Toby Fournier
{{Short description|Canadian basketball player (born 2005)}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Toby Fournier
| image = UNC vs Duke (Jan 2025) 22 (Fournier).jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Fournier with Duke in 2025
| number = 35
| position = Forward
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| league = Atlantic Coast Conference
| team = Duke Blue Devils
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2005|10|3}}
| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| nationality =
| high_school = Crestwood Prep
(Toronto, Ontario)
| college = Duke (2024–present)
| highlights = * ACC Rookie of the Year (2025)
- First-team All-ACC (2025)
- ACC All-Freshman Team (2025)
| medal_templates = {{MedalSport|Women's basketball}}
{{MedalCountry|{{bkw|CAN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|FIBA Under-19 World Cup}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Spain|Team}}
}}
Toby Lee Fournier (born October 3, 2005) is a Canadian college basketball player for the Duke Blue Devils of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
Early life and high school career
Fournier competed in the long jump, ballet, soccer, and gymnastics before focusing on basketball, which she began playing at age 12.{{cite web |last1=Richer |first1=Shawna |title=At 14, Toby Fournier is a viral dunking sensation – and one of Canada’s most exciting young basketball players |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/basketball/article-i-love-beating-boys-says-toronto-girl-14-who-may-be-the-most/ |website=The Globe and Mail |access-date=October 24, 2024 |date=November 6, 2019}} In eighth grade, she drew attention on Instagram for her dunking ability. Fournier played for Crestwood Preparatory College in Toronto.{{cite web |last1=Ngabo |first1=Gilbert |title=The girl can dunk. For Toronto’s Toby Fournier, the sky’s the limit |url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/basketball/the-girl-can-dunk-for-toronto-s-toby-fournier-the-sky-s-the-limit/article_d50ecda1-c927-5d71-b8e4-43d06fdd5a8e.html |website=Toronto Star |access-date=October 24, 2024 |date=January 27, 2023}} She competed in the Nike Hoop Summit, where she recorded 18 points and 9 rebounds for the World Select team.{{cite web |last1=Mackenzie |first1=Holly |title=From Late Bloomer to Dunking Sensation, Toby Fournier Commits to Duke |url=https://www.basketball.ca/news/from-late-bloomer-to-dunking-sensation-fournier-commits-to-duke |publisher=Canada Basketball |access-date=October 24, 2024 |date=May 21, 2023}} Rated a five-star recruit by ESPN, she committed to play college basketball for Duke.{{cite web |title=Toby Fournier 2024 High School Girls' Basketball Profile |url=https://www.espn.com/high-school/girls-basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/248036 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=October 31, 2024}}
National team career
Fournier led Canada to fourth place in the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup in Hungary, where she averaged 13.3 points, 11.4 rebounds, and 2.1 blocks per game.{{cite web |title=Who wins the dunk contest: Toby Fournier or Dominique Malonga? |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/news/world-u17women-2022-news-who-wins-the-dunk-contest-toby-fournier-or-dominique-malonga |publisher=FIBA |access-date=October 31, 2024 |date=November 13, 2022}} She helped her team win the bronze medal at the 2023 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup in Spain. Fournier averaged 16.1 points, a tournament-high 13.7 rebounds, and 2.1 blocks per game, earning All-Star Five honors.{{cite web |last1=Ibrahim |first1=Abdulhamid |title=Bronze medal at U19 World Cup shows bright future for Canadian women's basketball |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/canada-basketball-u19-bronze-growth-1.6921377 |publisher=CBC.ca |access-date=October 31, 2024 |date=July 28, 2023}}
Career statistics
{{WNBA player statistics legend}}
=College=
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|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 2024–25
| style="text-align:left;"| Duke
|35||0||20.2||52.6||42.9||65.1||5.3||0.4||0.8||1.1||1.8||13.2
|- class="sortbottom"
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career
|35||0||20.2||52.6||42.9||65.1||5.3||0.4||0.8||1.1||1.8||13.2
|- class="sortbottom"
|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/Toby-Fournier-1.html|title=Toby Fournier College Stats|publisher=Sports-Reference|accessdate=April 1, 2025}}
{{S-end}}
Personal life
Fournier's mother, Anais Granofsky, is an actress and screenwriter known for the Degrassi television franchise. Her great-grandfather, Phil Granovsky, was one of the original members of the Toronto Raptors ownership group.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://goduke.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/toby-fournier/20733 Duke Blue Devils bio]
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Category:Canadian women's basketball players
Category:Basketball players from Toronto
Category:Black Canadian basketball players
Category:Duke Blue Devils women's basketball players
Category:Forwards (basketball)
Category:Canadian people of African-American descent
Category:Canadian people of Polish-Jewish descent