Monika Czinano
Monika Sharon Czinano is an American professional basketball player. She plays the power forward and center positions. Czinano, who hails from Watertown, Minnesota, joined the Hawkeye women’s basketball program in 2018. As a freshman, she played behind former Hawkeye Megan Gustafson in the 2018–19 season, and took over the starting center position in 2019–20.
She achieved a major milestone during her senior season at Iowa, becoming the fifth Hawkeye to surpass 2,000 career points and the 38th all-time in Big Ten Conference history. Czinano and her teammate Caitlin Clark made history as the first pair of teammates to surpass 2,000 career points in the same season in Big Ten women's basketball history. Together, Czinano and Clark were known as The Law Firm.
She was drafted in the third round of the 2023 WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks but was waived on May 15th. For the 2023/24 season, Czinano played for TFSE-MTK Budapest in Eurobasket's Hungary-A Division. In November 2024, she announced she was moving on from basketball and pursuing a career as a doctor.