1. Miranda Joy Ayim was born on May 6,1988 and is a Canadian basketball player for Basket Landes in France.
20 Facts About Miranda Ayim
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Miranda Ayim attended high school at Saunders Secondary School in London, Ontario.
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Miranda Ayim was a starter for the varsity each of her four years.
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Miranda Ayim was on the honor roll all four years and graduated as the valedictorian of her class.
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Miranda Ayim played for the Pepperdine women's basketball team for the four years of her attendance.
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Miranda Ayim set the school record for blocks, with 182 over her career.
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Miranda Ayim scored 1377 points and recorded 735 rebounds, both of which were eighth-best in school history.
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Miranda Ayim earned all West Coast Conference as a player three times, as well as All-Academics honors for the conference three times, the first time a Pepperdine women's basketball player was so honored.
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Miranda Ayim played on several Canadian national teams in FIBA competitions.
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Miranda Ayim was on the team which participated in the FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women, finishing in ninth place.
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Miranda Ayim averaged 9.8 points and 9.8 rebounds per game.
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Miranda Ayim averaged 1.2 points and 1.2 rebounds per game.
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Miranda Ayim played for Canada at the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women.
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Miranda Ayim averaged 8.3 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, helping the team to a silver medal at the event.
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Miranda Ayim continued with the team at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women, where she averaged 8.3 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.
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Miranda Ayim was a member of the team which participated in the 2015 Pan American Games held in Toronto in July 2015.
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Miranda Ayim played for Canada at the 2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship, held in Edmonton.
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In 2017, Miranda Ayim captained Team Canada at the 2017 FIBA Women's AmeriCup held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Miranda Ayim competed in her third Olympic Games in 2021; she was Canada's flag bearer in Tokyo alongside Nathan Hirayama.
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Miranda Ayim was signed to a training camp contract by Tulsa after returning from a year of playing professionally in Turkey.