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Francesca Belibi (born July 20, 2001) is an American college basketball player for the Stanford Cardinal of the Pac-12 Conference. She drew national attention in high school for her dunking ability.[1][2][3][4] In 2020, she became the eighth woman to dunk in a women's college basketball game.[5] In 2021, she won the NCAA championship with Stanford.

Fran Belibi

Belibi with Stanford in 2022
No. 5 – Stanford Cardinal
Position	Forward
League	Pac-12 Conference
Personal information
Born	(2001-07-20) July 20, 2001 (age 21) Kansas City, Kansas
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career information
High school	Regis Jesuit (Denver, Colorado)
College	Stanford (2019–present)
Career highlights and awards
NCAA champion (2021) McDonald's All-American (2019)
Medals Women's basketball Representing the  United States FIBA Under-19 World Cup 2019 Thailand Team FIBA Under-17 World Cup 2018 Belarus Team FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship 2017 Argentina Team

Early life

Born in Kansas City, Kansas to Franck and Suzanne Belibi, who were born in Cameroon and moved to Belgium before coming to the United States. The family later moved to Centennial, Colorado.[6]

High school career

Belibi started playing competitive basketball for the first time during her freshman year at Regis Jesuit High School.[7] In 2017, she became the first girl to dunk in a game in Colorado high school history.[8] In February 2019, she pulled off the first alley-oop dunk by a female in a Colorado high school game.[9][10] As a senior she averaged 21.8 points, 12.3 rebounds, 3.4 steals, 2.7 blocks and 2.3 assists per game. She was named a McDonald's All-American in 2019 and went on to become the second woman to win the dunk contest at the McDonald's All American Game, after Candace Parker who won in 2004.[11][12]

College career

During her freshman season she averaged 6.6 points and 4.5 rebounds per game in 32 games, making six starts.[13] In December 2020, she became the eight woman to dunk in a college basketball game when she dunked with under a minute left in the first half of Stanford's victory against California.[14][15] Eight days later, she had another dunk in a victory against UCLA.[16]

On April 4, 2021, Belibi won the NCAA championship after Stanford beat the Arizona Wildcats, 54–53, in the national title game.[17]

On March 19, 2022, Belibi had the third dunk in NCAA women's tournament history when she dunked midway through the second quarter of Stanford's 78-37 first round victory against Montana State.[18]

National team career

Belibi has won three gold medals playing for the United States junior national teams, 2019 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup, 2018 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup and the 2017 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship.[13]

Personal life

Belibi is listed 6'1" in shoes but 5'11" without them. She has a 6-foot-5 wingspan and a 31-inch vertical leap. Belibi has two younger sisters and one younger brother. Fabiola, the second born child will be attending Harvard university for track, Hana, the third oldest is a Junior at Regis Jesuit high school, playing girls EYBl with colorado premier, and her youngest sibling, Franck is a 6'2 13 year old who is a top 50 prospect via top 25 scouts and fox sports. [4]

References

External links

• Stanford Cardinal bio
• USA Basketball bio

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