1. Skylar Diggins-Smith played college basketball for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and led the team to three consecutive Final Fours and two consecutive NCAA championship appearances.
50 Facts About Skylar Diggins-Smith
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Skylar Diggins-Smith finished her Notre Dame career ranked first in points and steals, second in assists, and as a two-time winner of the Nancy Lieberman Award as the top point guard in the nation.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith is the daughter of Tige Diggins and Renee Scott.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith led the Panthers to state championship games, including Washington's title-winning season of 2007 and finished her career with 2,790 points, the third-highest girls' scoring total in Indiana history for an average of 25.9 points per game.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith received national honors including the Naismith Prep Player of the Year, Gatorade National Player of the Year, Gatorade Female Athlete of the Year, and Miss Indiana Basketball.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith was named a WBCA All-American, and was a McDonald's All-American selection.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith participated in the 2009 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored 24 points.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith chose Notre Dame over Stanford, but was able to make friends with Stanford alum Candice Wiggins after visiting the university.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith rose to national prominence in her sophomore year, leading the Irish to the second championship game appearance in school history, ten years after Notre Dame captured the national title in 2001.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith became the second Notre Dame women's basketball player to reach the 1,000-point milestone before the end of her sophomore season.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith was recognized as MOP of the NCAA Dayton Regional.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith set a school record with 102 steals, while her 222 assists were third-most on the Notre Dame single-season list, and her 657 points ranked fourth on the school's single-season chart.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith was a unanimous first-team All-American: she earned first-team All-American honors from the AP and the USBWA, and made the Women's Basketball Coaches Association Coaches' All-America Team.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith was the first Notre Dame to win the Nancy Lieberman Award as the top point guard in the nation.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith recorded 225 assists, the third most assists in school history.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith recorded 12 points, 6 assists, 5 steals and 3 rebounds defeating the UConn Huskies, came up with decisive steal with eight seconds left in a tie game, then weaved through three Connecticut defenders before passing off to Natalie Achonwa for a game-winning layup with 1.8 seconds remaining.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith was recognized as MOP of the Norfolk Regional.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith was named the Nancy Lieberman Award becoming the third player to win the award twice; was named a first-team All-American by the Associated Press and the USBWA, with the AP vote being unanimous.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith finished her career ranking first in points, steals, free throws made, free throws attempted, games started, minutes played, double-figure scoring games and triple-doubles, and second in school history for career assists, field goals made, field goals attempted and games played.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith averaged 8.5 points per game, 1.9 rebounds per game, 26.4 minutes per game and led the Shock in assists per game.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith had a breakout year in the 2014 WNBA season and was named a WNBA All-Star for the first time and was voted as a starter.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith ranked second in league in scoring with 20.1 points per game, fourth in assists with 5.0 and tenth in steals with 1.5.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith passed former guard Deanna Nolan for the most points in a Shock season with 683 points.
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On June 28,2015, Skylar Diggins-Smith suffered a torn ACL with 44 seconds left in a regular season game victory against the Seattle Storm, she would miss the rest of the season, including the playoffs since the Shock had a playoff berth finishing 3rd in the western conference.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith only played 9 games and averaged 17.8 points per game, she was named a WNBA all-star starter for the second year in a row despite missing the all-star game due to the torn ACL injury.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith had signed a multi-year contract extension with the Wings.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith played 27 games and averaged 13.1 points per game throughout the season.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith finished off the season averaging 18.5 ppg as well as a career-high in assists and rebounds, helping the Wings reach the playoffs as the number 7 seed in the league.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith would be voted into the 2018 WNBA All-Star Game for her fourth all-star game appearance.
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In 2019, Skylar Diggins-Smith opted to sit out the entire season after giving birth to her first child in April.
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Days after the end of the 2019 season, Skylar Diggins-Smith confirmed on her twitter account that she had played the entire 2018 season while pregnant without telling anybody in response to the negative criticism she received for not playing.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith had mentioned that she had taken time away from basketball due to postpartum depression and expressed her displeasure with the Dallas Wings organization for their lack of support during her absence.
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In January 2020, Skylar Diggins-Smith announced that she wouldn't return and play for the Dallas Wings.
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In February 2020, Skylar Diggins-Smith was acquired by the Phoenix Mercury in a sign-and-trade deal for 2020 draft picks and a future first-round pick.
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On February 1,2024, Skylar Diggins-Smith signed a two-year deal with the Seattle Storm.
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On January 17,2025, Skylar Diggins-Smith scored the game winning 3-point shot in the Lunar Owls' win over the Mist in the league opening game.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith was a member of the USA Women's U18 National Team, starting all five games at the 2008 FIBA U18 Americas Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith was part of the United States team that went undefeated and won the gold medal.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith averaged 10.8 points on 50-percent shooting from the field, 3.2 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.0 steals in 23.2 minutes per game.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith played in eight games and averaged 11.6 ppg.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith again played for USA Basketball at the 2011 World University Games held in Shenzhen, China.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith led the team in points, assists and steals in the game against Great Britain.
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In September 2014, Skylar Diggins-Smith got the news that she didn't make the World Championship team after meeting with US women's national team director Carol Callan and coach Geno Auriemma.
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On June 21,2021, Skylar Diggins-Smith was named to the 12-player roster for Team USA for the 2020 summer Olympics.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith has become an advocate against childhood obesity, a guest interviewer for ESPN, and a model for Nike.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith has appeared in Vogue magazine and in a swimsuit shoot for Sports Illustrated.
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Skylar Diggins-Smith has a degree from Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business.
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On October 17,2022, Skylar Diggins-Smith revealed the couple was expecting their second child.
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In 2013, Skylar Diggins-Smith signed with Roc Nation Sports, becoming the first female athlete to do so.
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In 2014, Skylar Diggins-Smith signed an endorsement deal with Bodyarmor SuperDrink.