María Conde
| USK Praha | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | Small forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | Czech Women's Basketball League | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 January 1997 Madrid, Spain | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| College | Florida State (2015–2017) | ||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2019: 3rd round, 27th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Chicago Sky | |||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | CB Estudiantes | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Spar CityLift Girona | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Wisła Can-Pack Kraków | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | CCC Polkowice | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–present | ZVVZ USK Praha | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
Medals
| |||||||||||||||
María Conde Alcolado[a] (born 14 January 1997) is a Spanish basketball player for USK Praha of the Czech Women's Basketball League. Conde also plays for the Spanish national team.[1] She was selected 27th overall by the Chicago Sky in the 2019 WNBA draft. Her WNBA rights are currently held by the Golden State Valkyries.
Club career
[edit]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.[2] 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.[3]
Her performances attracted the attention of several American colleges,[4] and she 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.[5] She signed for Polish team Wisła Can-Pack Kraków for the 2018-19 season.[6]
WNBA
[edit]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.
On December 6, 2024, Conde was selected as the Golden State Valkyries' pick from the Chicago Sky's 2024 roster in the WNBA's expansion draft.[7]
EuroCup and EuroLeague stats
[edit]| 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 |
| 2019-20 EuroCup | CCC Polkowice
|
9 | 31.8 | 17.2 | 7.4 | 2.2 |
| 2020-21 EuroLeague |  USK Praha
|
3 | 21.9 | 9.7 | 4.7 | 2.7 |
| 2021-22 EuroLeague | USK Praha
|
National team
[edit]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. Up to 2021, she had 46 caps, with 4.5 PPP:[10]
2013 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (youth)
2014 FIBA Under-17 World Championship (youth)- 4th 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (youth)
- 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship (youth)
- 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (youth)
- 2017 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (youth)
2017 Eurobasket- 7th 2021 Eurobasket
- 6th 2020 Summer Olympics
2023 Eurobasket
Personal life
[edit]Conde's brother Diego is a professional footballer.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Conde and the second or maternal family name is Alcolado.
References
[edit]- ^ FIBA profile
- ^ "María Conde - Baloncesto Jugadora - Regeneracomsports.com (representación de deportistas)". regeneracomsports.com. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "Basketball | NCAA Women's | Team Stats - washingtonpost.com". stats.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "Una vida pegada al éxito. La historia de María Conde, la perla del 'Estu' que se marcha a Florida - @KIAenZona". @KIAenZona (in European Spanish). 13 April 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "María Conde, la nueva mina de oro del Spar CityLift Girona". www.feb.es. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "María Conde jugará en el Wisla Canpack de Cracovia la próxima temporada". 16 May 2018.
- ^ Henderson, Cydney; Horrow, Ellen J. (6 December 2024). "WNBA expansion draft live updates: Golden State Valkyries pick their players for 2025". USA Today. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ "U17F: Conociendo a… María Conde". www.feb.es. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "Selección Española Absoluta Femenina de Baloncesto". seleccionfemenina.feb.es. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "archive.fiba.com: Players". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
- ^ "[The Condes, between football and basketball] (in Spanish). Spanish Basketball Federation. 12 February 2018". FEB (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 April 2021.
External links
[edit]- Maria Conde at FIBA (archive)
- María Conde at Eurobasket.com
- María Conde at Olympedia (archive)
- María Conde Alcolado at Olympics.com
- María Conde at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- María Conde – COE – Paris 2024 (in Spanish)
- María Conde Alcolado (and here) at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players from Madrid
- Chicago Sky draft picks
- Florida State Seminoles women's basketball players
- Olympic basketball players for Spain
- Small forwards
- Spanish expatriate basketball people in Poland
- Spanish expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Spanish women's basketball players
- Basketball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Golden State Valkyries draft picks
- 21st-century Spanish sportswomen