Digna Strautmane

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Digna Strautmane
Digna Strautmane.jpg
Strautmane with the Latvian national team in 2019
No. 451KS Sleza Wroclaw
Position Forward
League Basket Liga Kobiet
Personal information
Born (1998-09-18) 18 September 1998 (age 25)
Riga, Latvia
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Career information
College
WNBA draft 2022: undrafted
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2014–2017 TTT Riga
2022 Ringwood Hawks
2022 Olympiacos
2023–present1KS Sleza
Career highlights and awards

Digna Strautmane (born 18 September 1998) is a Latvian professional basketball player. She played college basketball for Syracuse and Georgia Tech and has played for the Latvian national team.

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Early life and career

Strautmane was born in Riga, Latvia. [1] She played in the junior Latvian leagues before debuting for TTT Riga of the Latvian NBL in the 2014–15 season. She played three seasons for TTT Riga. [2]

College career

Strautmane played college basketball in the United States with the first four years being with Syracuse from 2017 to 2021 and the final season being with Georgia Tech in 2021–22. [3]

Syracuse statistics

Source [4]

Ratios
YEARTeamGPFG%3P%FT%RBGAPGBPGSPGPPG
2017–18Syracuse3138.8%21.3%69.0%6.131.101.870.7710.07
2018–19Syracuse3443.3%36.1%77.1%4.971.680.850.689.53
2019–20Syracuse3136.3%29.5%85.7%4.521.451.290.908.65
2020–21Syracuse2438.8%28.3%90.9%5.751.421.081.297.42
Career12039.4%29.0%77.1%5.311.421.280.889.02
Totals
YEARTeamGPFGFGA3P3PAFTFTAREBABKSTPTS
2017–18Syracuse31127327291362942190345824312
2018–19Syracuse34122282531472735169572923324
2019–20Syracuse3198270541831821140454028268
2020–21Syracuse2469178301061011138342631178
Career1204161057166572841096371701531061082

Professional career

Strautmane made her professional debut in Australia for the Ringwood Hawks of the NBL1 South during the 2022 season. She was named NBL1 South Defensive Player of the Year [5] and helped the Hawks win the NBL1 South championship. [6]

Strautmane joined Olympiacos in Greece for the 2022–23 season, but left in November 2022. [2]

For the 2023–24 season, Strautmane joined 1KS Sleza of the Polish League. [2]

National team

Strautmane played for Latvia at the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. [7]

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References

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