Batouly Camara (born November 2, 1996) is a Guinean-American basketball player. She played college basketball for Kentucky and UConn and later professionally in Liga Femenina de Baloncesto. As a member of the Guinea national team, she participated in the 2021 FIBA Women's Afrobasket.

High School

Camara was a student of Blair Academy. She averaged 12.5 points and 12.0 rebounds per game. Coming out of high school she was rated the ninth-best player in the country by ESPN.com. She was also active off the court as she was elected vice chair of Blair Academy's student government council as a junior and was a representative on the student council as a sophomore.

College

As a freshman at University of Kentucky, Camara appeared in 33 games with 14 starts, averaged 5.1 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. She got transferred to the University of Connecticut in her sophomore year and appeared in 23 games, averaging 4.8 minutes per game. As a junior she played in 25 games, averaged 1.2 points and 1.6 rebounds per game. In her senior year she appeared in 10 games, averaged 0.8 points and 0.3 rebounds per game.

Professional career

Camara played for Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM in the Spanish Liga Femenina de Baloncesto for the 2020–21 season.

National Team career

Camara has been a member of the

Guinea women's national basketball team Guinea women's national basketball team is the nationally basketball team representing Guinea at world basketball competitions for women. African Championship record * 1966 – 2nd *1970 – 5th *1974 – 7th *1984 – 8th *1994 – 8th *2011 – ...

and in 2021 participated in the FIBA Women's Afrobasket.

Personal life

As of 2022, Camara is a college counselor and girls' basketball coach in

Blair Academy Blair Academy is a coeducational, boarding and day school for students in high school. The school serves students from ninth through twelfth grades as well as a small post-graduate class. The school's campus is located on a campus in Blairs ...

. Camara is the founder of Women and Kids Academy (W.A.K.E) and also made it to Forbes list of 30 Under 30 - Sports (2021).

References

External links

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