PITTSBURGH — The Pitt Panthers added an important piece to their women’s basketball program for next season.
Pitt women’s basketball announced that they signed Georgia transfer forward/center Fatima Diakhate, who committed back on April 4.
Welcome home, @FatimaBaller1 ✒️
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— Pitt Basketball (@Pitt_WBB) April 25, 2025
Diakhate hails from Dakar, Senegal and also from Gatineau, Quebec in Canada. She has represented Canada before at the 2019 FIBA U-16 Women’s Americas Championship in Chile and the 2022 FIBA U-18 Women’s Americas Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
She played for powerhouse Montverde Academy in Montverde, Fla., leading them to a National Title, the first in program history.
Diakhate committed to Georgia as a part of the Class of 2022 and would redshirt during her first season with the program.
She played in 28 games in the 2023-24 season, averaging 7.1 minutes, 2.4 points and 1.5 rebounds per game, while making 46.6% of her shots from the field and 72.2% of her shots from the foul line.
Diakhate earned a starting position for the Bulldogs this past season, doing so in 28 of the 29 games she played. She averaged 22.9 minutes, 5.3 points and 5.0 rebounds per game, while shooting 46.7% from the field and 73.0% from the free throw line.
She plays both forward and center, standing at 6-foot-5, and will have two years of eligibility remaining.
Diakhate joining also makes it back-to-back seasons for the Panthers with a Senegalese player on the roster. Center Khadija Faye transferred from the Texas Longhorns and had an excellent year for the program, earning First Team All-ACC honors.
Pitt returns just one forward from last season in Lauren Rust, who suffered a leg injury and utilized a medical redshirt, playing in just three games as a sophomore.
They also bring in freshman forwards in Canadian Divine Tumba Tshibuabua, who hails from Longueuil, Quebec and Royal Crown School, located in Toronto, Ontario, and Angela Le Faou, who played for the Tony Parker Academy in Lyon, France.
Diakhate is one of three transfers for Pitt this offseason, including guards in Florida State’s Carla Viegas, who signed, and Coppin State’s Angel Jones, who committed back on April 28.
Senior (One Season of Eligibility)
Guard Raeven Boswell
Guard Angel Jones (Coppin State)
Redshirt Junior (Two Seasons of Eligibility)
Guard Mikayla Johnson
Guard Amiya Jenkins
Forward Fatima Diakhate (Georgia)
Junior (Two Seasons of Eligibility)
Guard Carla Viegas (Florida State)
Redshirt Sophomore (Three Seasons of Eligibility)
Forward Lauren Rust
Sophomore (Three Seasons of Eligibility)
Guard Audrey Biggs
Freshman (Four Years of Eligibility)
Guard Theresa Hagans
Guard Jayda Queeley
Guard Nylah Wilson
Wing Megan Hollingsworth
Wing Macie Arzner
Forward Divine Tumba Tshibuabua
Forward/Center Angela Le Faou
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