At this point in the social distancing process, Sabrina Ionescu is willing to shoot at peach baskets.

Fittingly, on Friday the Oregon superstar became the first player in program history to win the Naismith Trophy awarded to the women’s basketball player of the year.

The trophy’s namesake, James Naismith, invented the game in 1891 using peach baskets.

Ionescu rewrote the NCAA and Oregon record books during her legendary collegiate career, which was cut short when the NCAA Tournament was canceled last month due to the COVID-19 health crisis.

“I’m finding any hoop that I can,” Ionescu said on CBS Sports’ live stream of the online Naismith Trophy presentation. “Whether that’s going to a park or finding a gym that I can get into.”

Ionescu won the Wade Trophy for the second consecutive season on Thursday. She was selected as the 2019-20 Senior CLASS Award winner on Tuesday.

Baylor’s Lauren Cox, South Carolina’s Tyasha Harris and Kentucky’s Rhyne Howard were the other finalists for the Naismith Trophy.

“It’s obviously an honor,” Ionescu said. “I couldn’t have been able to do this without my coaches and teammates. This one is definitely special and it’s an honor.”

Congratulations to @sabrina_i20 for winning the 2020 @CitizenWatchUS Women’s Player of the Year on @CBSSportsHQ!



Ionescu is a 3X @pac12 POY and the NCAA's all-time career leader in triple-doubles @OregonWBB #Naismith2020 I #GoDucks pic.twitter.com/3H6Ge6txTq

— The Naismith Trophy (@NaismithTrophy) April 3, 2020

Ionescu was named the Associated Press and United States Basketball Writers Association national player of the year last month after becoming the first NCAA player ever to reach 2,000 career points (2,562), 1,000 assists (1,091) and 1,000 rebounds (1,040).

The three-time Pac-12 player of the year winner is also expected to repeat as the Wooden Award winner.

Ionescu and teammates Ruthy Hebard and Satou Sabally are consensus all-Americans having all made the AP, WBCA and USBWA teams.

“We were so close,” Ionescu said of the 2019-20 Ducks. “Every single player loved every single player. We played for each other. I think going through those ups and downs, we grew together. Being able to play alongside them was a blessing.

“The worst part about not being able to play anymore is just not being able to play with them.”

"Couldn't have been able to do this without my coaches and teammates. This one's definitely special." - @OregonWBB star Sabrina Ionescu after winning the @NaismithTrophy Award for National Player of the Year pic.twitter.com/FHMFyDxkhR

— CBS Sports HQ (@CBSSportsHQ) April 3, 2020

The Walnut Creek, Calif., native capped her career with an NCAA all-time record 26 triple-doubles after matching her own single-season record with eight in 2019-20.

Ionescu finished the season averaging 17.5 points, a career-high 8.6 rebounds and an NCAA-leading 9.1 assists per game while leading the Ducks to the program’s third consecutive outright Pac-12 regular-season title.

Oregon finished the season ranked No. 2 in the AP poll behind South Carolina. The NCAA Tournament was canceled days after the Ducks won the Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas.

“It was obviously a year of ups and downs,” said Ionescu, who mourned the death of her mentor, Kobe Bryant, during the season. “But we beat Team USA, we beat Stanford and Oregon State. I think there’s a lot of great team wins that we accomplished this year that I’m not taking for granted and really happy that we were able to do.

“Then obviously we were able to play in Vegas and win that Pac-12 Tournament. That was definitely special as well.”

Ionescu is expected to be the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft, which is still scheduled for April 17. The league announced Friday it will delay the start of its regular season due to the coronavirus.

“I was still holding on to hope that (the season) might start back up again, so I’ve been practicing and training,” Ionescu said. “I think now my focus is on what’s next to come. Hopefully that is the WNBA.”

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