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Who is Awa Fam? Meet Spanish basketball star in running to go No. 1 overall in 2026 WNBA Draft

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Awa Fam has taken the European basketball scene by storm. Where will she end up in the WNBA draft? Here's more about her background and basketball career.

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“I am a very versatile and humble player.” This was described in the hours leading up to the WNBA draft. Awa Fam, 19, followed in the footsteps of Pau Gasol, who a quarter of a century earlier ventured to the United States looking to project his basketball worldwide to become the state player with the highest pick in the draft, the third place, chosen by the Atlanta Hawks, franchise that passed to the Memphis Grizzlies. Sant Boi’s pivot would en…

Awa Fam (Santa Pola, 2006) hastens the last few hours before her election at the WNBA Draft meeting and sharing experiences with some of her rivals or teammates next season in the American basketball league. In fact, the organization of the event has uniformed them all with the official Draft sweatshirt and promoted the event with a tour of New York, which included an event at the famous Empire State Building, one of the city's best-known rscaci…

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Sporting News broke the news in North Carolina, United States on Monday, April 13, 2026.
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