A'dia Mathies (born May 18, 1991) is an American professional
basketball
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player
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, who was drafted in 2013 by the
Los Angeles Sparks
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of the
WNBA.
Mathies is a
guard
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, and played her college ball at the
University of Kentucky
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.
Career Statistics
Mathies was drafted in the first round by the Sparks, and made the team out of training camp.
Mathies attended Iroquois High School
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in Louisville, Kentucky
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.
Kentucky statistics
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1991 births
Living people
All-American college women's basketball players
American women's basketball players
Basketball players from Louisville, Kentucky
Guards (basketball)
Iroquois High School alumni
Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball players
Los Angeles Sparks draft picks
Los Angeles Sparks players
Place of birth missing (living people)
American sportswomen
21st-century American women
Basketball people from Kentucky
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