Skylar Diggins Biography
Skylar Diggins is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). Diggins was drafted 3rd overall by the Tulsa Shock in the 2013 WNBA Draft. In high school, she was the National Gatorade Player of the Year, the Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year, and a McDonald’s All-American.
Diggins played point guard for Notre Dame, where she led Notre Dame to three consecutive Final Fours and two consecutive NCAA championship appearances. She finished her Notre Dame career ranked first in points and steals, second in assists, and as a two-time winner of the Nancy Lieberman Award as the top point guard in the nation.
Skylar Diggins Age
She was born on Augast 2 1990 as Skylar Kierra Diggins-Smith in U.S.A.
Skylar Diggins Family
Her parent’s names are Tige Diggins and Renee Scott. Sarah Diggins and Maurice Scott are her stepparents. Tige, Destin, and Maurice are three younger brothers of Skylar and she has a younger sister Hanneaf. She was a born athlete and played basketball from her early childhood.
Skylar Diggins Education
Skylar attended the Washington High School in South Bend, Indiana. Her basketball skills started to develop during high school. By the time she was ready to join college, she had scored an average of 25.9 per game which is the third-highest girl’s total score in Indiana. She then attended the University of Notre Dame in 2009. She was a player on the Notre Dame basketball team. She learned serious skills and techniques while with the team Notre Dame that paved her way for the WNBA.
She played for the Notre Dame rosters in her college basketball career. She was awarded Nancy Lieberman Award twice for her historical performance at Notre Dame. She scores 15.7 points, 0.6 blocks, 2.5 steals, 5.0 assists, and 3.7 rebounds on average per game during her career at Notre Dame.
Her professional basketball career in WNBA started with Tulsa Shock in 2013. Her professional career was going all so well when in 2015 Skylar suffered from a torn ACL. It took her another year to recover. She rejoined Tulsa Shock but by that time the team had relocated and was renamed as Dallas Wings. With the Wings, Skylar performances excelled and are noticeable in her performance throughout 2017. The Wings reach the playoffs as the number 7 seed in the league all thanks to Skylar whose efforts and performance made that possible. She continues to play with the Wings to present days. Diggins also played basketball representing the USA. She has played at the U18 and U19 cup, World Championship and World University Games for the USA.
Skylar Diggins Net Worth | Salary
She has a net worth of 450K dollars. she is reportedly receiving an average salary of around $ 117,500 annually from Dallas Wings.
Skylar Diggins Height | Weight
She stands at a height of five feet and nine inches tall. She weighs 66 kilos. She has dark brown hair and her eyes are black in color. She wears dress size 6 (US) and her shoe size is 11 (US). Her vital stats are unknown.
Skylar Diggins Basketball
As a freshman, Diggins-Smith became the fourth Indiana native to join the Irish roster in 2009–10, and she was one of three Miss Basketball honorees on the 2009–10 Notre Dame roster. Diggins-Smith played and started in 30 of ND’s 35 games. She led the team in scoring (13.8 ppg), steals (2.6 SPG) and assists (tied – 3.2 APG), and set freshman records for steals (90), free throws made (111), free throws attempted (142) and minutes played (1,028). Diggins had a team-high eight “5–5–5” games (including all three NCAA tournament games) and at least one steal in 33 of 35 games (16 outings with 3 or more steals, including all six postseason games). She is the fourth Notre Dame player to score 400 points as a freshman and was the first Notre Dame freshman with 100 assists in a debut season since Mollie Peirick in 1994–95.
Her college career came to an end in the 2013 NCAA women’s basketball final four to Big East rival and eventual champion the University of Connecticut, who Notre Dame had met up with and defeated in the two previous Final Fours. Diggins-Smith was named the Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year for the second straight year. She is the only Notre Dame basketball player (either gender) and one of only six NCAA Division I players from 1999–2000 to compile 2,000 points/500 rebounds/500 assists/300 steals in her career. Diggins-Smith finished her career as the all-time Notre Dame leading scorer with 2,357 points. She also holds Notre Dame career records for points, steals, free throws made, free throws attempted, games started, minutes played, double-figure scoring games and triple-doubles. She is ranked second in school history for career assists, field goals made, field goals attempted and games played. Diggins-Smith is the only Notre Dame player to earn the Nancy Lieberman Award (nation’s top point guard) and one of only three players in the award’s history to claim the honor twice.
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