Nahawa Diarra

Photo by: Photo: Kennesaw State Athletics

Height:
5-9
Position:
Guard
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Barcelona, Spain
High School:
IES Miquel Biada
Prev School:
New Mexico

AS A SENIOR (2024-25): Started in 28 games … Averaged 9.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.2 steals in 35.0 minutes per game … Tallied two blocks as well … Connected on 32.5 percent (92-for-283) of her field goal attempts, including a 17-for-55 (.309) clip from the perimeter … Also shot 62.4 percent (58-for-93) from the free throw line … Scored 10 or more points 11 times, including a season-best 18 points in road games with Western Carolina and Wofford … Tallied a double-double with 15 points and a season-high 10 boards against Samford at home … Registered three or more assists 13 times, including a season-best seven against Appalachian State.

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

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