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2024-25 Women's Basketball Roster

21 Nafatoumata Haidara

  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-5
  • Class Graduate Student
  • High School Ombudsman Charter Northwest
  • Hometown Bamako, Mali
  • Major Organizational Leadership
  • Prev School Chicago State

Biography

*Transferred to Saint Louis from Chicago State prior to the 2022-23 season

2023-24 • Graduate Student

  • Helped the program to its first-ever WNIT Championship title – a run that included a six-game winning streak and beating two Power 5 opponents 
  • Did not see game action due to injury

2022-23 • Senior 

  • Helped Saint Louis to its first Atlantic 10 Championship title, earning an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament after topping UMass in the highest-scoring A-10 final since 1995
  • Missed first half of the season due to injury
  • Coming back from injury saw action in 11 games during the 2022-23 season 
  • Picked up one block and one steal in her debut in Chaifetz Arena versus Dayton (Jan. 15)
  • Made field goals in games at Loyola Chicago (Feb. 25) and against UMass (March 5) 

2021-22 • Junior (Chicago State University)
  • Played 25 games, started in seven
  • Totaled 335 minutes on the season
  • Blocked 16 shots, second-most on CSU
  • Averaged 2.9 points and 3.5 rebounds per game
  • Snagged Division I career-high 15 rebounds at Utah Valley (January 27)
  • Posted first Division I double-double, 17 points and 11 rebounds, at Tarleton (February 19)

2020-21 • Sophomore (Hutchinson Community College)
  • Appeared in 24 games
  • Scored 5.9 points per game on 48.7 percent shooting
  • Scored in double figures four times
  • Snagged six rebounds per game
  • Part of a Hutchinson team that won the Jayhawk West Conference

2019-20 • Freshman (Hutchinson Community College)
  • Appeared in 23 games
  • Scored 7.5 points per contest while shooting above 50 percent from the field

Off the Court 

  • Daughter of Souleymane Haidara and Sitan Keita 
  • Nickname is “Nafa” 
  • Has traveled to 23 states and seven countries 
  • Majoring in Sociology 
  • Favorite basketball player of all time is Lebron James 
  • Favorite professional team is the Lakers 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2022-23Senior

    Forward
    6'5"
    21
  • 21

    2023-24Graduate Student

    Forward
    6'5"
    21
  • 21

    2024-25Graduate Student

    Forward
    6'5"
    21