Astou Ndiaye-Diatta (born 5 November 1973) is a retired Senegalese
women's basketball
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player. She is currently an assistant coach at
Utah State University
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in the United States.
A 1997 ''
cum laude
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'' graduate of
Southern Nazarene University
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History
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, she was selected by the
Detroit Shock
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Debuting in 1998, the Shock were one of the league's first expansion franchises. ...
in the
Women's National Basketball Association
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during its
1999 draft in the second round and was the 22nd pick overall. She spent five seasons with the Shock, before spending the 2004 season with the
Indiana Fever
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, the 2006 season with the
Houston Comets
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, and the 2007 season with the
Seattle Storm
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.
In July 2008, she was named as an assistant coach at
Utah State University
Utah State University (USU or Utah State) is a public land-grant research university in Logan, Utah. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. With nearly 20,000 students living on or near campus, USU is Utah's ...
.
July 7, 2008 press release on joining Utah State University
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Notes
External links
WNBA player profile
1973 births
Living people
Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Centers (basketball)
College women's basketball players in the United States
Detroit Shock players
Houston Comets players
Indiana Fever players
Olympic basketball players of Senegal
Seattle Reign (basketball) players
Seattle Storm players
Senegalese expatriate basketball people in the United States
Senegalese women's basketball players
Southern Nazarene University alumni
Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm women's basketball players
Basketball players from Dakar
Utah State Aggies women's basketball coaches
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