{"id":515154,"date":"2026-03-05T03:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T03:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/515154\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T03:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T03:48:10","slug":"wnba-star-and-olympian-sabrina-ionescu-gets-orindas-miramonte-high-school-gymnasium-named-after-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/515154\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA star and Olympian Sabrina Ionescu gets Orinda&#8217;s Miramonte High School gymnasium named after her"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">ORINDA, Calif. (KGO) &#8212; Miramonte High School in Orinda is honoring one of its most famous alumni by renaming the school gym after WNBA star and Olympian, Sabrina Ionescu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Acalanes Union High School District voted to officially designate the facility as the Sabrina Ionescu Gymnasium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Ionescu now is a guard for the New York Liberty after graduating from Miramonte in 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Her high school career at Miramonte had extreme success, which was followed by her talents growing at an NCAA level at the University of Oregon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">MORE: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/amp\/post\/sabrina-ionescu-nba-2k24-kobe-bryant-wnba\/13474648\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bay Area&#8217;s Sabrina Ionescu named cover athlete for NBA 2K24&#8217;s WNBA Edition<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In 2020, she was the No.1 overall pick in the WNBA draft and has since become a WNBA All-Star and an Olympian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Miramonte High School Principal Ben Campopiano said Ionescu&#8217;s influence is still felt on campus, noting, &#8220;She has a lasting legacy&#8230; obviously here at Miramonte.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A date for the renaming ceremony has not yet been set.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA hsDdd DbOXS oklLN GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/abc-news-live-local-watch\/11513295\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Now Streaming 24\/7 Click Here\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR WAUrb hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/11518842_247-NOWSTREAMING_1280x720.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KGO-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORINDA, Calif. (KGO) &#8212; Miramonte High School in Orinda is honoring one of its most famous alumni by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[204060,49,48,82,630],"class_list":["post-515154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-204060","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}