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Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) Players and Coaches to Lead Top African Prospects at Fourth NBA Academy Women’s Camp Africa in Senegal
 

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The 2022 NBA Academy Women’s Camp Africa will bring together 25 of the top female prospects from 11 African countries to learn directly from current and former WNBA players and coaches
NBA (www.NBA.com) Africa today announced that the fourth NBA Academy Women’s Camp Africa will take place from Monday, Dec. 5 – Thursday, Dec. 8 at NBA Academy Africa, an elite basketball training center in Saly, Senegal for the top high-school age prospects from across the continent.

The 2022 NBA Academy Women’s Camp Africa will bring together 25 of the top female prospects from 11 African countries to learn directly from current and former WNBA players and coaches, including Seattle Storm head coach and 2021 WNBA Commissioner’s Cup winner Noelle Quinn (U.S.), 2005 WNBA champion Hamchetou Maïga-Ba (Mali), two-time WNBA champion Taj McWilliams-Franklin (U.S.), 2003 WNBA champion Astou Ndiaye (Senegal), 2021 WNBA All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Arike Ogunbowale (Dallas Wings; U.S.; ties to Nigeria), and 2017 WNBA All-Star Jasmine Thomas (Connecticut Sun; U.S.).  The campers and coaches will also participate in life skills programming and leadership development sessions.

“In just a few years, the NBA Academy Women’s Program has helped identify and develop some of the best female prospects in the world, many of whom have gone on to attend NCAA Division 1 schools,” said two-time WNBA champion and NBA Elite Basketball Women’s Operations Lead Monica Rogers. “We look forward to building on that success with our fourth NBA Academy Women’s Program camp in Senegal as part of our continued efforts to make basketball more accessible in Africa and provide a predicable pathway for African youth to learn the game and maximize their potential.”

Launched in 2018, the NBA Academy Women’s Program is a series of basketball development camps for top female athletes from outside the U.S. at the league’s academies in Australia, India, Mexico and Senegal. The three previous NBA Academy Women’s Camps Africa were held at NBA Academy Africa in May 2018, November 2018 and November 2019.  Eight former NBA Academy Women’s Camp Africa participants have committed to or gone on to attend NCAA Division I schools in the U.S.

The following is a complete list of players participating in the 2022 NBA Academy Women’s Camp Africa (roster subject to change):

First Name

Last Name

Country

Marie Ann Dakuyo Burkina Faso
Gisele Kipo Cameroon
Hannah Dibadjou Cameroon
Injy El Ghayesh Egypt
Malak Elalfy Egypt
Salma Khedr Egypt
Murielle Ramahatra Madagascar
Rakotonanahary Joani Madagascar
Fatoumata Samake Mali
Aya El Kallali Morocco
Albertina Matsinhe Mozambique
Lurdes Bata Mozambique
Shanaya Matusse Mozambique
Ayah James Nigeria
Bright Eze Nigeria
Franca Iyamah Nigeria
Patience John Nigeria
Adja Hinedou Ndiaye Senegal
Die Diop Senegal
Fatou Correa Senegal
Ndickou Matar Diop Senegal
Penda Dieng Senegal
Seynabou Mbaye Senegal
Reatlegile Taukobong South Africa
Arwa Ghorbel Tunisia
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of National Basketball Association (NBA).
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