Digna Strautmane

Digna Strautmane
Strautmane with the Latvian national team in 2019
No. 45 – Ringwood Hawks
PositionForward
LeagueNBL1 South
Personal information
Born (1998-09-18) 18 September 1998 (age 26)
Riga, Latvia
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Career information
College
WNBA draft2022: undrafted
Playing career2014–present
Career history
2014–2017TTT Riga
2022Ringwood Hawks
2022Olympiacos
2023–20241KS Sleza
2024–presentRingwood Hawks
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.

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
YEAR Team GP FG% 3P% FT% RBG APG BPG SPG PPG
2017–18 Syracuse 31 38.8% 21.3% 69.0% 6.13 1.10 1.87 0.77 10.07
2018–19 Syracuse 34 43.3% 36.1% 77.1% 4.97 1.68 0.85 0.68 9.53
2019–20 Syracuse 31 36.3% 29.5% 85.7% 4.52 1.45 1.29 0.90 8.65
2020–21 Syracuse 24 38.8% 28.3% 90.9% 5.75 1.42 1.08 1.29 7.42
Career 120 39.4% 29.0% 77.1% 5.31 1.42 1.28 0.88 9.02
Totals
YEAR Team GP FG FGA 3P 3PA FT FTA REB A BK ST PTS
2017–18 Syracuse 31 127 327 29 136 29 42 190 34 58 24 312
2018–19 Syracuse 34 122 282 53 147 27 35 169 57 29 23 324
2019–20 Syracuse 31 98 270 54 183 18 21 140 45 40 28 268
2020–21 Syracuse 24 69 178 30 106 10 11 138 34 26 31 178
Career 120 416 1057 166 572 84 109 637 170 153 106 1082

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] She then returned to the Ringwood Hawks for the 2024 NBL1 South season.[7]

National team

Strautmane played for Latvia at the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Digna Strautmane". cuse.com. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Digna Strautmane". eurobasket.com. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Digna Strautmane". ramblinwreck.com. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  4. ^ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  5. ^ "A massive salute to our defensive stalwarts in the NBL1 this season!". facebook.com/nbl1south. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
  6. ^ "NBL1 South | 2022 Women's Grand Final". NBL1.com.au. 3 September 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  7. ^ "IT'S REAL AND SHE IS HERE". facebook.com/RingwoodHawksBasketballAssociation. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Digna STRAUTMANE at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2018". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2021-06-29.