Skylar Diggins-Smith

: January 5, 2024
: Basketball Player

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Full Name	Skylar Diggins-Smith
Occupation	Basketball Player
Date Of Birth	Aug 2, 1990(1990-08-02)
Age	34
Birthplace	South Bend
Country	United States
Birth City	Indiana
Horoscope	Leo

Skylar Diggins-Smith Biography

Name	Skylar Diggins-Smith
Birthday	Aug 2
Birth Year	1990
Place Of Birth	South Bend
Home Town	Indiana
Birth Country	United States
Birth Sign	Leo

Skylar Diggins-Smith is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Player who was born on August 2, 1990 in South Bend, Indiana, United States. Skylar Kierra Diggins Smith (born on August 2 in 1990) is an American professional basketball player with the Phoenix Mercury in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). Diggins was selected as 3rd overall to the Tulsa Shock in the 2013 WNBA Draft. At the time of her high school graduation she was named awarded the National Gatorade Player of the Year as well as The Gatorade Female athlete of Year, and was a McDonald’s All- American. Diggins was a point guard at Notre Dame, where she was the one who led Notre Dame to three consecutive Final Fours as well as two consecutive NCAA championships. Diggins finished the course of her Notre Dame career ranked first in steals and points and second in assists and twice a winner of the Nancy Loverman award as the best center in the country.

Diggins-Smith played for the USA Women’s U18 National Team. She started all five games of the FIBA U18 Americas Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was her part in the United States team that went unbeaten and won the silver medal. The average was 10.8 points shooting 50 percent in the court, 3.2 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.0 steals in 23.2 minutes per game. At her tournament performance, she placed among the top five in scoring (1st) and shooting percentage on the field (7th) as well as assists (1st) as well as thefts (1st) and the ratio of assist-to-turnover (1st).

As a freshman, Diggins-Smith became the fourth Indiana native to join the Irish roster in 2009–10, and she was one of three Miss Basketball honorees on the 2009–10 Notre Dame roster. Diggins-Smith played and started in 30 of ND’s 35 games. She led the team in scoring (13.8 ppg), steals (2.6 spg) and assists (tied – 3.2 apg), and set freshman records for steals (90), free throws made (111), free throws attempted (142) and minutes played (1,028). Diggins had a team-high eight “5–5–5” games (including all three NCAA tournament games) and at least one steal in 33 of 35 games (16 outings with 3 or more steals, including all six postseason games). She is the fourth Notre Dame player to score 400 points as a freshman and was the first Notre Dame freshman with 100 assists in a debut season since Mollie Peirick in 1994–95.

During her time there, Diggins-Smith led the Panthers to state championship games, including Washington’s title-winning season of 2007. Diggins-Smith was named to the all-state first team in 2007, 2008, and 2009. In addition to basketball, she participated in volleyball and did well academically, earning High Academic Honors as a senior, and being a member of National Honor Society. She received national honors including the Naismith Prep Player of the Year, Gatorade National Player of the Year, and Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year. Diggins-Smith was named a WBCA All-American, and was a McDonald’s All-American selection. She participated in the 2009 WBCA High School All- America Game, where she scored 24 points. In the March 30, 2009, issue of Sports Illustrated, she was part of its Faces in the Crowd segment. Diggins- Smith chose Notre Dame over Stanford, but was able to make friends with Stanford alum Candice Wiggins after visiting the university.

Diggins-Smith made headlines nationally in her sophomore season she finished the regular season as first on the team with the number of assists she contributed per game (4.8 average) as well as finishing the second spot with scoring (14.4) as well as third for steals (1.9). She scored double figures on 30 occasions as well as eight 20-point performances and racked up more than five assists over 21 games. Diggins-Smith remained a star during the NCAA tournament which led the Irish to their second appearance in the championship game in the school’s history 10 years after Notre Dame captured the national championship in 2001. At the final of their regional tournament, the team beat Tennessee (fourth-ranked group in the nation) with an overall victory of 73-59. Diggins-Smith scored 24 points in the match she was named as the most Outstanding player at in the 2010 NCAA Dayton Regional. Diggins was able to surpass 1,000 points for her career, making her only the 2nd Notre Dame women’s basketball player to hit that milestone prior to the close in her second year. In the semifinal the Notre Dame point guard led her team to victory over the heavily popular UConn (the most popular team in the nation) by scoring 28 points (her most points in a single game for the season) 4 points, 6 assists, and two steals. Diggins also hit every one of her free- throw attempts. Notre Dame was victorious in its third Final Four appearance ever, beating the two-time defending champion Huskies with 72-63. The Fighting Irish lost to the Texas A&M Aggies in the final game of the women’s basketball tournament of 2011 winning by 76-70. In the defeat Diggins-Smith racked up 23 points three rebounds, three assists, and four steals. She made 8 of nine free throws during the game, with two of them coming at 40.7 seconds left. However, the sophomore struggled from outside the line, making only one of five three- point shots. Diggins-Smith also committed six turnovers which, in the end, ended Notre Dame’s chances of winning as the game clock slowed down. The Associated Press reported, “Diggins, fighting back tears, said the Irish couldn’t handle A&M’s pressure. ‘We turned it over too much. I don’t know if it was nerves or what,’ she said. ‘We just didn’t handle the pressure.'”

Skylar Diggins-Smith Net Worth

Net Worth	$5 Million
Source Of Income	Basketball Player
House	Living in own house.

Skylar Diggins-Smith is one of the richest Basketball Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Skylar Diggins-Smith 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Diggins-Smith is only Notre Dame basketball player (either gender) and is one of Six NCAA Division I players since 1999-2000 who have racked up 300 steals/2,000 points/500 rebounds/500 assists during her career. Diggins-Smith ended her career as one of the greatest Notre Dame leading scorer with 2,357 points. Also, she holds Notre Dame career records for points as well as steals, free-throws made, attempted free throws and games that were started with minutes played in double-figure scoring games as well as triple-doubles. She ranks second in Notre Dame’s history for assist to her career, field goals scored attempts at field goals and the number of games she played. Diggins- Smith is only the second Notre Dame player to earn the Nancy Lieberman Award (nation’s most effective center) and is one of just three people in history of the award who have won the award two times.

Diggins-Smith played in every game in the 39-game season, scoring a her career-high 16.8 points 5.7 assists as well as 2.6 steals per contest. She became one of the few Fighting Irish player and just the fourth NCAA Division I player in the past 10 years (since 2001 to 2002) to score 600 points 200 assists, 600 points and 100 steals in one season. The record was set by the school by stealing 102 times, and her 222 assists were the third most in the Notre Dame single-season list, and her 657 points were fourth on the single- season chart. The only Notre Dame player placed among the top five players in the Big East in three of five statistical categories. She was with the top spot with both assist (5.7 apg. 16th in the country) as well as the ability to steal (2.6 spg. 55th in the nation) and 4th with regards to scoring (16.8 ppg. 70th in the nation). The team also recorded an all-time conference best 2.16 aid-turnover percentage (10th in the nation) and was ranked in the top 10 teams in the Big East in free throw percentage (9th 9th – .786) as well as field-goal percentage (tied-10th tied for 10th – .500 35th in the country).

Diggins-Smith played on the 2009 USA U19 World Championship Team that posted an 8-1 record in Bangkok, Thailand, and brought home the gold medal. She played in eight games and averaged 11.6 ppg., 3.0 rpg. and 1.9 apg. in 23.1 minutes a game.

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Who is Skylar Diggins-Smith Dating?

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In the 2013 WNBA Draft, Diggins was drafted 3rd overall by the Tulsa Shock.

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Skylar Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Skylar Diggins- Smith celebrates birthday on August 2 of every year.

In her final year, Diggins-Smith started in all 37 games, averaging a career- high 17.1 ppg, 6.1 apg, 3.5 rpg. and 3.1 spg., with three double-doubles and one triple-double. She set a school record with 114 stealso, while a career- high 225 assists were third-most for one season in program history. Diggins- Smith scored in double figures 33 times, including 12 20-point games (both team highs), and posted a team-best 10 “5–5–5” games this season (at least 5 in three of five major statistical categories) She led the Big East and ranked 19th in the nation in assists, and was also third in the Big East and 18th nationally in steals. In the Big East, she was fourth in free throw percentage (.814) and scoring, fifth in assist/turnover ratio (1.67) and sixth in three- point percentage (.362). At the end of the regular season, Diggins-Smith was a unanimous selection to the Big East first team, was awarded the Big East Player of the Year, and was a Consensus first team All-American for the second straight season.

Who is Skylar Diggins-Smith husband?

Daniel Smith

Does Skylar Diggins-Smith have any kids?

In 2019, Diggins-Smith opted to sit out the entire season after giving birth to her first child in April.

Is Skylar Diggins-Smith still married?

Skylar and Daniel have been together since 2014. He likewise graduated from a South Bend high school, and went on to study at Notre Dam, where the couple first started dating. In June 2016, Smith proposed to Skylar during one of his art exhibits. The pair tied the knot in April 2019.