Batouly Camara

Batouly Camara (born November 2, 1996) is a Guinean-American basketball player.[1][2] She played college basketball for Kentucky and UConn and later professionally in Liga Femenina de Baloncesto. As a member of the Guinea national team, she participated in the 2021 FIBA Women's Afrobasket.

Batouly Camara
Personal information
Born (1996-11-02) November 2, 1996
New York City
NationalityGuinean-American
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Career information
High schoolBlair Academy
(Blairstown, New Jersey)
College
PositionForward
Career history
2020–2021Bembibre

High School

Camara was a student of Blair Academy. She averaged 12.5 points and 12.0 rebounds per game. Coming out of high school she was rated the ninth-best player in the country by ESPN.com.[3] She was also active off the court as she was elected vice chair of Blair Academy's student government council as a junior and was a representative on the student council as a sophomore.[3]

College

As a freshman at University of Kentucky, Camara appeared in 33 games with 14 starts, averaged 5.1 points and 4.3 rebounds per game.[4][5] She got transferred to the University of Connecticut in her sophomore year[6][7] and appeared in 23 games, averaging 4.8 minutes per game. As a junior she played in 25 games, averaged 1.2 points and 1.6 rebounds per game. In her senior year she appeared in 10 games, averaged 0.8 points and 0.3 rebounds per game.[5]

Professional career

Camara played for Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM in the Spanish Liga Femenina de Baloncesto for the 2020–21 season.

National Team career

Camara has been a member of the Guinea women's national basketball team and in 2021 participated in the FIBA Women's Afrobasket.[8]

Personal life

As of 2022, Camara is a college counselor and girls' basketball coach in Blair Academy.[9] Camara is the founder of Women and Kids Academy (W.A.K.E)[10] and also made it to Forbes list of 30 Under 30 - Sports (2021).[11]

References
  1. Alexa Philippou. "What dreams may come". The Orlando Sentinel. p. 30 April 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2022 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  2. "Batouly Camara (GUI)'s profile - FIBA Women's AfroBasket 2021". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  3. "Batouly Camara - Women's Basketball - University of Kentucky Athletics". ukathletics.com. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  4. Stephanie Sheehan (28 January 2017). "After Long Rest, Batouly Camara Ready To Contribute To UConn Women". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 4 September 2022 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  5. "Batouly Camara - Women's Basketball - University of Connecticut Athletics". uconnhuskies.com. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  6. Doug Bonjour (7 November 2018). "Camara working hard to contribute more this season". Connecticut Post. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  7. Paul Doyle (26 May 2016). "5 things to know about Batouly Camara". Hartford Courant. p. C6. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  8. "Batouly Camara - Player Profile". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  9. "College Counselor and Blair Women's Basketball Coach Batouly Camara '15 Spoke at Society of Skeptics | Post - Blair Academy". blair.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  10. "Scott Dialo – Wake Academy | Women And Kids Empowerment". wake-academy.org. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
  11. "Batouly Camara". forbes.com. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
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