Fousseyni Traore Season 2023-2024

Awards

• 2024 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention

• 2023 All-WCC Second Team

• 2022-23 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District

• 2022 WCC All-Freshman Team

• WCC Player of the Week (Dec. 27, 2021)

• Four-time WCC Freshman of the Week

BYU Highlights

• Appeared in 96 games including 62 starts during three-year career at BYU

• Averaged 11.2 points per game, shooting 60.6 percent from the floor, 33.3 percent from three and 74.2 percent from the free throw line

• Scored in double figures 54 times including six games with 20 or more

• 19 career double-doubles

• 1^st in field goal percentage (.606)

• 1^st in highest points available percentage (.628)

• 1^st in highest effective field goal percentage (.609)

• 6^th in offensive rebounds (236)

• 10^th in three block games (9)

• 11^th in blocks per game (.923)

• 14^th in blocks (85)

• 20^th in double-doubles (19)

• 52^nd in points scored (1,026)

Personal

• Parents are Lamine and Kadiatou
• Goes by "Fouss"
• Master Fisherman
• Loves watching action movies, especially the Mission Impossible franchise
• Speaks French and Bambara (Mali Dialect)
• Pronunciation: FOOS-en-ee tra-OR-ray

Before BYU

• Played at the 2021 GEICO National Championship Tournament
• Represented Mali at 2021 FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup appearing in three games including a seven point, 10 rebound performance against the United States. 
• Was part of Mali team that won the 2017 FIBA U16 African Championship where he averaged 6.7 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. Also recorded a 18 point, 10 rebound double-double against Mozambique in the group stage.