2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster
Diarra, Nahawa
Jersey Number 9
Nahawa Diarra
- Height:
- 5-9
- Position:
- Guard
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Barcelona, Spain
- High School:
- IES Miquel Biada
- Prev School:
- New Mexico
Bio
AS A JUNIOR AT NEW MEXICO (2023-24): Played in 19 games, including one start … Averaged 1.5 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1.1 assists in nine minutes per game … Shot 27.9 percent (12-for-43) from the field, while also canning 66.7 percent (4-for-6) of her free throw attempts … Also recorded 10 steals … Pulled down a pair of boards, while also adding a pair of assists, in her New Mexico debut against Texas Southern … Tallied a season-best six points on 3-for-5 shooting against Georgia Tech … Raked in a season-best five assists in a season-high 23 minutes of action against Western New Mexico.
BEFORE NEW MEXICO: Played in 50 games (49 starts) across two seasons at Odessa, and registered career averages of 9.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2.1 steals per game in 27.1 minutes an outing on the floor … Connected on 49.8 percent of her field goal attempts across her two seasons at Odessa … Recorded double-digit scoring numbers 26 times as a Wrangler, including a pair of double-double performances.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at IES Miquel Biada in Barcelona, Spain.
PERSONAL: The daughter of Naminata Berthe Diabate and Siaka Diarra Diabate … Has an older sister, Tata, and a younger brother, Sekpu … Maintained a 6.99 cumulative grade point average at IES Miquel Biada … A communication and journalism major at Mercer.
GET TO KNOW NAHAWA
BEFORE NEW MEXICO: Played in 50 games (49 starts) across two seasons at Odessa, and registered career averages of 9.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2.1 steals per game in 27.1 minutes an outing on the floor … Connected on 49.8 percent of her field goal attempts across her two seasons at Odessa … Recorded double-digit scoring numbers 26 times as a Wrangler, including a pair of double-double performances.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at IES Miquel Biada in Barcelona, Spain.
PERSONAL: The daughter of Naminata Berthe Diabate and Siaka Diarra Diabate … Has an older sister, Tata, and a younger brother, Sekpu … Maintained a 6.99 cumulative grade point average at IES Miquel Biada … A communication and journalism major at Mercer.
GET TO KNOW NAHAWA
- Speaks four languages (Spanish, Bambara, Catalan & English)
- Hobbies include listening to music and going to coffee bars
- If she could have any super power, she would want teleportation
- Go-to snacks are Skittles, Sour Patch Kids and Kinder Bueno
- Has a fear of heights
- Names her parents as her heroes
- Favorite movie is The Lion King
- Favorite color is blue
- Favorite food is pasta and African food (Mali), and her favorite dessert is Cheesecake
- Wants to be a sports or international journalist
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