About Damiris Dantas
Damiris Dantas do Amaral (born November 17, 1992) is a Brazilian basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Botaş SK of the Turkish Super League. Together with the junior Brazilian team, she won the bronze medal at the Under-19 World Championship in 2011, Chile, and was named Most Valuable Player at that tournament. That same year, Dantas was also champion of the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship for Women with the senior national team, and won a bronze medal at the 2011 Pan American Games. Dantas began playing basketball at Janeth Arcain's basketball institute at age 13. Within four years, she had become a professional. Dantas played for Ourinhos in 2012, Maranhão in 2013, and Americana in 2013–2015. Dantas was drafted by the Minnesota Lynx in the First Round of the 2012 WNBA draft - 12th Overall. Dantas became the second rookie in league history to debut with 10 rebounds and 5 assists.
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