Kamilla Cardoso has progressed into one of the finest gamers in ladies’s college basketball this season and a legit WNBA possibility.
The 6-foot-7 Brazilian took over for Aliyah Boston as the beginning center for the South Carolina Gamecocks this year and has assisted lead them to an unbeaten season so far, which will mostlikely net Dawn Staley’s group the No. 1 general seed in the NCAA competition this month. Cardoso averages 14 points, 9.8 rebounds and 2.8 obstructs per videogame, and is 4th nationally in defensive ranking according to HerHoopStats.
But Cardoso’s journey to basketball fame hasn’t been simple. When she was in middle school, she left her native nation of Brazil — and her household — to register in a preparation school in Chattanooga, where she might sharpen her abilities on the court and be seen by college scouts. She battled homesickness and a language barrier, however landed a scholarship to Syracuse where she was called ACC Freshman of the Year after averaging 13.1 points and 8.1 rebounds per videogame in the 2020-21 season. Cardoso then moved to South Carolina, where she played a k