María Conde

María Conde (born January 14, 1997) is a Spanish basketball player who last played for the Polish team Wisła Can-Pack Kraków. Conde also plays for the Spanish national team.[1]

María Conde
Free agent
PositionSmall forward
Personal information
Born (1997-01-14) January 14, 1997
Madrid, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career information
CollegeFlorida State (2015–2017)
WNBA draft2019 / Round: 3 / Pick: 27th overall
Selected by the Chicago Sky
Career history
2014–2015CB Estudiantes
2017–2018Spar CityLift Girona
2018–2019Wisła Can-Pack Kraków
Medals
Representing  Spain
EuroBasket
2017 Czech Republic

She participated in the EuroBasket Women 2017.[2]

Club career

Conde played in local club CB Estudiantes since the age of 10, soon developing into one of their best players and winning regional and state youth tournaments.[3] In the 2014-15 season, still in junior years, she made her debut with the senior team in the Spanish second tier league, averaging 15.8 PPP and 6.7 RPP.[4] Her performances attracted the attention of several American colleges,[5] and he opted for Florida State University after talking to fellow Spaniard Leticia Romero. She played in Florida State for two years, averaging 15.6 MPP and 3.3PPG in her sophomore year.

Conde returned to Spain in 2017 to play for Spar CityLift Girona in the Spanish first-tier league and Europe's second-tier EuroCup.[6] She signed for Polish team Wisła Can-Pack Kraków for the 2018-19 season.[7] She went back to the United States to witness being selected in the third round of the 2019 WNBA draft by the Chicago Sky on April 10, 2019.

EuroCup stats
Season Team GP MPP PPP RPP APP
2017-18 EuroCup Spar CityLift Girona 12 12.6 2.4 2.6 1.0
2018-19 EuroCup Wisla Can-Pack 10 25.3 10.7 4.2 2.2

National team

Conde started playing with Spain's youth teams at 16, winning a total of five medals from 2013 to 2017.[8] She made her debut with the senior team in 2017,[9] at 20, winning a gold medal in the 2017 Eurobasket:[10]

References
  1. FIBA profile
  2. EuroBasket 2017 profile
  3. "María Conde - Baloncesto Jugadora - Regeneracomsports.com (representación de deportistas)". regeneracomsports.com. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
  4. "Basketball | NCAA Women's | Team Stats - washingtonpost.com". stats.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
  5. "Una vida pegada al éxito. La historia de María Conde, la perla del 'Estu' que se marcha a Florida - @KIAenZona". @KIAenZona (in Spanish). April 13, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
  6. "María Conde, la nueva mina de oro del Spar CityLift Girona". www.feb.es. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
  7. https://columnacero.com/deportes/11391/maria-conde-jugara-en-el-wisla-canpack-de-cracovia-la-proxima-temporada/
  8. "U17F: Conociendo a… María Conde". www.feb.es. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
  9. "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
  10. "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
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