Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu | |
Position: | Forward |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 3 |
Weight Lbs: | 204 |
League: | WNBA |
Team: | Basket Lattes Montpellier Agglomération |
Number: | 32 |
Birth Date: | 26 July 1999 |
Birth Place: | Nkongsamba, Cameroon |
Nationality: | American / Cameroonian |
High School: | Lycee du Manengouba Nkongsamba (Nkongsamba, Cameroon) |
College: |
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Draft League: | WNBA |
Draft Year: | 2023 |
Draft Round: | 2 |
Draft Pick: | 21 |
Draft Team: | Seattle Storm |
Career Start: | 2023 |
Years1: | – |
Team1: | Seattle Storm |
Years2: | 2023–2024 |
Team2: | IDK Gipuzkoa |
Years3: | 2024–present |
Team3: | Basket Lattes Montpellier Agglomération |
Highlights: |
Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu (born July 26, 1999) is a Cameroonian professional basketball player for Basket Lattes Montpellier Agglomération of the La Boulangère Wonderligue. She was selected 21st overall in the 2023 WNBA draft by the Seattle Storm. She played college at South Florida.[1]
She attended Lycee Manengouba Nkongsamba in her hometown and ranked No. 3 overall in Cameroon coming out of high school.[2] [3]
Dulcy previously played for Walters State Community College in Morristown, Tennessee in her junior year(2018-2019). In her one season at Walters, she averaged 15.5 points, 8.8 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks per game, also 18.1 points and 9.5 rebounds per game in conference play. And she was named the "TCCAA Women’s Co-Most Valuable Player".[3] She then played at the University of Memphis for 2 seasons, before transferring to the University of South Florida(2019-2020) and in 31 games she averaged 12.2 points and 8.6 rebounds per game.[1]
Stats current through end of 2024 season|-| style='text-align:left;'|2023| style='text-align:left;'|Seattle| 33 || 21 || 14.2 || .523 || .000 || .550 || 4.4 || 0.4 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 0.9 || 4.1|-| style='text-align:left;'|| style='text-align:left;'|Seattle|7||0||5.1||.667||—||.333||1.3||0.1||0.0||0.0||0.4||0.9|- class="sortbottom" | style='text-align:left;'| Career| style='text-align:left;'| 2 years, 1 team| 41 || 21 || 12.3 || .527 || .000 || .522 || 3.9 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 0.8 || 3.4
She helped her native country, Cameroon, to the semifinals of the 2021 FIBA AfroBasket in September. She had 16 points, 18 rebounds, three blocked shots, and three steals in a 67–61 win over Egypt in the quarterfinals.[4]