NBA Academy is an elite basketball development initiative that provides top high school-age prospects from outside the U.S. with a holistic approach to player development and a predictable pathway to maximize their potential. The NBA Academy Women’s Program is a series of basketball development camps for top female prospects from outside the U.S. at the league’s academies.

In March 2018, the NBA launched the NBA Academy Women’s Program.

Since then, the program has engaged more than 250 prospects through camps in India, Mexico, Senegal and the U.S.

A major goal of the NBA Academy Women’s Program is to help create a pathway for top prospects from all corners of the world to maximize their potential, whether collegiate, international and/or professional basketball.

Since 2018, more than 60 female NBA Academy participants have committed to prep schools, colleges or NCAA Division I schools in the U.S.

1. Han Xu (China) became the first NBA Academy Women’s Program participant to be drafted into the WNBA when she was selected 14th overall by the New York Liberty in the 2019 WNBA Draft.

2. UConn standouts Aaliyah Edwards (Canada) and Nika Muhl (Croatia) both took part in the NBA Academy Women’s Program at the 2019 NCAA Women’s Final Four.

3. Aicha Ndour (Senegal), who participated in the NBA Academy Women’s Program in Africa, currently plays for Rutgers University.

4. Sanjana Ramesh (India), who participated in the NBA Academy Women’s Program in India, became the second Indian-born female player to receive an NCAA DI scholarship after signing with Northern Arizona University.