| Laeticia Amihere | |
| Number: | 7 |
| Position: | Small forward / power forward |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 3 |
| Weight Lb: | 185 |
| League: | WNBA |
| Team: | Atlanta Dream |
| Birth Date: | 10 July 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
| High School: | King's Christian Collegiate (Oakville, Ontario) |
| College: | South Carolina (2019–2023) |
| Draft Year: | 2023 |
| Draft Round: | 1 |
| Draft Pick: | 8 |
| Draft Team: | Atlanta Dream |
| Draft League: | WNBA |
| Years1: | -present |
| Team1: | Atlanta Dream |
| Highlights: | |
Laeticia Amihere (born July 10, 2001) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Her father is from the West African country of Ghana, while her mother hails from Ivory Coast. She played college basketball at South Carolina Gamecocks of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).[1]
Amihere made her debut with the South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team in the 2019-2020 NCAA Season.[2]
On March 30, 2021 broke a school record for most blocks in an NCAA Tournament game with 9 blocks against Texas Longhorns women's basketball. The South Carolina defense held Texas to only 34 points on 23% shooting.[3] [2] Amihere scored her career high 18 points against Oregon Ducks women's basketball on November 11, 2021.[2]
On April 3, 2022, Amihere became an NCAA national champion. The South Carolina Gamecocks beat the University of Connecticut to win their second national title, the first since 2017, with a score of 64 to 49.[4]
Amihere played for 4 years for the team.
Amihere was drafted by the Atlanta Dream with round 1 pick 8 of the 2023 WNBA Draft.[5]
Amihere made her WNBA debut on 30 May 2023 against the Chicago Sky[6]
Amihere has won gold at the 2015 FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship for Women as part of the junior team, and then bronze at the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup.[1]
In June 2021, Amihere was rostered for team Canada for 2021 FIBA Women's AmeriCup[6]
In July 2021, Amihere was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team.[7] [8]
In September 2022 Amihere was rostered for Team Canada in the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup[9]
| Denotes season(s) in which Amihere won a NCAA Championship |
Stats current as of game on July 17, 2024|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2023| style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta| 21 || 0 || 7.0 || .405 || — || .537 || 1.0 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 0.4 || 0.5 || 2.7|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2024| style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta| 11 || 0 || 4.7 || .238 || — || .537 || 1.9 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 0.3 || 0.5 || 1.2|-| style="text-align:left;"| Career| style="text-align:left;"| 2 years, 1 team| 32 || 0 || 6.2 || .349 || — || .463 || 1.3 || 0.1 || 0.2 || 0.4 || 0.5 || 2.2
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2023| style="text-align:left;"| Atlanta| 1 || 0 || 3.0 || .000 || — || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| Career| style="text-align:left;"| 1 year, 1 team| 1 || 0 || 3.0 || .000 || — || .000 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0
|-| width="10%" style="text-align:center;"| 2019–20| style="text-align:center;"| South Carolina|29||0||12.9||.417||.538||.541||3.9||0.6||0.6||1.1||1.6||4.7|-| style="text-align:center;"| 2020–21| style="text-align:center;"| South Carolina|31||1||17.9||.398||.000||.602||5.5||0.9||0.7||1.2||2.3||6.8|-| style="background:#ffcc00; width:3em; text-align:center;"| 2021–22*| style="text-align:center;"| South Carolina|31||3||16.8||.436||.455||.651||3.6||1.2||0.6||0.8||1.8||6.3|-| style="text-align:center;"| 2022–23| style="text-align:center;"| South Carolina|36||0||15.9||.487||.105||.670||3.4||1.3||0.8||1.1||1.6||7.1|- class="sortbottom"|style="text-align:center;" colspan=2|Career|127||4||15.9||.436||.264||.625||4.1||1.0||0.7||1.0||1.8||6.3