| Batouly Camara | |
| Position: | Forward |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 2 |
| Birth Date: | 2 November 1996 |
| Birth Place: | New York City |
| Nationality: | Guinean-American |
| High School: | Blair Academy (Blairstown, New Jersey) |
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| Years1: | 2020–2021 |
| Team1: | Bembibre |
Batouly Camara (born November 2, 1996) is a Guinean-American basketball player.[1] [2] She played college basketball for Kentucky and UConn and later professionally in Liga Femenina de Baloncesto. As a member of the Guinea national team, she participated in the 2021 FIBA Women's Afrobasket.
Camara was a student of Blair Academy. She averaged 12.5 points and 12.0 rebounds per game. Coming out of high school she was rated the ninth-best player in the country by ESPN.com.[3] She was also active off the court as she was elected vice chair of Blair Academy's student government council as a junior and was a representative on the student council as a sophomore.[3]
As a freshman at University of Kentucky, Camara appeared in 33 games with 14 starts, averaged 5.1 points and 4.3 rebounds per game.[4] [5] She got transferred to the University of Connecticut in her sophomore year[6] [7] and appeared in 23 games, averaging 4.8 minutes per game. As a junior she played in 25 games, averaged 1.2 points and 1.6 rebounds per game.In her senior year she appeared in 10 games, averaged 0.8 points and 0.3 rebounds per game.[5]
Camara played for Embutidos Pajariel Bembibre PDM in the Spanish Liga Femenina de Baloncesto for the 2020–21 season.
Camara has been a member of the Guinea women's national basketball team and in 2021 participated in the FIBA Women's Afrobasket.[8]
As of 2022, Camara is a college counselor and girls' basketball coach in Blair Academy.[9] Camara is the founder of Women and Kids Academy (W.A.K.E)[10] and also made it to Forbes list of 30 Under 30 - Sports (2021).[11]