Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu Explained

Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu
Position:Forward
Height Ft:6
Height In:3
Weight Lbs:204
League:WNBA
Birth Date:26 July 1999
Birth Place:Nkongsamba, Cameroon
Nationality:American / Cameroonian
High School:Lycee du Manengouba Nkongsamba
(Nkongsamba, Cameroon)
College:
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:2023
Draft Round:2
Draft Pick:21
Draft Team:Seattle Storm
Career Start:2023
Years1:
Team1:Seattle Storm
Highlights:
  • 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)

Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu (born July 26, 1999) is a Cameroonian basketball player who is a free agent. She played college at South Florida[1] and for 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

WNBA Regular season

|-| style='text-align:left;'|2023| style='text-align:left;'|Seattle| 33 || 21 || 14.2 || .523 || .000 || .550 || 4.5 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 0.9 || 4.1|-| style='text-align:left;'| Career| style='text-align:left;'| 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu - Women's Basketball. USF Athletics. 3 June 2022.
  2. Web site: Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu - 2020-21 - Women's Basketball . 2022-05-26 . University of Memphis Athletics . en.
  3. Web site: Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu. Walters State Community College. 3 June 2022.
  4. Web site: Dulcy Fankam - Player Profile. FIBA.basketball. 3 June 2022.