Olaoluwatomi Taiwo

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Olaoluwatomi Oluwayemisi Taiwo, born June 16, 2000, in Carmel, Indiana, is a Nigerian-American basketball player. She is 5 ft 10 in tall. Taiwo went to Carmel High School, where she helped the team reach the Indiana region finals and earned several honors. She played college basketball at the University of Iowa from 2018 to 2022 before transferring to TCU for the 2022–2023 season. While at Iowa, she was a three-time Academic All-Big Ten pick (2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22). After college, she began playing professionally, joining Customs in 2023 and moving to Esgueira Aveiro in Portugal’s Liga Feminina in 2024. In 2023, she represented Nigeria and helped D'Tigress reach the Women’s AfroBasket final after beating Rwanda, alongside teammate Amy Okonkwo.