University of Oregon Basketball Player Sedona Prince . People . 16 June 2021.
  3. Web site: Sedona Prince Has a Message for You . New York Times . 15 June 2021.
  4. Web site: The light at the end of the tunnel: How Sedona Prince overcame her bullies . The Daily Texan . 16 June 2021.
  5. Web site: Prince makes it official - signs to be a Longhorn . The Liberty Hill Independent . 16 June 2021.
  6. Web site: Offered as an eighth grader, Liberty Hill's Sedona Prince has been a long time coming for the Texas women. . Hook' Em . 16 June 2021.
  7. Web site: How Oregon's Sedona Prince rebounded and became a crusader for NCAA change . ESPN . 16 June 2021.
  8. 1147329152888053761. sedonaprince_. SCO DUCKS!! Thank you so much to everyone who has helped me through this process! So excited and blessed to continue my academic and athletic career at the University of Oregon. Sedona Prince.
  9. Web site: Oregon women's basketball awaiting NCAA decision on hardship waiver for Sedona Prince, who felt 'unsafe' at Texas during recovery from broken leg . The Oregonian . 16 June 2021.
  10. Web site: Report: Former Longhorn Sedona Prince left Texas basketball team over medical concerns with staff . Hook' Em . 16 June 2021.
  11. Web site: NCAA denies Sedona Prince's immediate eligibility waiver, appeal to play for Oregon women's basketball in 2019-20 . The Oregonian . 16 June 2021.
  12. Web site: Texas freshman Sedona Prince to miss basketball season with broken leg . Hook' Em . 15 June 2021.
  13. Web site: Thirteen Finalists Announced for 2021 USA Basketball Women's AmeriCup Team . https://web.archive.org/web/20210422015237/https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2021/04/w-americup-finalists.aspx . dead . April 22, 2021 . USA Basketball . 15 June 2021.
  14. Web site: Roster Announced for 2021 USA Basketball Women's AmeriCup Team . https://web.archive.org/web/20210606185347/https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2021/06/w-americup-roster.aspx . dead . June 6, 2021 . USA Basketball . 15 June 2021.
  15. Web site: Sedona Prince College Stats. Sports-Reference. April 11, 2024.
  16. Web site: Sedona Prince . 2024-08-16 . USA Basketball . en.
  17. Web site: Alleged abuse . 2024-08-16 . Tik Tok. en.
  18. Web site: Alleged abuse . 2024-08-16 . Tik Tok. en.
  19. Web site: Alleged abuse . 2024-08-16 . Tik Tok. en.