Miranda Joy Ayim (born May 6, 1988) is a Canadian

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player for Basket Landes in France. Ayim is a captain of the Canada women's national team and competed for Canada in three Olympics between 2012 and 2021.

High school

Ayim attended high school at

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. She was a starter for the varsity each of her four years. She was on the honor roll all four years and graduated as the valedictorian of her class.

Pepperdine

Ayim played for the Pepperdine women's basketball team for the four years of her attendance. She set the school record for blocks, with 182 over her career. She scored 1377 points and recorded 735 rebounds, both of which were eighth-best in school history. She earned all

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as a player three times, as well as All-Academics honors for the conference three times, the first time a Pepperdine women's basketball player was so honored.

Canada national team

Ayim played on several Canadian national teams in

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competitions. In 2007, she played on the team which participated in the

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and finished sixth. Ayim averaged 6.2 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. She was also on the team which participated in the

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, finishing in ninth place. She averaged 9.8 points and 9.8 rebounds per game. In 2012, she was selected and played for the Canadian national team, which finished 8th in the

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. She averaged 1.2 points and 1.2 rebounds per game. Ayim played for Canada at the

2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women The 2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Americas at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women in Turkey. The tournament was held at the Gimnasio USBI in Xalapa, Mexico from 21 to 28 September 2013. Cu ...

. She averaged 8.3 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, helping the team to a Silver medal at the event. She continued with the team at the

2014 FIBA World Championship for Women The 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women, the 17th edition of FIBA's premier international tournament for women's national basketball teams, was held in Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey from 27 September to 5 October 2014. This tournament implement ...

, where she averaged 8.3 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. Ayim was a member of the team which participated in the

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held in

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in July 2015. The team went undefeated and captured their first-ever Pan American gold medal, defeating the United States 81-73 in front of a large home crowd. Ayim played for Canada at the 2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship, held in

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. The team continued their undefeated summer, winning the FIBA Americas title and qualifying directly for the

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

. Ayim became a two-time Olympian, representing Canada at the

2016 Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

; Canada finished a 3-2 in the group phase and fell to France in the quarterfinal match-up, finishing in 7th place. In 2017, Ayim captained Team Canada at the

2017 FIBA Women's AmeriCup The 2017 FIBA Women's AmeriCup was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 to 13 August 2017. It awarded three spots for FIBA Americas to the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in Spain. Canada won their second straight title by defeating Arg ...

held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The team went 6-0 in the tournament, defending their Americas title in a thrilling gold medal game against Argentina in front of a hostile and passionate home crowd. Ayim was named to the tournament All-Star Five team. At the

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, Canada finished with a 3-0 record in the group stage. Canada fell to host Spain in the quarterfinal, ultimately finishing the tournament in 7th place. Ayim competed in her third Olympic Games in 2021; she was Canada's flag bearer in Tokyo alongside

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Professional

Ayim was not selected in the 2011 WNBA Draft. She was signed to a training camp contract by Tulsa after returning from a year of playing professionally in Turkey.http://www.wnba.com draft2011/draft_board.html 2011 WNBA Draft board Ayim played three years in Turkey from 2010-2013 before making her French LFB debut with Toulouse in the 2013-14 season. She moved to Basket Landes for the 2015-16 season, marking her EuroCup debut.

Team Canada Stats

Professional Stats

Pepperdine University Stats

Source

References

External links

Official Website
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