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Mystics guard Sonia Citron was named to the 2025 AP WNBA All-Rookie team yesterday. It’s a big accomplishment, and why she is one of the frontrunners to be the WNBA’s rookie of the year and a lock to make the WNBA All-Rookie team, which is a separate award. Let’s go through why.
Here are some of the things that Citron has done in the 2025 WNBA season:
- Citron holds the highest scoring season in franchise history: Citron scored 657 total points in 44 games, averaging 14.9 points per game. Admittedly, these total statistical records will be broken more often with the WNBA season being longer now since most of the Mystics’ best players in franchise history like Elena Delle Donne, Crystal Langhorne, Alana Beard and Chamique Holdsclaw had seasons where they averaged more points but scored fewer total points due to shorter season. Still, this doesn’t diminish what Citron did in 2025.
- Tied for franchise record in three pointers made: Citron made 81 three pointers in 2025, tying Ivory Latta’s mark in 2014. That mark of 81 threes is also the rookie record.
- Scoring consistency: Citron scored at least 10 points in 38 of Washington’s 44 games.
- Scoring efficiency: Citron made 47 percent of her shots, made 44.5 percent of her three pointers and 87.2 percent of her free throws. That isn’t too far from the 50-40-90 club that Delle Donne made in the 2019 season. Don’t be surprised if Citron can actually get there at some point in what should be a long and successful career.
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