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Kiki Iriafen

Okikiola "Kiki" Iriafen is an American professional basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Phantom of Unrivaled. She played college basketball at Stanford and USC. Iriafen was selected fourth overall by the Mystics in the 2025 WNBA draft and was named an All-Star in her rookie season.

Iriafen played basketball for Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles. She was a two-time Los Angeles Daily News Player of the Year and was named a McDonald's All-American as a senior. In her junior season, Iriafen led her team to the CIF Southern Section Division 1 title and earned Division 1 Player of the Year honors. She left as her school's all-time leader in points and rebounds. Rated a five-star recruit by ESPN, Iriafen committed to playing college basketball for Stanford over offers from Baylor, UCLA, UConn and Notre Dame.

As a freshman at Stanford, Iriafen came off the bench, averaging 4.2 points and 2.2 rebounds per game en route to Pac-12 All-Freshman honors from league media. In her sophomore season, she averaged 6.7 points and 3.8 rebounds per game. Iriafen became one of Stanford's top players as a junior.

After a breakout junior season in which she averaged 19.4 points and 11.0 rebounds and was named the most improved player in the Pac-12, Iriafen entered the NCAA transfer portal and eventually transferred to USC, returning to her hometown of Los Angeles for her final college season.

On April 14, 2025, Iriafen was selected fourth overall by the Washington Mystics in the 2025 WNBA draft. She was named Rookie of the Month for May after averaging 13.9 points, 10.1 rebounds, and 1.0 assists per game while shooting 47.4% from the field.

On September 4, 2025 she scored 18 points and got 13 rebounds, breaking the franchise record for most double-doubles in a season with 16. The previous record of 15 was set by Crystal Langhorne in 2010.

On November 5th, 2025, it was announced that Iriafen had been drafted by Phantom BC for the 2026 Unrivaled season.

Iriafen made her debut United States senior team start on March 12, 2026, recording 10 points and five rebounds in a 91–48 win over Puerto Rico in the FIBA World Cup qualification tournament in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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