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N'diaye, who honed her skills in Senegal and Japan, begins her second season at Cal...played for the Senegal National team over the summer and returned to campus better conditioned and more physical...has shown a lot of growth after adjusting to a new culture and school in 2006-07...versatile athlete who can play the three, four or five positions...physical and runs the floor well...talented post player who can also shoot from range...fast learner who works consistently hard...excels in the open-court...excellent defender with long arms...great shot blocker.
As a freshman in 2006-07:Saw action in all 32 games...started in wins over Saint Mary's and Florida to begin the season and in a victory against Oregon State in January...topped all Cal reserves in scoring (4.6 ppg) and rebounding (2.8 rpg)...third on the team in blocked shots with 12, including a career high of two in consecutive games at Arizona and vs. UC Riverside...had five double-digit scoring games...recorded a career-high 11 points in road wins at USC and at Washington and at home against No. 12 Stanford...registered her only double-double (10 points, 10 rebounds) of the season in 32 minutes at No. 14 Vanderbilt...her effort against the Commodores was huge for the Bears, as starting center Devanei Hampton played only six minutes in the game after suffering a sprained ankle...tallied 10 points and four rebounds in a home triumph over Arizona...averaged 17.3 mpg...played at least 20 minutes 11 times, including a career-high 34 minutes at home vs. Oregon State...dished off a career-best six assists in her start vs. the Beavers...hauled in seven boards and registered four points vs. Washington...led all Cal reserves with 28 steals, including a career high of three at Washington State...third on the team with 12 blocks...played in the 2006 San Francisco Pro Am summer league.
High School: Attended Keisei High School in Kumamoto, Japan...a professional player from Senegal, who was playing in Japan, helped arrange for her to move to Japan for her final three years of high school...tallest player on her team...averaged 20 points, 18 rebounds, six assists and seven blocks per game as a senior...scored 40 points in a game last season...three-year starter...before her arrival, her high school was 18th in the district...after her first year, her school ranked first in the district...in her second year, led her team to second in the region, and capped her career by propelling the school to second in the nation with only one loss in the playoffs.
Personal: Adji Ramatoulaye N'diaye was born Nov. 4, 1986, in Guediawaye, Senegal...her father, Ousmane N'diaye, is an inspector of police for the United Nations...her mother, Marieme Samb, is a high school administrator...oldest of seven children...has four sisters, Siny, Ngone, Fatou and Awa, and two brothers, Seydino and Karim...has also traveled to France, Italy and the Ivory Coast...speaks four languages - Wolof (language in Senegal), Japanese, French and English...enjoys listening to rhythm and blues and mbalax (type of music in Senegal), going to the movies, cooking and playing volleyball and ice skating...began playing basketball when she was 12...undeclared major but interested in business.
N'DIAYE'S CAREER STATISTICS Year G-Gs Min Fg-a Pct 3p-a Pct Ft-a Pct Reb Avg Pf-D Ast To Blk St Tp Avg 06-07 32-3 553-17.3 54-131 .412 0-4 .000 38-60 .633 91 2.8 75-2 26 73 12 28 146 4.6
