Women's basketball in India is surely on the rise. In the past month, three girls - all alumni of the NBA Academy Women's Camps - committed to high schools in the United States.
On July 10th, 17-year-old 6'3" forward Harsimran Kaur committed to the Central Pointe Christian Academy, a school located in Kissimmee, Florida. On July 29th, 16-year-old 6'2" forward Ann Mary Zachariah committed to the Life Prep Academy in Wichita, Kansas.
Last but not least, on August 11th, 17-year-old 5'7" point guard Siya Deodhar also committed to the Life Prep Academy in Wichita, Kansas.
In a sitdown for the NBA Academy, the trio, who have known each other since their U16 days, discussed how they first met each other and bonded through the NBA Academy Women's Camps while reiterating their recent commitments to their respective prep schools in the United States.
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Hailing from Kapurthala, Punjab, Kaur has been arguably the brightest young star in India among boys and girls, especially since the beginning of 2019.
Her long list of achievements include selection to global development camps such as the NCAA Next Generation Showcase in April 2019, the Basketball Without Borders Asia Camp in Tokyo last year and most recently, the Basketball Without Borders Global Camp held during the 2020 NBA All-Star Weekend in Chicago.
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That's not all. She made history when she became the first women's athlete from the Academy's Women's program to train at the NBA Global Academy in November 2019. She got invited a second time in Feb. 2020.
Deodhar, hailing from Nagpur, Maharashtra, has not been far behind. She's also received the invitation to camps that Kaur has attended.
She is one of only three girls to have attended all three NBA Academy Women's Camps in India so far and is the only one to have received an award in each one of them.
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Zacharia, from Kerala, also has quite the resume which includes being a camper at the NCAA Next Generation Showcase in April last year in addition to the two most recent Women's Camps by the NBA Academy in India.
She's also represented India on the junior level - U16 Women's Asian Championship 2017 and U18 Women's Asian Championship 2018 - and both times she was part of the squad that won the Division B championship.
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