Nare Diawara (born 22 January 1983, in
Bamako
Bamako ( bm, ߓߡߊ߬ߞߐ߬ ''Bàmakɔ̌'', ff, 𞤄𞤢𞤥𞤢𞤳𞤮 ''Bamako'') is the capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2009 population of 1,810,366 and an estimated 2022 population of 2.81 million. It is located on the Niger Rive ...
) is a Malian professional
women's basketball center
Center or centre may refer to:
Mathematics
*Center (geometry), the middle of an object
* Center (algebra), used in various contexts
** Center (group theory)
** Center (ring theory)
* Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentrici ...
, formerly with the
WNBA's
San Antonio Stars. Diawara was drafted in the third round (30th overall) of the
2007 WNBA draft. She played collegiately at
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also has educational facilities in six re ...
,
US. She is the sister of
Diéné Diawara and
Lamine Diawara
Lamine Diawara (born 1971 in Bamako) is a retired Malian basketball player. Diawara was a member of the Mali national basketball team, and earned the FIBA AfroBasket Most Valuable Player while playing with Team Mali at the FIBA Africa Championsh ...
.
Virginia Tech statistics
Source
References
External links
Profile at wnba.com
1983 births
Living people
Centers (basketball)
Malian expatriate basketball people in the United States
Malian expatriates in the United States
Malian women's basketball players
Sportspeople from Bamako
San Antonio Silver Stars draft picks
San Antonio Stars players
Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball players
21st-century Malian people
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