Skyler Diggins

Skylar Diggins-Smith

Diggins at the 2014 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game
No. 4 – Dallas Wings
Position	Point guard
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	(1990-08-02) August 2, 1990 (age 26) South Bend, Indiana
Nationality	American
Listed height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Listed weight	145 lb (66 kg)
Career information
High school	Washington (South Bend, Indiana)
College	Notre Dame (2009–2013)
WNBA draft	2013 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3rd overall
Selected by the Tulsa Shock
Playing career	2013–present
Career history
2013–present	Tulsa Shock / Dallas Wings
Career highlights and awards
2× WNBA All-Star (2014–2015) All-WNBA First Team (2014) WNBA Most Improved Player (2014) WNBA All-Rookie Team (2013) 2× Nancy Lieberman Award winner (2012, 2013) 2× First-team All-American – AP (2012, 2013) Third-team All-American – AP (2011) 2× Big East Player of the Year (2012, 2013) McDonald's All-American (2009) Indiana Miss Basketball (2009) Gatorade National Player of the Year (2009)
Stats at WNBA.com
Medals Representing  United States Basketball 3x3 World Championship 2012 Athens Women's Representing  United States U18 and U19 2008 U18 Buenos Aires Team Competition 2009 U19 Bangkok Team Competition World University Games 2011 Shenzhen Team Competition

Skylar Kierra Diggins-Smith (born August 2, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted 3rd overall by the Tulsa Shock in the 2013 WNBA draft. In high school, she was the National Gatorade Player of the Year, the Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year, and a McDonald's All-American. Diggins played point guard for Notre Dame, where she led Notre Dame to three consecutive Final Fours and two consecutive NCAA championship appearances. She finished her Notre Dame career ranked first in points and steals, second in assists, and as a two-time winner of the Nancy Lieberman Award as the top point guard in the nation, while leading her team to a record of 35-2.

Diggins was born in South Bend, Indiana. She is the daughter of Tige Diggins and Renee Scott and step-daughter of Sarah Diggins and Maurice Scott. Diggins has three younger brothers Tige, Destyn, and Maurice and one younger sister Hanneaf. She also grew up playing softball

Diggins attended Washington High School in South Bend, Indiana. Diggins was a four-year starter and three-year team captain at Washington High School, where the Panthers had a combined record of 102–7. In her freshman year, she averaged 20.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, 5.4 assists. 3.6 steals, and 1.2 blocks. As a sophomore, she averaged 24.4 points, 4.9 rebounds, 6.1 assists, and 4.7 steals. During her junior year she averaged a state-best 29.5 points, in addition to 7.6 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 3.9 steals, and 1.7 blocks. As a senior, she averaged a state-best 29 points per game, along with 6.3 rebounds, 6.2 assists, 5.4 steals and 2.2 blocked shots. She tallied fourteen 30-point games in 26 games played, and narrowly missed a rare quadruple-double in the '08–09 season opener vs. LaPorte, finishing with 28 points, 12 assists, 12 steals and nine rebounds. Diggins finished her career with 2,790 points, the third-highest girls' scoring total in Indiana history for an average of 25.9 points per game. She scored at least 700 points in each of her final three seasons, which ranks as three of the top 23 single-season scoring marks in state history. She holds school records in all major statistical categories with 620 rebounds, 601 assists, 475 steals and 161 blocks.