Marina Mabrey

Marina Mabrey is a professional American basketball player with a listed height of 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) who is playing for the Connecticut Sun as of September 2024. She started her WNBA career in 2019 when she was picked by the Los Angeles Sparks as the 19th pick overall in the second round of the 2019 WNBA draft. Mabrey showed her presence on the court in 31 games with the Los Angeles Sparks during her first season with an average of 4.0 points, 1.2 rebounds, and 1.0 assists. Before starting the 2020 WNBA season, Marbey was traded from the Sparks to the Dallas Wings for a 2021 second-round draft pick. She had an average of 10.0 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 2.3 assists in 19 games out of 22 games due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She was then traded to Chicago Sky on February 11, 2023. She announced that she will be playing the inaugural season of Unrivaled, a new women’s 3x3 basketball league.

Marina Mabrey has shown its presence outside the boundaries of her country. She played in EuroCup women for TTT Riga for the 2019-2020 season. Mabrey also played for the Bnot Hertzeliya in the Israeli League in 2020-21. Later in 2021-22, she played in the WNBL, where she signed with Perth Lynx in Australia. In 2023, Mabrey played in the Italy Serie A tournament with Baretta Famila Schio

Marina Mabrey’s early life

Mabrey was born on September 14, 1996. She attended Manasquan High School in Manasquan, New Jersey. She was part of two winning teams that lifted the state Tournament of Champions and received most valuable player honors in the McDonald’s All-American Game in the year 2015. Mabrey decided to join her sister’s college, the University of Notre Dame for her college career. She played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Women’s Basketball team and won her first ” Rookie of the Week” in the month of November 2015. While playing for Notre Dame in her first season, she made 35 appearances, scoring 85 three-pointers. She helped her team reach the Elite Eight for the season 2016-17. Mabrey graduated from her college in 2019, being a record holder for most three-pointers with 274, ending with 1,896 points in her collegiate career, and ranking sixth for Notre Dame.

Marina Mabrey’s Personal Life and Family Background

Marina Mabrey, daughter of Patti Mabrey and Roy Mabrey, was born and raised in Belmar, New Jersey, along with his two brothers, Roy Mabrey and Ryan Mabrey, and two sisters, Michaela Mabrey and Dara Mabrey. Mabrey is also known as “Mar” since it's her nickname and is often called by her fans and her teammates. Mabrey’s mother, Patti Mabrey, was also a basketball player back in her days; she also has 20 years of youth basketball coaching experience, and along with that, she was also appointed as a referee for 10 years in high school youth basketball games. Patti Mabrey is now an assistant coach for an independent basketball academy known as Next Basket Wins. Roy Mabrey, Marina's father, is the head coach of the women's basketball team at ASA College in Miami, Florida, as of August 2024. Roy played Division II basketball at St. Anselm College. In addition, Dara and Michaela, Marina's siblings, are players for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish basketball team.

Marina Mabrey’s Social Media

Marina Mabrey is active on several social media handles, especially on Instagram as @marinamabrey, with a total of 1,20,000 followers. Her X account is @mmabrey1 and she can be seen active on TikTok as well as @marinmabrey3.

Marina Mabrey Brand Ambassador

Marina Mabrey is not a brand ambassador for any company. She joined the Under Armour in 2023. She started her own t-shirt brand in 2019 called “This is MY KITCHEN" to fight against sexism in sports and her victory in the 2018 NCAA Women's Basketball Championship, which she briefly offered online. She also partnered with CarMax, Fam Empire, Alo, Ford, etc according to her Instagram account and X account.

Marina Mabrey’s statistics

Marina changed four teams in her professional career in the WNBA, and the stats as of September 9, 2024, are listed below.

Marina Mabrey Achievements

Marina Mabrey achieved many accolades, including the Champions Lega Basket Femminile in 2022-23, the 2022–23 EuroLeague Women Third place, the Douglas BBL Elite Division champion in 2020, and the Winner Coppa Italia in 2023. She was honored with a spot on the Second Team All-Euroleague in 2022-23, the Second Team All-WNBL in 2021-22, the ACC All-Freshman Team in 2016, and the McDonald's All-American in 2015. Mabrey was the NCAA Champion in 2018. Internationally, she represented the USA Women’s Basketball Team in the 2014 FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship for Women in Colorado Springs.

Marina Mabrey's Contract

Marina Mabrey was drafted by the Los Angeles Sparks as their 19th overall pick in the second round of the 2019 WNBA draft on April 10, 2019. She signed a four-year contract with the Sparks on March 1, 2019. She was then traded to Chicago Sky and signed a three-year contract extension worth $620,000 with the team on February 12, 2023, according to Spotrac. But she was then traded to Connecticut Sun from Chicago Sky for Rachel Banham and Moriah Jefferson on July 17, 2024.

Marina Mabrey’s Investments

Marina has a deep interest in the stock market since her father’s background was involved with Wall Street. Mabrey mentioned in one of her interviews on YouTube with the Athletes and Assets that she likes to diversify her portfolio, not more than 30-40% in one sector. She also mentioned that she follows a paid Discord channel where investors discuss their ideas on various stocks. Some of her stock recommendations are Vanguard, Microsoft, Google, etc. Mabrey is also very bullish on AI stocks and finds it a good investment opportunity to gain returns in the future. She aims to invest in bitcoin and other significant growth stocks for her long-term financial goals.