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born 1990 · South Bend by birth and formation
Skylar Diggins is profiled at full depth in this history's Famous People record, and this entry holds only the tie and the civic record. She was born August 2, 1990, in South Bend; at Washington High School her teams went 102–7 and she scored 2,790 points, won the 2007 state championship, and was named Miss Indiana Basketball and the Naismith and Gatorade national player of the year. At Notre Dame, 2009–13, she played in three straight Final Fours and two championship games and left as the program's career leader in points and steals. Tulsa took her third overall in the 2013 WNBA draft — the first South Bend native taken in that league's first round — and the honors since run to seven All-Star selections, four All-WNBA First Team selections and the 2014 Most Improved Player award. The City of South Bend's own words, in Special Resolution No. 4985-22, carry the Olympic line: she is the first South Bend native to win an Olympic gold medal in basketball, at Tokyo 2020. The profile stands in Famous People; the register here records that the city's most decorated basketball player is its own daughter.
Sources
- City of South Bend, Special Resolution No. 4985-22 — the birth, the Washington High School record, the Notre Dame career, the draft position and the Tokyo 2020 gold medal, as the city's own record recites them.
- This history's Famous People record — the full profile, cross-referenced by design.