Yacine Diop

Position:
Forward
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Height:
5-10
Hometown:
Dakar, Senegal
High School:
Seton-La Salle HS

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2017-18):
Moved into 18th place on Pitt’s all-time scoring list with 1,093 career points … Led the Panthers in scoring (15.7 ppg) and rebounding (6.4 rpg) ... Four of her team-high seven double-doubles were against ACC opponents ... Became Pitt’s 19th 1,000-point scorer in program history at Boston College (Feb. 11) ... Listed 24 double-figure scoring outings, including a seven-game streak to start the year ... Listed eight games scoring 20 points or more ... Only Panther to start and score in all 30 games ... Tied career high of 26 points twice, vs. Wake Forest (Jan. 4) and No. 2/2 Louisville (Jan. 18) ... Pulled down a season-high 15 rebounds against No. 18/18 Duke (Jan. 28).

AS A JUNIOR (2016-17):
Redshirted the season due to injury.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2015-16):
Started all 31 games … Finished the season as the team’s second leading scorer at 10.4 points per game … Tallied 14 double-figure scoring games and led the Panthers in points a team-high nine times … Had two double-doubles (18 and 10 vs. NC State; 14 and 12 vs. North Carolina) … Scored a career-high 26 points at Michigan … Notched a career-best five steals at No. 10 Louisville.

AS A FRESHMAN (2014-15):
Played in and started all 32 games this season ... Was third on the team in scoring (9.4) and second in rebounding (7.2) ... Was Pitt's first-ever ACC Freshman of the Week recipient ... Had five double-doubles on the season ... Led the Panthers in rebounding 12 times, assists five times, blocks four times and scoring three times ... Had 15 double-figure scoring games to her credit ... Had 14 points and nine rebounds in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge at Ohio State in a Pitt victory ... Followed that up with her first career double-double with a career-best 22 points along with 10 rebounds at Duquesne ... For her efforts, she was the ACC Freshman of the Week (Dec. 8) ... Had four straight double-digit scoring performances during ACC play, including 10 points at FSU, 13 points (and 11 rebounds) at Georgia Tech, 12 points vs. Syracuse and 18 points (and 12 rebounds) vs. Boston College ... Went for 11 points and a career-high 16 rebounds in a 60-50 road win at NC State ... Had 16 points and seven rebounds in Pitt's regular season finale vs. Clemson ... Was just shy of a double-double in the second round of the NCAA tournament with 18 points and nine rebounds against #6/5 Tennessee ... Grabbed the fifth most rebounds by a freshman in program history with 230 ... All ACC-Academic Team.

HIGH SCHOOL:
Rated the No. 54 overall prospect and the No. 6 forward by prospectnation.com ...Rated the No. 83 overall prospect by HoopGurlz ... Rated No. 69 by BlueStar Basketball ... A standout at nearby Seton-La Salle, Diop Averaged 12 points and 12 rebounds as a senior and led her team to Class AA WPIAL and State title ... Saved one of her best performances for the state title game as she posted 10 points, 23 rebounds and six blocks vs. Neumann-Goretti to help the Rebels win a PIAA Class AA Title ... Named to the Fabulous 5 by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ... Played her sophomore year at Oak Hill Academy before coming to Seton-LaSalle for her junior and senior year ... Named MVP of African Cup tournament in 2013 as a member of the Under-18 Senegalese National Team after leading the them to the African Cup championship ... Fluent in English, French and Wolof - a regional Senegalese language.

PERSONAL:
Born Oct. 8, 1995 ... Has three sisters and one brother ... Major is rhetoric and communications.