Pepperdine University Athletics

ROMANIAN NATIONAL TEAM: 2021 – FIBA U16 Division B (Slovakia), 2022 – FIBA U16
Division B (Montenegro) – 3rd leading scorer (17.1 PPG), 2023 – FIBA U18 Division B (Bulgaria) –
Player to Watch, 28 pts vs Norway (6/7 3PT), 2024 – FIBA U18 Division B (Romania), 2025 – FIBA
U20 Division B (Hungary) – Player to Watch, scoring 10.6 PPG. Selected and participated in
Wroclaw Basketball Without Borders 2022. At youth level in Romania, Ilinca Belegante earned
MVP of the Final Tournament and Best 5 Team honors in 2020–2021 (U15, U16), 2021–2022
(U16), 2022–2023 (U17, U18) with ACS Dan Dacian, and in 2023–2024 (U18) was Best Scorer
and Best 5 Team member with Sepsi SIC Sfântu Gheorghe. In the past two seasons, Ilinca
Belegante has played for Sepsi SIC Sfântu Gheorghe, competing in the EuroLeague and
EuroCup. In 2025, she was part of the Sepsi SIC Sfântu Gheorghe team that won both the
Romanian Championship and the Romanian Cup.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Colegiul National,,Mihai Viteazul'' in 2025 

PERSONAL: Born in Bucharest, Romania ... daughter to Sorin and Iuliana Belegante ... chose Pepperdine because "I liked the program and what it provided." 

FAVORITES: Enjoys drawing ... favorites include Maria Conde (athlete) ... FC Real Madrid (team) ... Normal People (book) ... Bottoms (movie) ... Shameless (TV show) ... Mac Miller (artist) ... Sushi (food) ... and handball (sport)