Aya Traore

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Aya Traore

Position	Forward
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
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Nationality	SEN
Born	July 27, 1983 (1983-07-27) (age 24) Dakar, Senegal
College	Purdue
Pro career	2006 – present
Former teams	Polfa

Aya Traore (born 27 July 1983) is a Senegalese female basketball forward with Polfa in the Torell Basket Liga in Poland.

1 Personal
2 Basketball career
3 After Purdue
4 External links

[edit] Personal

Traore was born in Dakar, Senegal to Seydu Traore and Bineta Camara on 27 July 1983. She has 2 brothers and 1 sister. At Purdue, she majored in hospitality and tourism management.

[edit] Basketball career

Traore attended high school in Moore, Kentucky and was an all-state performer in women's basketball in 2001. After graduating high school, Traore attended Dixie State College of Utah for 2 years. In the two years at Dixie State, Traore scored 12.3 points per game in her first season and became a second-team junior college women's basketball All-American, averaging over 21 ppg (6th in her division of basketball nationally). Traore then transferred to Purdue University where she played for 2 seasons. During her last year at Purude, Traore averaged nearly 13 points and nearly 5 rebounds per game. Traore led Purdue to a 28-8 record before losing to the University of North Carolina in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament.

[edit] After Purdue

Since leaving Purdue, Traore has played with Polfa of the Polish women's national league as well as with the Senegalese women's national basketball team.