Miranda Ayim

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Miranda Ayim
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Miranda Ayim at 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born (1988-05-06) May 6, 1988 (age 36)
Chatham, Ontario
NationalityCanadian
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Career information
High school Saunders Secondary School
(London, Ontario)
College Pepperdine (2006–2010)
WNBA draft 2010: undrafted
Playing career2011–present
Position Forward
Career history
2010–2011 Alanya Belediye
2011 Tulsa Shock
2011–2012 İstanbul Üniversitesi SK
2012–2013 Orduspor
2013–2015 Toulouse
2015–present Basket Landes
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Medals
Women's basketball
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
FIBA Women's AmeriCup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Buenos Aires
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Mexico
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Toronto Team

Miranda Joy Ayim (born May 6, 1988) is a Canadian basketball player for Basket Landes in France. Ayim is a captain of the Canada women's national team and competed for Canada in three Olympics between 2012 and 2021.

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High school

Ayim attended high school at Saunders Secondary School in London, Ontario. She was a starter for the varsity each of her four years. She was on the honor roll all four years and graduated as the valedictorian of her class. [1]

Pepperdine

Ayim played for the Pepperdine women's basketball team for the four years of her attendance. She set the school record for blocks, with 182 over her career. She scored 1377 points and recorded 735 rebounds, both of which were eighth-best in school history. She earned all West Coast Conference as a player three times, as well as All-Academics honors for the conference three times, the first time a Pepperdine women's basketball player was so honored. [2]

Canada national team

Ayim played on several Canadian national teams in FIBA competitions. In 2007, she played on the team which participated in the FIBA Under-21 World Championship for Women and finished sixth. Ayim averaged 6.2 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. She was also on the team which participated in the FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women, finishing in ninth place. She averaged 9.8 points and 9.8 rebounds per game. [3]

In 2012, she was selected and played for the Canadian national team, which finished 8th in the 2012 Summer Olympics. [4] She averaged 1.2 points and 1.2 rebounds per game. [5]

Ayim played for Canada at the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women. She averaged 8.3 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, helping the team to a silver medal at the event. [6] She continued with the team at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women, where she averaged 8.3 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. [7]

Ayim was a member of the team which participated in the 2015 Pan American Games held in Toronto in July 2015. The team went undefeated and captured their first-ever Pan American gold medal, defeating the United States 81–73 in front of a large home crowd.

Ayim played for Canada at the 2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship, held in Edmonton. The team continued their undefeated summer, winning the FIBA Americas title and qualifying directly for the 2016 Olympics.

Ayim became a two-time Olympian, representing Canada at the 2016 Rio Olympics; Canada finished a 3–2 in the group phase and fell to France in the quarterfinal match-up, finishing in 7th place.

In 2017, Ayim captained Team Canada at the 2017 FIBA Women's AmeriCup held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The team went 6–0 in the tournament, defending their Americas title in a thrilling gold medal game against Argentina in front of a hostile and passionate home crowd. Ayim was named to the tournament All-Star Five team.

At the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, Canada finished with a 3–0 record in the group stage. Canada fell to host Spain in the quarterfinal, ultimately finishing the tournament in 7th place.

Ayim competed in her third Olympic Games in 2021; she was Canada's flag bearer in Tokyo alongside Nathan Hirayama. [8]

Professional

Ayim was not selected in the 2011 WNBA draft. She was signed to a training camp contract by Tulsa after returning from a year of playing professionally in Turkey. [9]

Ayim played three years in Turkey from 2010 to 2013 before making her French LFB debut with Toulouse in the 2013–14 season. She moved to Basket Landes for the 2015–16 season, marking her EuroCup debut.

Team Canada Stats

YEAR [3] TEAM CANADA GP  MPG  FG%  3P%  FT%  RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2005 Youth 5 12.40 0.18 0.00 0.29 4.0 0.6 0.8 0.8 1.2
2006 Junior U18 8 13.13 0.33 0.00 0.45 3.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 4.1
2007 Young U21 8 24.75 0.42 0.00 0.47 6.0 0.4 0.8 1.0 6.1
2007 Junior U19 8 26.88 0.43 0.00 0.25 9.8 1.0 1.1 1.1 9.8
2008 Development 3 20.77 0.69 0.00 1.00 2.0 0.3 0.7 0.7 6.0
2010Senior912.290.361.000.502.40.40.60.62.2
2011Senior1319.310.450.000.693.51.20.50.76.6
2012Senior1815.020.250.000.652.80.90.60.53.1
2013Senior1820.760.410.250.704.71.41.21.27.1
2014Senior1923.840.500.250.784.91.00.51.18.9
2015Senior1719.190.530.500.484.51.20.60.69.3
2016Senior1721.270.470.600.672.81.50.60.68.4
2017Senior622.470.470.250.756.31.30.51.08.2
2018Senior1522.560.540.430.793.11.20.70.510.3

Professional Stats

YEAR [3] CLUB GP GS  MPG  FG%  3P%  FT%  RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010–11 Alanya BLD 22 -31.7 0.484 0.000 0.764 8.1 1.1 1.5 1.9 12.8
2011 Tulsa Shock 3 -14.0 0.444 0.000 0.000 2.3 0.7 0.7 0.3 2.7
2011–12 Istanbul Uni 16 -26.4 0.430 0.000 0.520 4.4 0.8 1.2 1.3 9.4
2012–13 Orduspor 27 -30.7 0.540 0.000 0.790 10.2 1.2 2.2 1.6 18.1
2013–14 Toulouse 23 -31.3 0.496 0.000 0.877 7.0 0.7 1.3 1.1 14.5
2014-15Toulouse28-32.90.4700.0400.5506.01.01.01.014.0
2015-16Basket Landes44-23.930.450.100.834.01.01.01.010.0
2016-17Basket Landes37-27.090.530.080.724.01.01.01.011.0
2017-18Basket Landes43-30.220.490.030.736.01.01.01.012.0
2018-19Basket Landes37-26.320.530.290.735.01.01.01.013.0

Pepperdine University Stats

Source [3]

YEAR SCHOOL GP GS  MPG  FG%  3P%  FT%  RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2006–07 Pepperdine 33 13 19.5 0.500 -0.661 3.9 0.5 0.6 0.4 6.3
2007–08 Pepperdine 28 28 31.5 0.557 -0.727 8.7 2.1 0.9 2.0 13.1
2008–09 Pepperdine 28 27 27.9 0.464 0.333 0.765 5.4 0.2 1.5 1.0 11.5
2009–10 Pepperdine 32 32 32.2 0.447 0.192 0.702 6.7 1.1 1.6 2.7 15.0
Totals Pepperdine 121 100 27.6 0.484 0.219 0.712 6.1 0.9 1.2 1.5 11.4

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References

  1. ↑ "21 MIRANDA AYIM". Pepperdine Sports. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Meet the Olympians: Miranda Ayim". Pepperdine Magazine. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "MIRANDA AYIM Bio" (PDF). CANADA BASKETBALL. Retrieved June 27, 2015.
  4. ↑ "London's Miranda Ayim centre of attention for Canada's Olympic basketball team". yorkregion.com. Jul 2, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  5. ↑ "2012 Olympic Women". FIBA. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  6. ↑ "2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women". FIBA. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  7. ↑ "9 – Miranda Ayim". FIBA. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Ayim, Hirayama named Canada's flag-bearers for Tokyo Olympics". CFTR (AM) . The Canadian Press. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
  9. ↑ http://www.wnba.com draft2011/draft_board.html 2011 WNBA Draft board
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