#8 Cassandre Prosper 2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster

HONORS AND AWARDS

• 2024 Olympian (Team Canada)
• 2024 ACC Tournament champion
• 2023 ACC regular season champion

AS A JUNIOR (2024-25)

• JMU (11/13): Had 11 points and 7 rebounds
• MERCYHURST (11/4): Had 17 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks in her return from injury. Made a career-high 7 FGs

AS A SOPHOMORE (2023-24)

• ACC Tournament champion
• Appeared in five games and made three starts before being sidelined with a lower leg injury starting Nov. 29
• Averaged 8.2 points and 4.6 rebounds per game with 9 steals and 3 blocks
• CHICAGO STATE (11/21): Had a career night with 19 points and 6 steals
• ILLINOIS (11/18): Made her first career collegiate start
• Traveled to Colombia in November with the Canadian Senior Women’s National Team to compete in the FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament. Team Canada went 3-0

AS AN EARLY ENROLLEE (2022-23)

• Joined team just after Christmas and made first start at Miami on Dec. 29. Played in 22 games
• Averaged 22 minutes, 5.2 points, 3.9 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 0.9 blocks and 0.8 steals per game

PREP AND PERSONAL

• 2023 Canada U19 Women’s FIBA World Cup bronze medalist
  • Led Team Canada with 16.2 points per game
• 2023 Canada Senior Women’s National Team FIBA Women’s AmeriCup bronze medalist
  • Averaged 19.8 minutes, 7 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.6 steals over the seven-game tournament
• 2022 Canada U-17 National Team member
• Started in all seven games, averaging 14.0 points, 9.6 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 4.6 steals and 3.0 blocks
• Scored 11 points with 10 rebounds and eight blocks against the USA in semifinal game
• Led U-17 Team to fourth-place finish in 2022 FIBA World Cup with 18 points, five rebounds, five assists, five steals and two blocks
• Made the 2022 FIBA Americas Cup All-Star Five Team
• 2021 Canada U16 National Team member
• Started in six games and led Canada U16 to second-place finish at the 2021 FIBA Americas Cup
• Averaged 18.6 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 3.2 steals and 1.2 blocks. Was the event’s leading scorer
• Made the 2021 FIBA Americas Cup All-Star Five Team
• Attended Capital Courts Academy
• Member of the 2023 Naismith Midseason Watch List for high school girls basketball before making early-enrollment announcement
• 2022 Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association Final 8 High School Championships MVP after posting 33 points, 15 rebounds and a pair of assists in a 65-61 win over King’s Christian
• 2022 Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association season MVP and First-Team All-Star
• 2022 Biosteel Player of the year recognizing her as the top high school player in the country
• Averaged 25.1 points to lead the league in scoring while grabbing 13.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 3.1 steals and 2.6 blocks and led the team to its first ever OSBA championship in Spring 2022
• Played AAU with Become One during Spring/Summer 2022 and previously played for Kia Nurse Elite
• Was the No. 16 overall recruit in the 2023 class per the ESPN HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings and the No. 1 overall player by ASGR/HoopSeenW
• 2022 Basketball Without Borders Americas selection, named BWB MVP
• 2022 Under Armour Top 60 selection, won “Queen of the Court” honors
• 2022 Under Armour Elite 24 selection
• 2022 Curry Camp selection, which recognizes the top-12 guards in the country in the 2023 class
• Just the second Notre Dame women’s basketball player to ever enroll early, joining current point guard Olivia Miles
• Intends to major in business and psychology
• Brother, Olivier-Maxence, played basketball at Marquette and now plays for the Dallas Mavericks
• Mother played college basketball for both Manhattan College and Concordia University, while father played full career at Concordia
• Growing up, Prosper played different sports to avoid hyper-focusing too quickly. In addition to basketball, Prosper, played soccer, tennis, volleyball and ran track. At 10 years old, Prosper was recognized as one of the fastest sprinters in the Northeast and debated sticking with track. At 12 years old, Prosper eventually gravitated toward basketball as her main sport but still continued to play competitive volleyball until ninth grade. In 2018, Prosper decided to play with boys her age in the top boys league in Montreal. She started all 28 games and her team finished with a 27-1 record and the championship of the MBL D1 Basketball league. Prosper was named team Rookie of the Year.