Sedona Prince

Sedona Prince
No. 24 – TCU Horned Frogs
PositionPower forward / center
LeagueBig 12 Conference
Personal information
Born (2000-05-12) May 12, 2000 (age 24)
Hemet, California, US
Listed height6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight195 lb (88 kg)
Career information
High schoolLiberty Hill
(Liberty Hill, Texas)
College
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Women's basketball
the  United States
FIBA AmeriCup
Gold medal – first place 2021 San Juan
FIBA Americas U18 Championship
Gold medal – first place 2018 Mexico City Team
FIBA U17 World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Spain Team
FIBA Americas U16 Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Mexico Team

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[a] previously played for the Oregon Ducks of the Pac-12 Conference and the Texas Longhorns of the Big 12 Conference. At 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), 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 to 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. Prince stated that she was bullied for her height and transferred to Faith Academy of Marble Falls because of the bullying, but 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 first extended an offer to Prince when she was in the eighth grade. [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 urged her to prepare for the upcoming season, having her do exercises a month after her surgery, leading to her suffering a setback and nearly dying from an infection and the antibiotics she was taking to combat it.[3][7] Prince announced she would transfer to Oregon to continue her collegiate career, with reports stating that disagreements 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 her waiver and appeal were denied, leading to her sitting out the season instead.[7][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 she was officially named to the roster in June.[13][14]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2018–19 Texas Redshirt Redshirted
2019–20 Oregon Sat out due to NCAA transfer rules
2020–21 Oregon 19 10 19.8 54.5 28.6 80.0 3.9 1.3 0.6 1.5 0.8 10.4
2021–22 Oregon 30 18 22.1 54.2 0.0 74.6 4.9 1.4 0.5 1.3 1.0 9.3
2023–24 TCU 21 21 33.2 55.2 35.7 71.9 9.7 1.9 0.8 2.9 2.5 19.7
Career 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
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]

One of Prince's former girlfriends, Olivia Stabile, posted a series of TikTok videos accusing Prince of physical and verbal abuse. Included in the posts were accusations of Prince shoving her to the ground and threatening to sue Stabile if she were to go public about the incident. Prince stated that the allegations are "false, defamatory and misleading".[17][18]

References

  1. ^ "TCU Signs Touted Transfer Center Sedona Prince to 2023-2024 Roster". TCU Athletics. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  2. ^ "What to Know About University of Oregon Basketball Player Sedona Prince". People. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b Brassil, Gillian R. (29 May 2021). "Sedona Prince Has a Message for You". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  4. ^ "The light at the end of the tunnel: How Sedona Prince overcame her bullies". The Daily Texan. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Prince makes it official - signs to be a Longhorn". The Liberty Hill Independent. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Offered as an eighth grader, Liberty Hill's Sedona Prince has been a long time coming for the Texas women". Hook' Em. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  7. ^ a b "How Oregon's Sedona Prince rebounded and became a crusader for NCAA change". ESPN. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  8. ^ Sedona Prince [@sedonaprince_] (July 6, 2019). "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" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ^ a b "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. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Report: Former Longhorn Sedona Prince left Texas basketball team over medical concerns with staff". Hook' Em. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  11. ^ "NCAA denies Sedona Prince's immediate eligibility waiver, appeal to play for Oregon women's basketball in 2019-20". The Oregonian. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Texas freshman Sedona Prince to miss basketball season with broken leg". Hook' Em. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Thirteen Finalists Announced for 2021 USA Basketball Women's AmeriCup Team". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on April 22, 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  14. ^ "Roster Announced for 2021 USA Basketball Women's AmeriCup Team". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on June 6, 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Sedona Prince College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  16. ^ "Sedona Prince". USA Basketball. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  17. ^ "Sedona Prince's Work Off the Court Is Far From Over". The New York Times. 2024-09-02.
  18. ^ "Petition to remove Sedona Prince from TCU basketball nears 200K signatures after abuse allegations". USA Today. 2024-09-03.

Notes

  1. ^ Prince uses both she/her and they/them pronouns. This article uses she/her pronouns for consistency.