Sitapha Savané

Sitapha Savané

No. 7 – Herbalife Gran Canaria
Position	Center
League	ACB
Personal information
Born	(1978-10-20) October 20, 1978 Dakar, Senegal
Nationality	Senegalese / Spanish
Listed height	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Listed weight	103 kg
Career information
High school	UN International School (New York City, New York)
College	Navy (1997–2000)
NBA draft	2000 / Undrafted
Playing career	2000–present
Career history
2000–2001	Menorca Bàsquet
2001–2004	Tenerife CB
2004–2012	CB Gran Canaria
2012–2015	Joventut Badalona
2015–present	Herbalife Gran Canaria

Sitapha Savané (born 20 August 1978) is a Senegalese professional basketball player with Joventut Badalona in the Liga ACB of Spain. He is also a member of the Senegal national basketball team. He attended Navy and played basketball there, and was featured in the book The Last Amateurs. His father is Landing Savane.

College

Savané attended the United States Naval Academy, from which he graduated in 2000. In his junior and senior seasons, Savané was first team all Patriot League. He also led Navy in scoring, rebounding, blocks, field goal percentage and steals. He originally planned to not attend Navy, but when his Service Time was shortened he reconsidered.

Professional

Savané went undrafted in the 2000 NBA Draft. He spent all his career in Spain, especially in CB Gran Canaria where he spent eight seasons.

With Tenerife CB he won a Copa Príncipe de Asturias and a LEB Oro, promoting to Liga ACB.

External links

• ACB.com profile (Spanish)
• Profile CBGranCanaria.com (Spanish)
• Draft Profile SportsIllustrated.com 2000 NBA Draft
• EurocupBasketball.com Profile