Draft:Conchi Mongomo

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María Concepción Mongomo Carvallo (Las Palmas, 21 de April de 1995), also known as Conchi Mongomo, is a Spanish professional basketball player from Canary Islands. She debuted at age 16 in Liga Femenina de Baloncesto with CB Islas Canarias before starting her college career in Canada with the University of Northern British Columbia. While playing for UNBC Timberwolves, she became one of the most accomplished players in team and conference history. In the Canada West Universities Athletic Association record books, Conchi Mongomo sits fourth in scoring, sixth in career scoring average, sixth in steals, eighth in defensive rebounds, tenth in field goals, and top-20 in rebounds and three-pointers. Her 36 double-doubles are sixth most in conference history.

Awards, records and achievements

 * 2011: Gold medal in FIBA U16 Women's European Championship with the Spain women's national basketball team
 * Debuted in Liga Femenina de Baloncesto at 16 years old
 * 2014: Semifinalist in Copa de la Reina de Baloncesto
 * 2015-2016: U Sports All-Rookie Team
 * 2016-2017: Canada West Universities Athletic Association Second Team All-Star
 * 2018-2019: Canada West Universities Athletic Association Third Team All-Star
 * 2019-2020: Canada West Universities Athletic Association First Team All-Star
 * 2020 until date: In the Canada West Universities Athletic Association record books; fourth in scoring, sixth in career scoring average, sixth in steals, eighth in defensive rebounds, tenth in field goals, and top-20 in rebounds and three-pointers. Her 36 double-doubles are sixth most in conference history.
 * 2020 until date: Ranked 14th in Top Performances in Canada for a Career U Sports.
 * 2022-2023: Swiss Women's Basketball Championship Second Team All-Star
 * 2022-2023: Silver medal in SBL Cup

Trajectory
After winning a European championship with Spain women's national basketball team in 2011, she decided to focus on her education. While completing high school, she debuted in Liga Femenina Endesa at 16 years old with her home team CB Islas Canarias, where she was able to get some experience in EuroCup Women. In 2015, she was recruited by the University of Northern British Columbia, where she finished her degree in Psychology and spent five years of success. During her 5 years at UNBC, Mongomo has proven to be a basketball player who, with hard work and dedication, can achieve whatever she sets her mind to. Her many accomplishments and records have semented her mark in UNBC and U Sports.

In 2020, she resumed her professional basketball career in Spain with Club Polideportivo Bembibre in her first year and CB Islas Canarias in her second year. After facing some challenges in the Spanish league, Conchi Mongomo decided to embark on new adventures in the international basketball leagues of Luxembourg, Switzerland and Belgium, where her numbers suggest that she has been able to adapt to the professional world and demonstrate her skills as a basketball player.


 * 2003 - 2014 CB Islas Canarias
 * 2015 - 2020 UNBC Timberwolves
 * 2020 - 2021 Club Polideportivo Bembibre
 * 2021 Sept - 2021 Dec CB Islas Canarias
 * 2022 - BBC Sparta Bertrange
 * 2022 - 2023 Espérance Sportive Pully
 * 2023 - 2024 Basketball Bruneheut