Liatu King
American basketball player (born 2002)
Liatu King (, born February 10, 2002) is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Pittsburgh Panthers and Notre Dame Fighting Irish. King was selected by the Los Angeles Sparks in the third round of the 2025 WNBA draft.
Early life
King was born on February 10, 2002, in Washington, D.C. She and her younger sister were born to deaf parents; King began learning American Sign Language (ASL) when she was nine months old. As a child, she played American football as a linebacker. She stood out on her middle school football team as a girl with male teammates and opponents.
King attended Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville, Maryland, where as a senior in 2020, she led the school's basketball team to a Washington Catholic Athletic Conference championship, the school's first since 2008; she scored a team-high 13 points in the championship game. She was named to the All-WCAC second team as a junior and the conference's first team as a senior, tallying 1,024 points, 1,018 rebounds, and a 28–5 record in her high school career.
College career
King began her college basketball career with the Pittsburgh Panthers. She played in all 19 games of her freshman year, averaging 5.0 points and 4.6 rebounds per game, including a season-high 15 points in a win against the Clemson Tigers.
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