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Dieynaba Ndaw

position

Forward

Height

5-6

Class

Graduate Student

Hometown

Dakar, Senegal

High School

IMG Academy

Previous School

Duke

Instagram

@dieynaba_ndaw

Dieynaba Ndaw - Soccer - University of Miami Athletics

Career Honors & Accolades

  • All-ACC Academic Team (2023)
  • ACC Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)
2023 (Junior at Duke)
  • Competed in 13 matches, while making three starts
  • All-ACC Academic Team selection
  • Recorded first collegiate goal in second half at Virginia in first collegiate start
  • Started three straight matches
  • Played a career-high 51 minutes at Virginia
  • Totaled 229 minutes of field action
2022 (Sophomore at Duke)
  • Saw action in seven matches
  • Played a career-high 29 minutes in 4-0 victory over Charlotte
2021 (Freshman at Duke)
  • Enrolled in January of 2021
  • Made collegiate debut against East Carolina (9/9)
  • Logged 17 minutes in win over Pittsburgh (10/10)
High School
  • Attended IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla.
  • Competed with IMG U-19 Girls Academy Team in 2020
  • Started all eight matches and totaling 11 goals and five assists
  • Awarded Girls Program Core Value Award and Open Mind Award
  • Tabbed Defensive Player of the Year as a freshman at IMG
  • 2017 U-18 National Elite Team MVP
  • Member of the National Honor Society all four years of high school
International Experience
  • Made Senegal Women’s National Team debut in July 2024
  • Selected to play in AFCON for Senegal women’s national team in 2022
  • Attended training camp with U-16 Netherlands Youth National Team
Personal
  • Full name is Dieynaba Joana Ndaw
  • Goes by “JJ”
  • Born April 10, 2003 in Dakar, Senegal
  • Daughter of Boubacar Ndaw and Margot van der Velden
  • Has two brothers, Hans and Colin
  • Mother played tennis at TCU (1986-87)