2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster

#11 Sonia Citron 2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

Guard

Height 6-1

Class Junior

Eligibility Junior

Hometown Eastchester, NY

High School The Ursuline School

Bio / Statistics

HONORS AND AWARDS

USBWA National Players of the Week (Dec. 10)
2024 Cayman Islands Classic All-Tournament Team
2024-25 Wooden Award Watch List
2024-25 Ann Meyers Drysdale Watch List
2024-25 Preseason All-ACC
2024 ACC Tournament champion
2024 First Team All-ACC Tournament
2024 All-ACC Second Team
2024 All-ACC Academic Team
2023-24 ACC Academic Honor Roll
Named No. 18 player in the nation by ESPN on Nov. 9
2023-24 preseason honors
- Naismith Women’s Player of the Year Watch List
- Preseason All-ACC
- Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Watch List
- Wooden Award Watch List
2023 ACC regular season champion
2023 All-ACC First Team
2023 AP All-America Honorable Mention
2023 WBCA Coaches/All-America Region I Finalist
2023 All-ACC Academic Team
2023 Team Defensive Player of the Year
2022 ACC Freshman of the Year
Six-Time ACC Freshman of the Week
ESPN Freshman Rank – No. 6
2022 All-ACC Academic Team

AS A SENIOR (2024-25)

EASTERN MICHIGAN (12/15): Went 5-8 from the floor and finished with 11 points, 2 boards and 2 assists
at SYRACUSE (12/8): Had a breakout game in a win over the Orange — 25 points, 11 rebounds, 10 FGM, 4 assists, 2 blocks, 2 steals and went 4-6 from deep. After the wins over Texas and Syracuse, Citron was named one of five USBWA National Players of the Week
TEXAS (12/5): Scored 18 points and added 7 boards and a career-high 7 steals
UTAH (11/30): Led Notre Dame with 22 points and 4 steals against the Utes
AT USC (11/23): Put on a defensive masterclass in the win over the Trojans, as Citron was tasked with guarding All-American JuJu Watkins. Also had 9 points, 2 steals and 2 blocks
at LAFAYETTE (11/17): Did it all against the Leopards, recording 10 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 blocks and 3 steals

AS A JUNIOR (2023-24)

ACC Tournament champion
Appeared in 26 games with 26 starts, averaging 17.3 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 35.8 minutes per game. Shot 46 percent from the floor and 35.9 percent from deep
Led the ACC and broke the Notre Dame single-season record with a 91.2 percent success rate from the free throw line
Citron’s 17.3 points per game were the sixth most by an Irish junior in program history
Citron’s 35.8 minutes per game were tied for the fourth highest average in program history
Made 46 3-pointers on the year, the ninth most by an Irish junior in program history
OLE MISS (3/25): Posted her first double-double of the season in the Round of 32 (17p/10r/6a)
KENT STATE (3/23): Scored 29 points in the NCAA Tournament First Round, tying her career-high. Was one of just three players with 13 FGM in the First Round
In the ACC Tournament, averaged 18.7 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists per game. Was named to the All-Tournament First Team
LOUISVILLE (3/3): Scored 26 points in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals
VIRGINIA TECH (2/29): Scored 21 second-half points
at VIRGINIA (1/18): Citron became the 43rd player in Irish WBB history to score 1,000 points. She also had 28 points on the day and went 12-12 from the free throw line, just the seventh player in Notre Dame WBB history to do so
UNC (1/7): Returned from injury and was Notre Dame’s leading scorer (18) that day
Named No. 18 player in the nation by ESPN on Nov. 9
Suffered knee sprain against Northwestern on Nov. 15

AS A SOPHOMORE (2022-23)

Led Notre Dame with 14.7 points per game, also posted 5.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 33.5 minutes per game
Shot 40% from 3-point range and 47.6% from the field
- 47.6% from the field ranked fifth in the ACC and second among guards
First player with back-to-back 25+ point games — at Louisville (2/26/23) and vs NC State (3/3/23) — since Arike Ogunbowale in 2018
Posted a 13-game double-digit scoring streak from 11/12/22 (Cal)-1/8/23 (UNC)
Started game against UVA with six straight made 3s on six attempts (Notre Dame record is seven set in 2000)
Ranks all-time amongst ND sophomores:
- Total points: 484 (8th)
- Scoring average: 14.7 (8th)
- Total 3-pointers: 48 (T-6th)
- 3FG%: 400 (6th)
- FTM: 94 (T-6th)
- Min/game: 33.5 (2nd)

AS A FRESHMAN (2021-22)

ACC Freshman of the Year – joined Maddy Westbeld (2021) and Bri Turner (2015) in earning the honor.
Six-time ACC Freshman of the Week – Citron tied 2019 alumna Brianna Turner for the program record in the ACC and tied both Alicia Ratay and Jacqueline Batteast for the program record in the Big East.
NCAA Tournament — averaged 14.0 points on 13-of-26 shooting (.500), including a 15-of-16 mark from the free-throw line.
Exploded in the 2nd round of the NCAA Tournament with her 2nd highest scoring output of the season, pouring in 25 points against Oklahoma. Citron converted on a career best 11-for-11 from free-throw line. It marked the best Irish free-throw performance since Arike Ogunbowale went 12-for-12 vs Louisville on 1/10/19.
In her NCAA Tournament debut, Citron iced the game with 9 points in the 4th quarter vs UMass.
Finished strong down the stretch – double figures in 15 of her last 18 games.
Freshman-Only ACC rankings — ranked second in scoring, first in rebounding and third in assists – only player in top-three of all three categories. Citron had the highest PTS+REB+AST/game of any ACC freshman with her 20.7.
One of two freshmen in the entire country who averaged at least 11 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.5 steals. The other was Harvard’s Harmoni Turner.
ESPN ranked Citron as the sixth best freshman. Olivia Miles was second. Notre Dame was the only program with two players on its top-10 freshman midseason list. ND was also the only P5 school with two freshmen who averaged double-digit points — Out of all Division-I schools it was just ND and Pacific University.
Citron was ND’s best rebounding guard, averaging 6.6 boards/game, which ranked second on the team and 10th in the ACC. She reeled in 7.7 rebounds/game in ACC play, which ranked seventh.
Four of her five double-doubles occurred from Jan. 16 on — Against No. 21 UNC on Jan. 16, Citron netted a 12-point, 10-rebound double-double in a game in which she didn’t even play the whole second quarter. Double-double in win over Syracuse on Jan. 27 – 13 points and 12 rebounds, in which she recorded 10 points and 4 boards in the 4th quarter. A 10-point, 11-rebound double-double in win at No. 16 Georgia Tech on Feb. 17. And most recently, her 21-point, 13-rebound D.D. vs Clemson, her first of 20-plus points.
ND’s best free-throw shooter, connecting on 84.3 percent – which ranked second in the ACC & 55th in the nation.
ND’s two freshmen were its two best defensive rebounders: Miles ranked sixth in the ACC while Citron ranked eighth (4.9 per game).
Lone Irish in double figures at No. 2 UConn, scoring 19 points in Storrs.
Sonia played hero at Michigan State on Dec. 2, going off for a career high 29 points (in 28 minutes) on 9-of-12 shooting, including 3-of-4 from deep. She scored 21 in the second half, including 13 in the fourth quarter. Her 29 points were the most off the bench in program history.
Ninth different Irish freshman to score 29 or more points in a game: List includes Bri Turner, Lindsay Schrader, Marina Mabrey, Arike Ogunbowale, Skylar Diggins-Smith, Sam Brunelle, Alicia Ratay, Olivia Miles.

PREP AND PERSONAL

Two-time Gatorade New York Player of the Year (2020, 2021)
2021 Jordan Brand Classic
2021 McDonald’s All-American
- Became the 24th Irish player to earn the accolade
2021 Section I Miss Basketball
2021 MaxPreps 2nd Team All-America
2021 MaxPreps New York High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year
Finished with 2,243 career points and 1,192 career rebounds
Averaged 26.5 ppg, 11.2 rpg, 5.0 apg during her senior year
Citron had a fitting prep sendoff, claiming the Southern Westchester Group 1 championship with an 84-45 win over White Plains. The Koalas went 14-0 in 2021.
Citron ended her high school career with 38 consecutive victories.
Ultimately went 79-5 at Ursuline
2020 NYSSWA Class AA Player of the Year
2020 Section 1 Girls Basketball Coaches Association Player of the Year
2020 Journal News Player of the Year in Westchester/Putnam
Led Ursuline to a perfect 24-0 record as a junior, guiding the Koalas to their first Section 1 title since 2003. Citron was named the MVP of the Section 1 Class AA Tournament. Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic forced the NYSPHSAA to cancel the remainder of the state tournament.
Was the Section I runner-up in 2019, finishing with a 22-2 record
By end of her junior year, Citron had broken all of Ursuline’s girls basketball records, amassing 1,874 career points and 1,035 rebounds.
- Citron averaged 23.8 points, 10.4 rebounds, 3.5 steals, 4.3 assists and 2.9 blocks
Averaged 20+ ppg all four years
Four-time All-State selection
Played in both 2019 and 2020 Slam Magazine All-Star game and Slam Dunk Tournaments, winning first place MVP in the latter
Was the Rose Classic All-Star Game MVP
Played AAU with the Philadelphia Belles with Olivia Miles during the 2019-20 season. Prior, she played for the New York Hoopers from 2017-19
Won gold with the USA U19 Team at the 2021 FIBA World Cup. Citron was selected for the Tournament All-Star Five Team. She averaged 14.3 ppg and 7.7 rpg.
USA U-16 National Team member in 2019
- Started in all six games and averaged 13.3 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists. Helped Team USA to a 6-0 record and gold medal in Chile. Citron was named to the All-Tournament Team.