Quick facts
Birth date 11 Jun, 1982
Age 37 yrs
Occupations Basketball player
Citizenship United States of America
Birth place Chino
Residence Phoenix
Education Don Antonio Lugo High School
University of Connecticut
Gender Female
Description Basketball player
Spouse Penny Taylor


Diana Taurasi, a basketball player by profession, came to life on June 11th 1982 and is currently 33 years of age. She is a Native American and was born in Glendale, California. She was born to her parents Mario, who was also a sportsperson by profession and used to play football during his professional days and her mother Liliana. Her parents also had another child, a daughter with the name Jessika. Diana did her high school from Don Antonio Lugo High School, and graduated from there in 2000. She started playing basketball while she was at her high school. She was in her High school basketball team and gained much popularity there.

She helped the team win many championships and won many awards because of her performance at School basketball team. She later on graduated from University of Connecticut where she again joined the College Basketball team and took the team to win many NCAA championships. She was the favorite of her coach there and during her college from 2000 till 2004 she won many awards in the college basketball team. Diana has seldom remained in news for her personal life and the existence of any boyfriend of her is completely unknown. Whether she is married or not is also not known on the internet.

According to her biography, Diana started playing basketball while she was very young. She was in her School’s and College Basketball teams and performed stupendously there. She won many championships for her teams and her coaches were very impressed by her performance. Immediately after passing out of college, she was selected in WNBA by the team Phoenix Mercury and has been associated with the team since the start. According to her game stats she has played over 300 games with Phoenix mercury and has scored in almost every game. She has won the team many championships and has won many awards performing in the game herself.

She has been associated with other teams like Spartak Moscow, Fenerbahçe Istanbul, Galatasaray Medical Park, UMMC Ekaterinburg and has been appreciated for her performance across the teams. She has also been the part of USA national team and has won the team many medals in Olympics and other national sports. She has won many national as well as international awards and many medals for her teams and has been appreciated by the top leaders like US presidents and others for her performances. She now has a professional career spanning over 11 years and is still continuing to play reflecting her fitness and zeal for the sport.

Diana is also very active on the social networking sites like Twitter and Instagram and has got many followers there. She keeps on posting her pictures and latest updates on these social networking sites. She has got an estimated net worth of over 1 Lacs US dollars and gets a huge sum of money as annual salary for the matches she plays for her teams. Her net worth is projected to increase in the future as well because of her continuing performances in the sport.

Last Modified: Feb 13, 2020




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