Position Forward Name LaToya Sanders Siblings Shanice Pringle Listed weight 170 lb (77 kg) Weight 77 kg | Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Height 1.91 m Nationality American / Turkish Role Basketball player | |
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Born September 11, 1986 (age 37)
Nuremberg, Germany ( 1986-09-11 ) High school Seventy-First
(Fayetteville, North Carolina) College North Carolina (2004–2008) Current team Abdullah Gul Universitesi B.K. (#15 / Power forward) Education University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Parents Sharon Pringle, Reece Pringle | ||
LaToya Sanders Tallies Career-High 25 PTS vs. Wings
LaToya Antoinette Pringle (born September 11, 1986), a.k.a. LaToya Antoinette Sanders or Lara Sanders, is an American–Turkish professional basketball player for Kayseri Kaski S.K. in Turkey. She was formerly a member of the Washington Mystics of the WNBA.
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- LaToya Sanders Tallies Career High 25 PTS vs Wings
- Personal life
- High school
- College career
- North Carolina statistics
- WNBA career
- In Turkey
- References
Personal life
Sanders was born in Nuremberg, Germany, where her parents were stationed in the Army. The family later moved to Fayetteville, North Carolina. She is the daughter of Reece and Sharon Pringle. She has a younger sister named Shanice. She is married to former UNC men's basketball player Byron Sanders.
High school
LaToya attended Seventy-First High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Sanders was named North Carolina's Miss Basketball for Class 4-A in her junior and senior years. She also was named first-team all-state both years. She led Seventy-First to state titles in 2003 and 2004, winning tournament MVP honors on both occasions. As a senior, she totalled 25 points, 18 rebounds and seven blocks in the title game. She set a state championship record with 28 rebounds in the 2003 title game. She also averaged 21.5 points, 14.2 rebounds and nine blocks in her senior season.
College career
Sanders attended the University of North Carolina. As a freshman at UNC she averaged 4.6 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.5 blocks. She played in 30 games and ranked fifth in the ACC with 1.5 blocks per game. In her junior year she had a breakout season in her first year as a starter. She started all 38 games for the Tar Heels, establishing a school record for games started and games played in a season. She was second on the team and fourth in the ACC in field goal percentage (.550) and second in blocks (3.18 per game). Her 3.18 blocks per game were good for fifth in the NCAA. She registered a block in every game and five or more on eight occasions.
North Carolina statistics
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WNBA career
Sanders was drafted in the first round of the 2008 WNBA Draft with the 13th overall pick by the Phoenix Mercury. While in Phoenix she played in 29 games and started 7 of those games. She averaged 13 minutes and 4.4 points per game. Later she suffered an injury and was traded to the Minnesota Lynx. During the off season the Los Angeles Sparks signed Sanders.
In Turkey
She plays for Kayseri Kaski S.K. in Turkey since the 2010–11 season. After obtaining the Turkish citizenship during the 2012–13 season, she adopted the name Lara Sanders. For the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women, she was selected for the Turkey women's national basketball team.