Aya Traoré
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| CB Conquero | |
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| Position | Forward |
| League | LFB |
| Personal information | |
| Born | July 27, 1983 Dakar, Senegal |
| Nationality | Senegalese |
| Listed height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Moore Traditional School (Louisville, Kentucky) |
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| Playing career | 2006–present |
Aya Traoré (born July 27, 1983) is a Senegalese female basketball forward and in 2011 captain of Senegalese women's national basketball team.[1][2][3]
She previously played with Polfa in the Torell Basket Liga in Poland.
Personal
[edit]Traore was born in Dakar, Senegal to Seydu Traoré and Bineta Camara on 27 July 1983. She has 2 brothers and 1 sister. At Purdue, she majored in hospitality and tourism management. Traore attended high school in Louisville, Kentucky and was a Kentucky all-state performer in women's basketball in 2001. After graduating high school, Traore attended Dixie State College of Utah for 2 years. In the two years at Dixie State, Traore scored 12.3 points per game in her first season and became a second-team junior college women's basketball All-American, averaging over 21 ppg (6th in her division of basketball nationally). Traore then transferred to Purdue University, where she played for 2 seasons. During her last year at Purude, Traore averaged nearly 13 points and nearly 5 rebounds per game. Traore led Purdue to a 28–8 record before losing to the University of North Carolina in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament. At the AfroBasket Women 2009 and 2015 she was nominated Most Valued Player. She is the third African player who win this title two times. With the National team of Senegal she played 5 African championships (2007 (finalist), 2009 (winner), 2011(finalist), 2013 (third) and 2015(winner)).
Purdue statistics
[edit]Source[4]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 2003-04 | Purdue | 3 | 4 | 22.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| 2004-05 | Purdue | 30 | 184 | 40.2% | 25.0% | 71.7% | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 6.1 |
| 2005-06 | Purdue | 33 | 433 | 44.6% | 30.4% | 79.6% | 5.2 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 13.1 |
| Career | Purdue | 66 | 621 | 42.9% | 27.7% | 76.8% | 4.0 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 9.4 |
Professional career
[edit]- 2006–2007 Cavigal Nice
- 2007–2008 PZU Polfa Pabianice, Poland
- 2008 MKS Polkowice, Poland
- 2008–2009 Hit Kranjska Gora, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
- - Montgomery Dream
- 2010–2011 Club Bàsquet Olesa
References
[edit]- ^ questions à Aya Traoré, capitaine des Lionnes : «Maintenant, nous savons gérer la pression !» 22 Sept 2011
- ^ Sénégal: Aya Traoré s'explique sur la prestation face au Rwanda 27 Sept 2011
- ^ Championnat du monde: Aya Traoré parmi les meilleures joueuses 27 Sept 2006
- ^ "Purdue Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
External links
[edit]- Aya Traore at FIBA (archive)
- Aya Traoré international stats at Basketball-Reference.com
- Aya Traore at Eurobasket.com
- Biography of pre-senior year at Purduesports.com (archived)
- Aya Traore at Olympics.com
- Aya Traoré at Olympedia
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