Sanjana Ramesh
{{short description|Indian basketball player (born 2001)}}
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Sanjana Ramesh (born 12 April 2001){{Cite web |date=2025-02-25 |title=Sanjana Ramesh (India) - Basketball Stats, Height, Age {{!}} FIBA Basketball |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/241194-sanjana-ramesh |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=www.fiba.basketball |language=en}} is an Indian college basketball player who plays for the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks of the Big Sky Conference. She was named in the Indian women's team for 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-26 |title=Full list of Indian athletes for Asian Games 2023 |url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/asian-games-2023-full-list-of-634-indian-athletes-who-will-take-part-in-hangzhou-event-13042652.html |access-date=2023-10-07 |work=Firstpost }}
Early life
Sanjana was born in Bangalore, Karnataka. She attended Delhi Public School (South), Bengaluru.{{Cite web |last=Achal |first=Ashwin |date=2018-11-15 |title=India's Sanjana receives Division I scholarship with NAU Basketball |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/basketball/india-sanjana-ramesh-joins-northern-arizona-lumberjacks-womens-basketball/article25504041.ece |access-date=2023-10-07 |work=Sportstar }} Sanjana started playing basketball because her school did not have a football team. She wanted to prove as a sportswoman to her brother, a footballer, and ended up taking basketball as a career.{{Cite web |last=Vaidya |first=Jaideep |date=2018-06-07 |title=Sibling rivalry got her into basketball, but India's Sanjana Ramesh now has bigger goals |url=https://scroll.in/field/881616/sibling-rivalry-got-her-into-basketball-but-indias-sanjana-ramesh-now-has-bigger-goals |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=Scroll.in }}
College career
In November 2018, Sanjana signed to play college basketball at Northern Arizona University, becoming the second Indian female basketball player to earn an NCAA Division I scholarship after Kavita Akula, who enrolled at Grand Canyon University in 2017.{{Cite web |date=2020-11-24 |title=Sanjana Ramesh living and thriving in 'isolation' in build-up to second season with Northern Arizona University|url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/sanjana-ramesh-living-and-thriving-in-isolation-in-build-up-to-second-season-with-northern-arizona-university-9048911.html |access-date=2023-10-07 |work=Firstpost }} In 2020, Sanjana received the Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient.{{Cite web |date=2020-11-25 |title=Sanjana Ramesh, adjusting to new normal in a foreign land |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/other-sports/sanjana-ramesh-adjusting-to-new-normal-in-a-foreign-land/story-1nZCRNE1A8S41QFLeM3k4K.html |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=Hindustan Times }}
National team career
Sanjana captained the India women's national under-16 basketball team at the 2017 FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship. She helped India win Division B and the country earned a spot in Division A. At the development camp of Basketball Without Borders Asia, Sanjana was awarded the Most Valuable Player that helped her get the US college scholarship.
She is selected to play in the Indian team in the 3rd South Asian Basketball Association Women's Championship 2025 qualifiers at New Delhi from 23 to 26 February 2025.{{Cite web |title=Sreekala to lead Team India in SABA qualifiers, two other Keralites in squad |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/other-sports/2025/02/20/saba-qualifiers-three-kerala-basketball-players-india-squad-sreekala-captain.html |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=OnManorama.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Monteiro |first=Leandra |title=3rd South Asian Women's C'ship: Indian Basketball Squad Announced |url=https://www.ekalavyas.com/p/3rd-south-asian-womens-cship-indian-basketball |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=www.ekalavyas.com |language=en}} The Indian team played Maldives and Nepal for a berth in the FIBA women's Asia Cup. In the first match, India beat Nepal 113–32 on 23 February 2025.{{Cite web |last=Pitts |first=Andre |date=23 February 2025 |title=SABA Women's Championship 2025: Indian basketball team opens campaign with 113-32 win over Nepal |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/saba-women-championship-2025-basketball-india-vs-nepal-match-report |access-date=26 February 2025 |website=Olympics.com}} She played both the mathces.{{Cite web |title=FIBA LiveStats India vs. Nepal |url=https://fibalivestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com/u/FASIA/2624275/bs.html |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=geniussports.com}}{{Cite web |title=FIBA LiveStats India vs. Maldives |url=https://fibalivestats.dcd.shared.geniussports.com/u/FASIA/2624277/bs.html |access-date=2025-02-26 |website=geniussports.com}}
References
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External links
- [https://nauathletics.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/sanjana-ramesh/5634 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks bio]
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Category:Basketball players from Karnataka
Category:Indian women's basketball players
Category:Basketball players at the 2022 Asian Games
Category:Asian Games competitors for India
Category:Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball players
Category:Indian expatriate basketball people in the United States