Daniela Wallen

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Daniela Wallen
No. 6 – Keflavík
Position
power forward
LeagueÚrvalsdeild kvenna
Personal information
Born (1995-04-04) 4 April 1995 (age 29)
Venezuela
Listed height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Career information
College
Sol de América Asunción
2019Peli-Karhut
2019–presentKeflavík
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing Venezuela Venezuela
South American Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Ambato Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Barquisimeto Team

Daniela Wallen Morillo (born 4 April 1995) is a Venezuelan basketball player for

Sol de América Asunción and the following year she won the Finnish championship
as a member of Peli-Karhut.

Early life

Wallen grew up in Venezuela where she played football in her youth. Her parents where both former basketball players, but she only started playing basketball with a youth team at the age of 15 and the same year she first played for one of Venezuela's youth national teams.[1]

College career

Wallen started her college career with

NAIA championship while being named the Tournament MVP.[4]

Club career

Wallen's first professional stop was with

Sol de América Asunción and was named the Finals MVP in December the same year.[6]

In February 2019, Wallen joined Peli-Karhut of the Finnish

coronavirus pandemic in Iceland. She re-signed with Keflavík[8] and had a stand-out second season,[9][10] averaging 25.6 points and league leading 17.0 rebounds per game and was named the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year.[11]

In 2023, she was again named the Úrvalsdeild Foreign Player of the Year[12] after leading Keflavík to the Úrvalsdeild finals and averaging 20.4 points, 11.7 rebounds and 4.6 assists during the regular seasons and playoffs.

References

  1. ^ a b c Jóhann Páll Kristbjörnsson (2021). "Leikur körfubolta og sendir pening heim". Víkurfréttir (in Icelandic). Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  2. Oklahoma's News 4
    . 21 March 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Oklahoma City University Athletics - Daniela Wallen - 2016-17 - Oklahoma City University". ocusports.com. Oklahoma City University athletics. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  4. Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  5. ^ "Venezuelan first settles in at Supercats". Geelong Advertiser. 10 March 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Daniela Wallen, Campeona y MVP de la final". Diario Meridiano (in Spanish). 5 December 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  7. ^ Raul Cedeño (22 April 2019). "La Venezolana Daniela Wallen se proclama campeona en Finlandia". Cancha Latina (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  8. ^ Sindri Sverrisson (19 April 2020). "Keflavík heldur Wallen - Samið við þjálfara og 13 leikmenn". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  9. ^ Óskar Ófeigur Jónsson (18 February 2021). "Með hærra framlag en restin af liðinu hennar til samans". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  10. ^ Atli Freyr Arason (21 January 2021). "Daniela: Þær treysta mér og ég treysti þeim". Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Hörður og Sara kjörin best". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 29 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Kári og Eva bestu leikmenn tímabilsins". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.

External links

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