Bernadette Ngoyisa (born 26 August 1982 in

Kinshasa Kinshasa (; ; ln, Kinsásá), formerly Léopoldville ( nl, Leopoldstad), is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages situated along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one o ...

) is a professional women's

basketball center The center (C), or the centre, also known as the five or the pivot, is one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well. ...

with the

Indiana Fever The Indiana Fever are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded before the 2000 season began. The team is owned ...

of the WNBA. Ngoyisa is from the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

. She was drafted with the 11th pick in the 2006 WNBA Expansion draft by the Sky from the

San Antonio Silver Stars The San Antonio Stars were a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The team was founded in Salt Lake City, Utah, as the Utah Starzz before the ...

, where she played in 2005. During the 2006 season, Ngoyisa started 23 games and averaged 10.6 points per game and 5.7 rebounds per game. On May 13, 2008 Ngoyisa was traded to the Indiana Fever. She started playing for Union Hainaut in France during the 2008-09 WNBA off-season, and did not return to the WNBA afterward.Offseason 2008-09: Overseas Roster
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Biography on wnba.com
1982 births Living people Basketball players from Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate basketball people in France Democratic Republic of the Congo women's basketball players Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriates in the United States Centers (basketball) Chicago Sky players Democratic Republic of the Congo expatriate basketball people in the United States Indiana Fever players San Antonio Stars players 21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people {{DRCongo-basketball-bio-stub