Aya Traoré (born July 27, 1983) is a Senegalese female
basketball
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forward and in 2011 captain of
Senegalese women's national basketball team.
She previously played with
Polfa in the
Torell Basket Liga in
Poland
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.
Personal
Traore was born in
Dakar, Senegal to Seydu Traoré and Bineta Camara on 27 July 1983. She has 2 brothers and 1 sister. At Purdue, she majored in hospitality and tourism management. Traore attended high school in
Louisville, Kentucky
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and was a Kentucky all-state performer in women's basketball in 2001. After graduating high school, Traore attended
Dixie State College of Utah for 2 years. In the two years at Dixie State, Traore scored 12.3 points per game in her first season and became a second-team junior college women's basketball All-American, averaging over 21 ppg (6th in her division of basketball nationally). Traore then transferred to
Purdue University
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, where she played for 2 seasons. During her last year at
Purude, Traore averaged nearly 13 points and nearly 5 rebounds per game. Traore led Purdue to a 28–8 record before losing to the
University of North Carolina
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in the Sweet 16 of the
NCAA tournament.
At the
AfroBasket Women 2009 and 2015 she was nominated Most Valued Player. She is the third African player who win this title two times.
With the National team of Senegal she played 5 African championships (2007 (finalist), 2009 (winner), 2011(finalist), 2013 (third) and 2015(winner)).
Purdue statistics
Source
Professional career
:2006–2007
Cavigal Nice
:2007–2008
PZU Polfa Pabianice, Poland
:2008
MKS Polkowice, Poland
:2008–2009
Hit Kranjska Gora,
Kranjska Gora
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, Slovenia
:-
Montgomery Dream
:2010–2011
Club BÃ squet Olesa
References
External links
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Biography of pre-senior year at Purduesports.com(archived)
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1983 births
Living people
Utah Tech University alumni
Junior college women's basketball players in the United States
Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball players
Senegalese expatriate basketball people in Poland
Senegalese expatriate basketball people in Spain
Senegalese expatriate basketball people in the United States
Senegalese women's basketball players
21st-century Senegalese sportswomen
Basketball players from Dakar
Forwards (basketball)
Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic basketball players for Senegal
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
African Games gold medalists for Senegal
African Games gold medalists in basketball
Basketball players at the 2011 All-Africa Games
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