AT CONNECTICUT: 2002 Kodak All-American and Honda Award for Women’s Basketball Finalist... First Rookie ever to be named the BIG EAST Championship Most Outstanding Player in 2001...Also earned 2001 NCAA East Region MOP honors... Ranks first on the all-time sophomore list in assists with 208 overtaking Sue Bird (160) and ranks fourth on the sophomore list in blocks with 46... Ranks third for three-point field goal career average with a .415 clip and is third in career free throw percentage at .844... Has made 52 career starts in 72 games played.

2001-02: 2001-02 Kodak All-American and AP Second Team All-American... 2001-02 Naismith Player of the Year and Honda Award for Women’s Basketball Finalist... 2002 NCAA Mideast Region All-Tournament Team selection...2002 All-BIG EAST First Team and 2002 BIG EAST All-Tournament Team selection... Preseason Women’s Basketball News First Team All-American... 2001-02 Preseason All-BIG EAST Second Team... Second on the team in scoring, averaging 14.5 ppg, and assists (5.3 apg)... Led the BIG EAST for all games played in three-point field goal percentage (44.0%) and assist to turnover ratio (2.51)... Ranked in the top 10 in the league in three other categories including scoring (8th), assists (6th) and three-point field goals made (5th-2.36 pg)... Ranked eighth nationally in three-point field goal percentage... Two-time BIG EAST Player of the Week (12/3, 1/7)... Scored a career-high 32 points versus Tennessee (1/5), dished a career-high 12 assists versus Ball State (11/30) and tied a career high with 10 rebounds versus Tennessee (3/29/02)... Led team in scoring nine times and reached double-figure scoring in 31 contests... Scored 20 or more points eight times... Led team in assists 17 times and blocks 12 times... Averaged 17.0 points through three BIG EAST Tournament games.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2000 Naismith Female Prep National Player of the Year from Don Lugo High School... Two-time Parade Magazine All-American...Slam Magazine First Team All-American... Gatorade’s California Player of the Year for two consecutive seasons... Cal-Hi Magazine Player of the Year for two consecutive seasons.... Full Court Press First Team All-American.... Rivals.com Female Athlete of the Year... ESPN’s Scholastic Sports America Player of the Year... LA Times "Our Times" Player of the Year... CIF Division I Player of the Year... Daily Bulletin Inland Player of the Year during every season on the high school level... Led all players in the WBCA High School All-America game with seven assists on her way to being named White team MVP... One of five players to have scored more than 3,000 points during her prep career... Scored 50+ points on four occasions.

PERSONAL: Born Diana Lurena Taurasi on June 11, 1982.