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USC’s Kiki Iriafen Earns WNBA All-Rookie Team Honors From Associated Press
September 15, 2025 | Women's Basketball
Former Trojan averaged 13.5 points and 8.5 rebounds in her first WNBA season with the Washington Mystics.
USC women's basketball's Kiki Iriafen followed up an All-American season as a Trojan with All-Star and All-Rookie Team efforts in the WNBA. The No. 4 recruit in the 2025 WNBA Draft to the Washington Mystics, Iriafen wrapped her first season in the league with selection to the Associated Press All-Rookie Team. That followed a rare rookie inclusion to the 2025 WNBA All-Star game for Iriafen.
With the Mystics this season, Iriafen averaged 13.3 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game while shooting 48.8 percent from the field. She joined A'ja Wilson, Alyssa Thomas, Aliyah Boston, Jonquel Jones, and Kamilla Cardoso as the only players to average at least 12.0 points and 8.0 rebounds on 48.0 percent or better shooting during the 2025 season and is one of seven rookies in WNBA history to do so.
Iriafen recorded a 2025 rookie-best and single-season franchise record of 16 double-doubles, ranking fifth overall in the league. Her 8.5 rebounds per game are the most by a rookie in franchise history and ranked fourth overall in the WNBA this season.
With her No. 4 overall pick by the Washington Mystics, Iriafen became USC's first top-10 WNBA Draft selection since Ebony Hoffman was No. 9 in 2004. She is the fourth overall top-10 pick out of USC and highest since 1997 when Tina Thompson was No. 1 and Pam McGee was No. 2. Rayah Marshall scored the 25th overall selection, picked in the second round by the Connecticut Sun.
A WBCA Coaches' All-America Team selection and unanimous selection to the 2025 All-Big Ten First Team, Iriafen shined brightly in her first season as a Trojan. She notched 12 double-doubles in her senior season at USC and averaged 18.0 points and 8.4 rebounds per game while shooting 49 percent from the floor. Also effective from the stripe, Iriafen ranked No. 38 in the nation with 142 free throws made. She also ranked nationally at No. 15 with her 4.1 offensive rebounds per game and was top-40 in points and field goals made while also earned spots on the AP and USBWA All-America Third Teams.
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Iriafen produced team-high scoring in USC wins over ranked Maryland, Ohio State and Illinois teams during conference play. Against top-10 opponents this season, Iriafen shot a hot 91.4 percent from the free-throw line and upped her rebounding and assists efforts, averaging 8.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game in helping her Trojans post a 5-3 record against top-10 teams. Iriafen's 2024-25 awards list also included AP Preseason All-America status along with spots on the Wade Watch List, Naismith Trophy Watch List and Wooden Award Watch List as well as two selections to the Big Ten Weekly Honor Roll and a selection as a USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale Player of the Week. She also was a repeat finalist for the Katrina McClain Power Forward of the Year award, which she won as a junior at Stanford.
With the Mystics this season, Iriafen averaged 13.3 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game while shooting 48.8 percent from the field. She joined A'ja Wilson, Alyssa Thomas, Aliyah Boston, Jonquel Jones, and Kamilla Cardoso as the only players to average at least 12.0 points and 8.0 rebounds on 48.0 percent or better shooting during the 2025 season and is one of seven rookies in WNBA history to do so.
Iriafen recorded a 2025 rookie-best and single-season franchise record of 16 double-doubles, ranking fifth overall in the league. Her 8.5 rebounds per game are the most by a rookie in franchise history and ranked fourth overall in the WNBA this season.
With her No. 4 overall pick by the Washington Mystics, Iriafen became USC's first top-10 WNBA Draft selection since Ebony Hoffman was No. 9 in 2004. She is the fourth overall top-10 pick out of USC and highest since 1997 when Tina Thompson was No. 1 and Pam McGee was No. 2. Rayah Marshall scored the 25th overall selection, picked in the second round by the Connecticut Sun.
A WBCA Coaches' All-America Team selection and unanimous selection to the 2025 All-Big Ten First Team, Iriafen shined brightly in her first season as a Trojan. She notched 12 double-doubles in her senior season at USC and averaged 18.0 points and 8.4 rebounds per game while shooting 49 percent from the floor. Also effective from the stripe, Iriafen ranked No. 38 in the nation with 142 free throws made. She also ranked nationally at No. 15 with her 4.1 offensive rebounds per game and was top-40 in points and field goals made while also earned spots on the AP and USBWA All-America Third Teams.
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Iriafen produced team-high scoring in USC wins over ranked Maryland, Ohio State and Illinois teams during conference play. Against top-10 opponents this season, Iriafen shot a hot 91.4 percent from the free-throw line and upped her rebounding and assists efforts, averaging 8.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game in helping her Trojans post a 5-3 record against top-10 teams. Iriafen's 2024-25 awards list also included AP Preseason All-America status along with spots on the Wade Watch List, Naismith Trophy Watch List and Wooden Award Watch List as well as two selections to the Big Ten Weekly Honor Roll and a selection as a USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale Player of the Week. She also was a repeat finalist for the Katrina McClain Power Forward of the Year award, which she won as a junior at Stanford.
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