Kadri-Ann Lass (born 24 November 1996) is an Estonian

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guard and forward with the

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Career

College career

Lass started studying at

Duquesne University Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit ( or ; Duquesne University or Duquesne) is a private Catholic research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne first opened as the Pittsbu ...

and playing for their basketball team in

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in 2015. In her freshman season, she set a program record by being named the A-10 Rookie of the Week seven times, besting

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. Although the favorite to be named 2016 Rookie of the Year, she was ousted by Dayton's Lauren Cannatelli. However, she was named to the A-10 All-Rookie Team. Following the 2017–18 season, Lass was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Defensive team after leading the league and all NCAA juniors in blocks with 90. On Jan. 25, 2018, she became the program's all-time leader in blocked shots with 178.

Duquesne statistics

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International career

Lass played for the Estonia national basketball team in U16 and U18 age groups, and also appeared in several international competitions with the national 3x3 team including 3x3 World Championships, 3x3 U18 World Championships and

2014 Summer Youth Olympics The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the II Summer Youth Olympic Games , and commonly known as Nanjing 2014 ( zh, c=南京2014, p=Nánjīng Èr Líng yī sì), were the second Summer Youth Olympic Games, an international sports ...

. Her debut for

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came in 2015. In 2019, Lass won silver medal with the Estonia national 3x3 team at the

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Duquesne Dukes bio
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lass, Kadri-Ann 1996 births Living people Basketball players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Basketball players at the 2019 European Games Duquesne Dukes women's basketball players Estonian women's basketball players Estonian expatriate basketball people in Poland Estonian expatriate basketball people in the United States European Games medalists in basketball European Games silver medalists for Estonia Shooting guards Small forwards Basketball players from Tallinn