Ana Ferariu (born 23 July 1997) is a Romanian former basketball player. She played in the Romanian Liga Națională with

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and later

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for

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. One of Romania's most promising players in her youth, she was a member its junior and senior national teams and once recorded a quadruple-double in an U16 game.

Playing career

Ferariu started her career with

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in 2012 in the Liga Națională and played there until 2016 when she joined to the

where she played for the Drexel Dragons. On 19–20 December 2016, she was named the Rookie of the Week by the

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and the National Freshman of the Week by the

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after scoring 18 points in just 13 minutes in a victory against Saint Joseph's. After graduating in 2020, she rejoined Olimpia CSU Brașov while continuing her education.

National team career

Ferariu was a member of the Romanian U16, U18, U20 and senior national teams. In August 2013, she recorded a quadruple-double in an U16 game against

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in the

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. In the game she had 23 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists and 10 steals. In 2014, she participated at the Youth Olympics as a member of the Romanian 3x3 basketball team.

Personal life

Her younger sister, Maria, also played basketball at Drexel University. Her grandfather

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participated at the

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and took 4th place with the Romanian volleyball team.

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Ana Ferariu
at Drexel Dragons * * * * 1997 births Living people Romanian women's basketball players Sportspeople from Brașov Guards (basketball) Drexel Dragons women's basketball players Basketball players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Competitors at the 2019 Summer Universiade {{Romania-basketball-bio-stub