Kamilla Soares Cardoso (born 30 April 2001) is a Brazilian

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player for the Chicago Sky of the

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(WNBA). She played

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and

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High school career

A native of

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, Brazil, Cardoso played high school basketball for Hamilton Heights Christian Academy in

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. As a senior, she averaged 24.1 points, 15.8 rebounds and 9.2 blocks per game. Cardoso was selected to play in the

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and the Jordan Brand Classic. Rated a five-star

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and the number five player in her class by

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, she committed to playing

for

over offers from UConn, Ohio State, Mississippi State and South Carolina. She was the highest-rated recruit in program history.

College career

As a freshman at Syracuse, Cardoso was the team's starting center and averaged 13.6 points, eight rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game, becoming the first player in program history to win the

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(ACC) Freshman of the Year award. She shared ACC Defensive Player of the Year honors from the league's coaches with

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and was named first-team All-ACC by the Blue Ribbon Panel. Following the season, Cardoso transferred to

. As a sophomore, she was a

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, averaging 5.4 points and 5.1 rebounds per game and helping her team win the

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. In her junior season, Cardoso averaged 9.8 points and 8.5 rebounds per game off the bench. She was named

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(SEC) Sixth Woman of the Year and second-team All-SEC. On 7 April 2024, Cardoso was named the

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following a dominant 15-point, 17-rebound performance in her team's 2024 national championship win.

National team career

Cardoso represented

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at the

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in Puerto Rico. She averaged 9.9 points and eight rebounds per game, helping her team win the bronze medal. Cardoso won a gold medal and earned MVP honors at the 2022 South American Basketball Championship in Argentina. She averaged 14.8 points, 11.4 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game in the tournament. Cardoso led Brazil to a gold medal at the

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in Mexico, where she was named tournament MVP and averaged 10.9 points and 8.3 rebounds per game. She recorded 20 points and 11 rebounds in a 69–58 win against the

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in the final.

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

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College

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Off the court

In popular culture

In March 2024,

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announced their new original docuseries, ''

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'' would premiere in May 2024. The series (from

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's Omaha Productions and Words & Pictures) will follow Cardoso, Iowa's

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, and UCLA's

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throughout their 2023-24 season and

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References

External links

South Carolina Gamecocks bioSyracuse Orange bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cardoso, Kamilla 2001 births Living people All-American college women's basketball players Brazilian expatriate basketball people in the United States Brazilian women's basketball players Centers (basketball) Chicago Sky draft picks Chicago Sky players McDonald's High School All-Americans People from Montes Claros South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball players Sportspeople from Minas Gerais Syracuse Orange women's basketball players