Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu

American-Cameroonian basketball player
Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu
No. 12 – Seattle Storm
PositionForward
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (1999-07-26) July 26, 1999 (age 24)
Nkongsamba, Cameroon
NationalityAmerican / Cameroonian
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight204 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High schoolLycee du Manengouba Nkongsamba
(Nkongsamba, Cameroon)
College
WNBA draft2023: 2nd round, 21st overall pick
Selected by the Seattle Storm
Career highlights and awards
  • AAC co-Player of the Year (2023)
  • First-team All-AAC (2023)
  • Second-team All-AAC (2022)
  • Second-team NJCAA All-American (2019)
  • First-team All-TCCAA (2019)
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Cameroon
AfroBasket
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Cameroon

Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu (born July 26, 1999) is a Cameroonian basketball player who plays for the Seattle Storm of the WNBA. She played college at South Florida[1] and the Cameroon national basketball team

High school

She attended Lycee Manengouba Nkongsamba in her hometown and ranked No. 3 overall in Cameroon coming out of high school.[2][3]

College

Dulcy previously played for Walters State Community College in Morristown, Tennessee in her junior year(2018-2019). In her one season at Walters, she averaged 15.5 points, 8.8 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks per game, also 18.1 points and 9.5 rebounds per game in conference play. And she was named the "TCCAA Women’s Co-Most Valuable Player".[3] She then played at the University of Memphis for 2 seasons, before transferring to the University of South Florida(2019-2020) and in 31 games she averaged 12.2 points and 8.6 rebounds per game.[1]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

WNBA Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2023 Seattle 33 21 14.2 .523 .000 .550 4.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.9 4.1
Career 1 year, 1 team 33 21 14.2 .523 .000 .550 4.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.9 4.1

National team career

She helped her native country, Cameroon, to the semifinals of the 2021 FIBA AfroBasket in September. She had 16 points, 18 rebounds, three blocked shots, and three steals in a 67–61 win over Egypt in the quarterfinals.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu - Women's Basketball". USF Athletics. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu - 2020-21 - Women's Basketball". University of Memphis Athletics. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  3. ^ a b "Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu". Walters State Community College. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Dulcy Fankam - Player Profile". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 3 June 2022.

External links

  • Career statistics and player information from WNBA.com Edit this at Wikidata and Basketball-Reference.com Edit this at Wikidata
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