• As of Jan. 27, 2023
  

USA Basketball Notes

• Honors: 2006, 2010, 2012 and 2016 USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year; 2010 and 2018 All-FIBA World Cup Teams; 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball All-Tournament Team; 3-point trophy winner at the 2006 World Cup; 2001 FIBA All-Junior World Cup (U19) Team..
• Gold Medals: 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 Olympics; 2010, 2014 and 2018 FIBA World Cups; 2007 FIBA Americas Championship; 2000 Junior World Championship Qualifying Tournament (U18).
• Bronze Medals: 2006 FIBA World Cup, 2001 Junior World Championship (U19).
• International Invitationals: 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball Tournament (gold), 2007 FIBA World League Tournament (silver), 2001 USA Junior International Invitational (gold).
• Is 137-7 in USA Basketball games played.
• Invited to attend the 2023 USA Women's National Team minicamp from Feb. 6-9 in Minneapolis. 
• Captained the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team that compiled a 6-0 record en route to claiming her fifth Olympic gold medal in Tokyo; started all six games and averaged 5.8 points and 3.5 asissts.
• Capped a 21-year USA Basketball career with five Olympic gold medals, three FIBA World Cup gold medals and a FIBA World Cup bronze medal, becoming the second-most decorated FIBA athlete on the planet.
• 2017-21 USA National Team:
  • Participated in the 2021 USA National Team's four-day camp in San Antonio March 30-April 2.
  • Participated in the USA National Team training camp in Chicago over the 2020 NBA All-Star Weekend.
    Aided the 2019-20 USA National Team to a 6-1 record against four collegiate teams and three international opponents in Nov. 2019; averaged 6.4 ppg. and 2.7 apg.
  • Attended the 2019 USA AmeriCup Team training in Miami. 
  • One of eight players who have committed to participate in the USA's 2019-20 expanded training program as announced on July 27, 2019.  
  • Helped lead the USA to the 2018 FIBA World Cup gold medal and a perfect 6-0 slate; averaged 12.2 ppg. and 3.7 apg. and shot a blistering 91.7 percent from the line (22-24 FTs) en route to earning all-tournament honors.
  • Aided the USA to a 3-0 pre-World Cup exhibition record; averaged 11.3 ppg. and 4.0 apg. and was named MVP of the pre-World Cup exhibition tournament hosted by France in Antibes.
  • Aided the 2018 USA National Team to an 83-46 exhibition victory over China on April 26 in Seattle.
  • Participated in the USA’s winter 2018 training camp in Columbia, South Carolina.
  • Accepted an invitation to participate in the USA's 2017 fall training camp, but was injured and unable to attend.
• Is one of only 11 players to have earned a World Championship gold medal, Olympic gold medal, an NCAA title and WNBA championship. Sue Bird, Swin Cash, Tamika Catchings, Cynthia Cooper, Brittney Griner, Asjha Jones, Maya Moore, Breanna Stewart, Sheryl Swoopes and Kara Wolters round out the list.
• Played on a pair of USA junior teams in 2000 and 2001 before being called up to the USA National Team in 2004. Since then, has helped the USA earn four Olympic gold medals (32-0), three FIBA World Cup golds (21-0), 2007 FIBA Americas Championship gold (5-0) and 2006 FIBA World Cup bronze medal (8-1); has helped USA National Teams to a 38-2 record in exhibition play.
• Ranks third among all-time USA World Cup Team leaders for points (363), third for assists (92), fourth for 3-point percentage (.464) and 10th for rebounds (81) over the span of four World Cups.
• Ranked second at the 2012 Olympics for free throw percentage (.960, 24-25 FTs).
• Owns U.S. Olympic single-game records for 3-pointers made (6) and attempted (10), both of which came against Serbia in 2016.
• Hit a perfect 15-of-15 from the line at the 2008 Olympics, which trails just Juliene Simpson’s 16-of-16 in 1976 in the U.S. Olympic record book.
• Ranks tied for first among all-time U.S. Olympic career record holders for games played (32), second for points (379), third for 3-point field goal percentage (.464), fourth for free throw percentage (.931) and assists (76) and ninth for rebounds (96)
• Aided the 2007 USA Select Team to a 3-2 record and the silver medal at the 2007 FIBA World League Tournament in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
• Her 6-of-7 shooting from 3-point in the 2006 bronze medal game set the USA World Championship single-game record for made 3-pointers and tied the record for attempts.
• Earned the 2006 FIBA World Championship’s 3-point trophy after nailing 50.0 percent of her 50 attempts from afar.
• Joined the 2004 USA National Team less than 48 hours after winning her third NCAA title and averaged 9.0 ppg.,2.3 rpg. and 4.0 apg. in the USA's three exhibition games.
• Member of the 2001 USA Junior World Championship (U19) Team that posted a 6-1 record and earned the bronze medal in Brno, Czech Republic; was named to the five-member All-FIBA Junior World Championship Team.
• Member of the 2000 USA Junior World Championship Qualifying (U18) Team that won gold with a 5-0 record in Mar del Plata, Argentina.

Professional Notes

• Drafted: No. 1 overall in 2004 by the Phoenix Mercury.
• WNBA titles: 2007, 2009, 2014.
• WNBA MVP: 2009.
• WNBA Finals MVP: 2009, 2014.
• All-WNBA first team: 2004, 2006-11, 2013-14, 2018.
• All-WNBA second team: 2005, 2016, 2017, 2020.
• WNBA All-Star: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2021.
• WNBA Rookie of the Year: 2004.
• WNBA All-Decade honorable mention: 1997-2006.
• Top 15 Players in WNBA History (15th Anniversary Team): 2011.
• WNBA Top 20@20: 2016.
• WNBA Scoring Champ: 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.
• WNBA assists champ: 2014.
• EuroLeague All-Star Games: 2006, 2008-10.
• EuroLeague titles: 2007-10, 2013, 2016.
• EuroLeague Finals MVP: 2009, 2010, 2016.
• EuroLeague scoring champ: 2009-12.
• Russian League Player of the Year: 2007, 2008, 2009.
• Is the WNBA’s all-time leading scorer and ended the 2022 season with 9,693 points; she also became the league’s all-time scorer in playoff games and has 1,455 points through 2022.
• Spent five seasons helping lead UMMC Ekaterinburg (Russia) to the 2013 and 2016 EuroLeague crowns and the 2013-17 Russian Premier League titles and the 2013, 2014 and 2017 Russian Cup championships.
• Played in Europe since the 2005-06 season, starting with Moscow Dynamo for one year before signing with Spartak Moscow Region Vidnoje (2006-17 to 2009-10), where she helped Spartak claim four-straight EuroLeague titles, including 2010 when Spartak earned a perfect 16-0 record. She then played seven EuroLeague contests for Fenerbache (Turkey) in 2010-11, during which time Fener went undefeated; and played for Galatasaray (Turkey) in 2011-12.
• Six-time ESPY award winner: Best WNBA Player (2010, 2011, 2012), Best Female College Athlete (2003, 2004) and Best Female Athlete (2004).
• Became the first WNBA player to reach the 800-point mark in a single season, finishing the 2006 campaign with 860, bettered the previous marks (23.1 ppg., 739 points) established in 2001 by Katie Smith.

Social

• Twitter: @DianaTaurasi
• Facebook: facebook.com/dianataurasi
• Web: dianataurasi.com

College Years

• In her four years, helped Connecticut to a 139-8 (.946) overall record, including a 22-1 (.957) mark in NCAA tournaments, winning three NCAA titles, along with four Big East Conference regular season and two Big East Tournament crowns.
• Was the fifth two-time winner of the Naismith Player of the Year award (2003, 2004), also collected a pair of Honda awards (2003, 2004).
• Wade Trophy winner (2003) and National Player of the Year by the Associated Press and USBWA (2003).
• NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (2003, 2004), All-Final Four (2003, 2004), NCAA Regional MOP (2001, 2003, 2004), four-time NCAA All-Regional (2001-04).
• Big East Player of the Year (2003, 2004), All-Big East first team (2002, 2003, 2004), Big East All-Tournament Team (2001, 2002, 2003), first rookie to earn All-Big East Tournament MVP honors (2001).
• Named to the Big East Silver Anniversary Team, the only then-current athlete selected to the squad.

Personal Notes

• Born in Glendale, California.
• Daughter of Mario, who was born in Italy and raised in Argentina, and Liliana, a native Argentinian; has one sister, Jessika, who played basketball at UC Riverside.
• Married Penny Taylor on May 13, 2017, and the two welcomed their first child, Leo, in 2018.
• Majored in sociology at Connecticut.
• Her father played professional soccer as a goalie.
• Her family moved to Southern California before Dee was born; Spanish is the language spoken in the Taurasi household.
• Attended Don Lugo High School (Calif.), where she was named the 2000 Naismith and Parade Magazine National High School Player of the Year.
• First overseas trip was in 1996 when the USA Junior squad went to Mar del Plata, Argentina.