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Jersey Number 15
Aicha Ndour
- Position:
- C
- Height:
- 6-6
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Somone, Senegal
- High School:
- Cushing Academy
PRIOR TO RUTGERS
- Highly-touted and towering product of SEED Academy and the Women’s NBA Academy of Africa
- In 2018, participated in the first NBA Academy girl’s basketball camp in Senegal
- In April 2019, joined NBA Academy participants from Africa, Australia, China, India, and Mexico, in addition to select players from Canada and Europe, for a three-day minicamp in Tampa, Florida, culminating with exhibition games at Next Generation Saturday at the NCAA Women’s Final Four
- Following three years in the SEED Academy in Senegal, completed her high school education in the U.S. at Cushing Academy in Massachusetts, playing basketball and volleyball in addition to her studies
| One word to describe your Coach: | Special |
| Major: | Pre-medicine |
| I chose my major because: | I want to be a pediatrician. I love to help people that are in need |
| The person I most admire is and why: | My mom because she’s the strongest person I know |
| If I wasn’t playing (sport), I’d be: | A doctor |
| Most people don't know: | I played volleyball and was voted the Most Improved Player |
| Favorite professional athlete: | Fatou Diagne |
| One word to describe myself off the field/court: | Shy |
| Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career: | Astou Ndiaye |
| I started playing my sport because…: | It helps me be in my own bubble. |
| I chose Rutgers because…: | I chose Rutgers because I see a sense of family in it. I think they can help be the person that I want to be in the coming years and reach my goals. |
| Favorite cereal: | I don’t like cereal |
| The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime is: | Vampire diaries |
| Rituals I have before, during or after a game are: | Listening to music. |
| My favorite Halloween costume growing up was: | I have never celebrated Halloween |
| The place in the world I would most like to visit is: | Bora Bora |
| The website I visit most often is: | |
| The quote that most resonates with me is: | "Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." |
| If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: | White |
| Phone app you cannot live without: |
| What is your proudest moment in sports? | My proudest moment in sports is when I was choose to be part of the Women NBA Academy of Africa. It made me feel special. |
| Whom is your greatest sports influence? | My greatest sports influences are my sister and one of my friends that plays at Purdue University. |
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