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Who is Sedona Prince? 5 things to know about the TCU basketball star
SportsDay Staff
Sedona Prince has been a notable name in the landscape of women’s college basketball for the past few years. But she recently made headlines for abuse allegations brought against her by multiple women.
Here are some things to know about one of the top players on the TCU women’s basketball team:
TCU career
Prince has been a star player for the Horned Frogs this season. In 25 appearances, she is averaging 17.6 points and 9.0 rebounds per game while shooting better than 60% from the floor.Prince has helped lead an upstart 23-3 TCU team to the No. 11 ranking in the country. The Horned Frogs are in a tie for first place atop the Big 12 with Kansas State and Baylor, and are undefeated at home this season.
She averaged 19.7 points and 9.7 rebounds per game in 2023-24, her first season in Fort Worth.
Related:How TCU women’s basketball went from rock bottom to national title hopefuls
Prince’s abuse allegations
Prince has recently been accused of a string of abuse allegations by multiple women, according to an investigation published Wednesday by The Washington Post. She has been accused of sexual assault, domestic violence and sexual misconduct, with alleged incidents dating back to 2019 and as recent as last month.Prince, through her attorney, A. Boone Almanza, denied all allegations of abuse, “whether mentally, emotionally or physically.” TCU did not immediately respond to The Dallas Morning News when emailed Wednesday about the allegations.
Various women, anonymous and by name, made allegations against Prince on social media, to law enforcement and in court documents, according to The Post. Two who accused her of domestic violence were asked to sign nondisclosure agreements, and others were threatened with legal action, The Post reported.
Throughout the allegations, Prince has remained a part of TCU’s program and has played all but one game this year. She is a projected first-round pick in this spring’s WNBA draft.
Prior to TCU
Prince is in her third college program and is having her best season. The Austin native spent a year at Texas and two at Oregon before dropping out of school and not playing in the 2022-23 season. She then followed her former assistant coach at Oregon Mark Campbell to TCU when he accepted the head coaching job ahead of last season.Viral NCAA fame
Prior to landing at TCU, Prince was already a famous name in college athletics after posting viral videos about the discrepancy between the weight rooms at the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournament bubbles in San Antonio in 2021. She also positioned herself as one of the leading voices for college athlete pay, becoming a plaintiff in two lawsuits against the NCAA that recently resulted in a $2.8 billion settlement.Related:‘I’m the NCAA’s worst nightmare’: Sedona Prince, LGBTQ activists oppose Texas Final Fours
Where did Prince go to high school?
Prince became a star basketball prospect at Liberty Hill High School, just north of Austin. She was a McDonald’s All-American, and tabbed as the No. 8 overall recruit in the nation by ESPN as a high school senior.She graduated from Oregon with a bachelor’s degree in general social science in May 2022, and is pursuing a master of liberal arts degree at TCU.
