A 12-year-old Sabrina Ionescu predicted that she'd play in the WNBA a decade before she was drafted with the No. 1 overall pick

• The New York Liberty selected Sabrina Ionescu with the first overall pick in Friday's WNBA Draft.
• Ten years prior to her introduction to the pros, the Oregon Ducks superstar predicted her future in the league in an adorable home video.
• After WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert announced Ionescu as the No. 1 pick, the broadcast showed a 12-year-old Ionescu vowing to "keep pushing and one day become a WNBA player."
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Sabrina Ionescu has long been the presumed No. 1 pick in the WNBA Draft, but the NCAA all-time leader in triple-doubles has known she'd be a WNBA player for much, much longer.

When she was just 12 years old — a full decade prior to her selection in the 2020 WNBA Draft — Ionescu predicted that she'd one day play professional basketball in the league.

After the New York Liberty selected the Oregon Ducks star with the first overall pick in Friday's virtual draft, the broadcast showed a clip of a young Ionescu thanking her family and vowing to "one day become a WNBA player."

"Overall I have valued all of my basketball experiences and I am looking forward to many more," Ionescu said in the home video. "My family has always been there for inspiration to keep pushing."

—ESPN (@espn) April 17, 2020

Ionescu has already cemented her superstar status as the only Division I player — male or female — to record 2,000 points, 1,000 assists, and 1,000 rebounds over the course of their career. She's widely expected to continue her meteoric rise in the WNBA and make an immediate impact for a New York Liberty team that has struggled in recent years.

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