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Thanks for link
She posted a lot of videos of her euro travels on IG and also follows lots of her Cal teammates and other Cal athletes. She was always all-in at Cal.
One of many reasons she is one of my all time fav Cal athletes
After the NCAA loss I had a brief moment with her after everyone left.
She was so gracious and warm and it's one of my lasting memories of my Cal fandom, right up there when I met and talked with Jorge sitting by himself watching a WBB game
She posted a lot of videos of her euro travels on IG and also follows lots of her Cal teammates and other Cal athletes. She was always all-in at Cal.
One of many reasons she is one of my all time fav Cal athletes
After the NCAA loss I had a brief moment with her after everyone left.
She was so gracious and warm and it's one of my lasting memories of my Cal fandom, right up there when I met and talked with Jorge sitting by himself watching a WBB game
Indiana Fever Adds Forward Michelle Onyiah on Player Development Contract
INDIANAPOLIS (July 31, 2026) The Indiana Fever have signed forward Ugonne "Michelle" Onyiah to the team's second Player Development roster spot, it was announced today.
A 6-3 forward, Onyiah comes to Indiana having most recently played for the Charlotte Crown in the Upshot League, where she leads the league in blocks per game (1.1) and has the third-most rebounds per game (6.9), while also averaging 9.6 points per game.
Robin Lundberg, who covers the Fever, made a video about today's news.
INDIANAPOLIS (July 31, 2026) The Indiana Fever have signed forward Ugonne "Michelle" Onyiah to the team's second Player Development roster spot, it was announced today.
A 6-3 forward, Onyiah comes to Indiana having most recently played for the Charlotte Crown in the Upshot League, where she leads the league in blocks per game (1.1) and has the third-most rebounds per game (6.9), while also averaging 9.6 points per game.
Robin Lundberg, who covers the Fever, made a video about today's news.
Congratulations to Cal alum Michelle Onyiah on earning a development contract with the @IndianaFever !
— Cal Basketball (@CalWBBall) July 31, 2026
Excited to watch you make your mark in the WNBA! 💪🏾#gobears #weplayforthebay pic.twitter.com/iI36TgzsWC
Fyi.
The Indiana Fever face the Portland Fire TONIGHT at 7 pm on ION cable channel 711 (xfinity).
The Indiana Fever face the Portland Fire TONIGHT at 7 pm on ION cable channel 711 (xfinity).
Both Aliyah Boston, Monique Billings and Damiris Dantas have injuries so there is a chance Michelle might get in tonight!
The 5 pm/8 pm injury report says she is not with the team https://www.wnba.com/wnba-injury-report
Michelle's stats and bio from the Upshot League:
https://upshotleague.com/players/michelle-onyiah/
Professional Career:
WNBA: Signed a Training Camp contract with the New York Liberty (2026)
Played during the 2025-26 season with Basket Namur Capitale (Belgian Top Division)
Finished career ranked among Cal's all-time leaders: 3rd in single-season FG% (60.3%)
6th in career FG% (54.0%)
5th in career blocks (143)
10th in single-season blocks (44)
Led the ACC in field goal percentage in 2024-25 (60.3% overall, 63.0% in conference play) and ranked 11th nationally
One of only 15 active Division I players to record 1,000+ career points, 800+ rebounds, and shoot at least 54% from the field
Ranked second in the ACC in double-doubles during conference play in 2024-25Appeared in every game across all five collegiate seasons, totaling 139 career games played
https://upshotleague.com/players/michelle-onyiah/
Professional Career:
WNBA: Signed a Training Camp contract with the New York Liberty (2026)
Played during the 2025-26 season with Basket Namur Capitale (Belgian Top Division)
Finished career ranked among Cal's all-time leaders: 3rd in single-season FG% (60.3%)
6th in career FG% (54.0%)
5th in career blocks (143)
10th in single-season blocks (44)
Led the ACC in field goal percentage in 2024-25 (60.3% overall, 63.0% in conference play) and ranked 11th nationally
One of only 15 active Division I players to record 1,000+ career points, 800+ rebounds, and shoot at least 54% from the field
Ranked second in the ACC in double-doubles during conference play in 2024-25Appeared in every game across all five collegiate seasons, totaling 139 career games played
Indiana just signed veteran WNBA 6-6 center
Not likely good news for Michelle
Not likely good news for Michelle
It's still good news that she has a DP contract regardless. That offers good opportunity to learn and play with the team. Here's a recent piece from Title IX Sports that talks about this:
Quote:
Every developmental player the IX Sports spoke to mentioned how being on a team with some of the league's best helps them grow...
Every developmental player the IX Sports spoke to mentioned how being on a team with some of the league's best helps them grow. Westbeld spoke of Skylar Diggins in Chicago, Pili brought up Ogwumike in Los Angeles, while Shay Ciezki and Marta Suarez (who was elevated to a rest of season contract on August 3) spoke of Kahleah Copper and Alyssa Thomas for the Phoenix Mercury.
"A huge benefit of this is just watching how these players practice, play, how they go about getting ready for games, even how they recover," Suarez said.
"It's a really special opportunity to get to learn from them every day throughout the season," Ciezki added.
HoopDreams said:
Not yet on the court but with the team…
https://instagr.am/p/DcHPhvUTosD
Link didn't work well … so adding this:
I saw her on the bench during Friday's game against the Dallas Wings and in the huddle late in today's game against the Atlanta Dream.
HoopDreams said:
Not yet on the court but with the team…
https://instagr.am/p/DcHPhvUTosD
She's looking bright-eyed and fit.
"Don't get distracted, myself. Don't get distracted." Self-talk from a young relative
Who's the blond? And who let her out of the house in those stripes?
I think this is the first time I've seen Michelle listed on the box score which makes me thinks she's dressed and could play. Anyone watching the game?
Well if she's activated, at least she gets a decent payday, an extra $6k.... The Fever have clinched and have a pretty brutal schedule so perhaps some starters will see some rest and she may get some court time. Let's go Michelle.
Michele played one minute tonight. Didn't score but got one rebound.
I'm not seeing the rebound in the box score. Only stat I saw was +1
most important stat for her in the box score is 1 minute played
She'll have other opportunities before the playoffs
She'll have other opportunities before the playoffs
Michelle can dunk and now hit home runs
Sign her up with Cal softball!
https://www.instagram.com/indianafever/p/DccUhUoG7aP/
Sign her up with Cal softball!
https://www.instagram.com/indianafever/p/DccUhUoG7aP/
throw it down Michelle Onyiah 💥 pic.twitter.com/2cb036B2gz
— Indiana Fever (@IndianaFever) August 24, 2026
michelle onyiah-my favorite women's hooper of all time with unreal +2 athleticism whose limited collegiate development (which is impacting her wnba opportunities) wuz marked by poor coaching of defensive fundamentals (i.e. reaching with the hands, moving the lower body when posted up, lack of awareness of the principle of verticality), foul trouble (the bears all time leader in offensive moving screens), playing outta position (onyiah is a natural post interior 4, not a banging 5 defensively) & a program culture ingrained with an acceptance of correctable turnovers (attempting cross court passes which are often intercepted)
but charmin's biggest failure wuz revealed in my conversations with michelle on fall football gamedays at memorial stadium when multiple times we discussed her bizarro (and entirely inaccurate) perception that the refs wuz intentionally biased against her which she tole me the head coach agreed with her on this strange unjustified paranoia
go be great michelle!!
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