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Cassandre Prosper
Prosper with Notre Dame in 2025
No. 18 – Washington Mystics
PositionShooting guard / small forward
LeagueWNBA
Personal information
Born (2005-06-25) June 25, 2005 (age 20)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight182 lb (83 kg)
Career information
High school
CollegeNotre Dame (2022–2026)
WNBA draft2026: 2nd round, 19th overall pick
Drafted byWashington Mystics
Playing career2026–present
Career history
2026–presentWashington Mystics
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Canada
FIBA Women's AmeriCup
Bronze medal – third place 2023 León Team
FIBA Under-19 World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Spain Team
FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship
Silver medal – second place 2021 Mexico Team

Cassandre Prosper (born June 25, 2005) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Internationally, she represents the Canada national team.

High school career

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Prosper attended Cairine Wilson Secondary School in Ottawa, Ontario and Capital Courts Academy. During the 2022 season she averaged 25.1 points to lead the league in scoring while also recording 13.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 3.1 steals and 2.6 blocks and led the team to its first ever OSBA championship. At the 2022 Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association Final 8 championships she was named finals MVP after scoring 33 points, 15 rebounds and two assists. Following the season she was named the 2022 Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association season MVP and First-Team All-Star.[1] She was also named the 2022 Biosteel Player of the Year.[2]

During the 2023 season she averaged 23.2 points, 13.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game over 10 games. She was a five-star recruit and ranked as the No. 16 overall recruit per the ESPN HoopGurlz recruiting rankings.[3]

College career

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On November 14, 2022, Prosper committed to play college basketball at Notre Dame. [4] On December 12, 2022, she announced she would enroll early at Notre Dame.[5] She joined the team after Christmas and made her collegiate debut on December 29, 2022, in a game against Miami. During the 2022–23 season, in her freshman year, she played in 22 games and averaged 22 minutes, 5.2 points, 3.9 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 0.9 blocks and 0.8 steals per game.[2]

During the 2023–24 season, in her sophomore year, she appeared in five games, with three starts, before missing the remainder of the season with a lower leg injury on November 29, 2023.[6] On November 21, 2023, she scored a career-high 19 points in a game against Chicago State.[7] Prior to her injury she averaged 8.2 points and 4.6 rebounds per game with nine steals and three blocks.[2]

During the 2025–26 season, in her senior year, she started all 36 games and averaged 13.6 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.6 steals in 33.2 minutes per game on 49.2% shooting from the field. She scored in double figures in 27 games, 20 or more points six times, and recorded six double-doubles. She helped the Irish reach their first Elite Eight since 2019. During her collegiate career she appeared in 97 games, with 43 starts, and averaged 8.7 points and 4.8 rebounds per game, finishing her Irish career with 842 points and 465 rebounds.[8]

Professional career

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On April 13, 2026, Prosper was drafted in the second round, 19th overall, by the Washington Mystics in the 2026 WNBA draft.[9] Her brother, Olivier-Maxence Prosper, was drafted 24th overall by the Sacramento Kings in the 2023 NBA draft. The Prosper siblings became the first Canadian-born brother-sister duo to be drafted into the NBA and WNBA.[10]

National team career

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Prosper represented Canada at the 2021 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship where she averaged 18.6 points, 10.6 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 3.2 steals and 1.2 blocks and won a silver medal. During the gold medal game against the United States she scored 13 points and five rebounds. She led team Canada in scoring, and ranked second in the tournament behind JuJu Watkins, and was subsequently named to the 2021 FIBA Americas Cup All-Star Five team.[11]

She represented Canada at the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup where she started in all seven games, and averaged 14.0 points, 9.6 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 4.6 steals and 3.0 blocks. During the bronze medal game she recorded 18 points, five rebounds and five assists. She stole the ball and scored on a layup with eight seconds remaining in the game to bring Canada within two points, however, they ran out of time, and lost to France 82–84.[12][13][14] Following the tournament she was named to the all-tournament team.[15]

She made her senior national team debut for Canada at the 2023 FIBA Women's AmeriCup where she averaged seven points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.6 steals in 19.8 minutes per game and won a bronze medal.[16]

She represented Canada at the 2023 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup where she averaged 16.2 points, 5.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.8 blocks per game and won a bronze medal.[17] She led the team in scoring and steals and ranked second in assists and blocks, and ranked fourth among all players in the World Cup in blocks. She missed the bronze medal game due to an undisclosed reason.[18][19]

She represented Canada at the 2024 FIBA Women's Americas Pre-Qualifying Olympic Qualifying Tournament, where she averaged eight points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game in three games.[20][21] After going undefeated during the tournament, Canada qualified for the 2024 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.[22] On July 2, 2024, she was named to team Canada's roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[23][24]

Personal life

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Prosper is the daughter of Gaetan and Guylaine Prosper.[25] She is of Haitian descent.[26] Her parents both played college basketball at Concordia University and were both multiple-time RSEQ All-Stars. Her mother also competed for Canada women's national basketball team.[27] Her brother, Olivier-Maxence Prosper, played college basketball at Marquette and is a professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies.[28][29]

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

College

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2022-23 Notre Dame 22 0 21.9 32.1 21.7 63.6 3.9 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.6 5.2
2023-24 Notre Dame 5 3 22.8 34.9 20.0 81.8 4.2 1.4 1.8 0.6 1.2 8.2
2024-25 Notre Dame 34 4 22.4 45.7 32.6 65.4 3.7 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.7 5.8
2025-26 Notre Dame 36 36 33.2 49.2 30.5 73.8 6.5 1.6 1.6 1.1 2.1 13.6
Career 97 43 26.3 44.5 27.8 70.6 4.8 1.2 1.2 0.9 1.8 8.7
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[30]

References

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  1. ^ "2022 OSBA Final 8 Championship Recap & Awards". ontariosba.ca. March 11, 2022. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Cassandre Prosper". fightingirish.com. 26 December 2022. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  3. ^ "ND women's basketball: 5-star recruit Prosper to enroll in January". South Bend Tribune. December 13, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  4. ^ "Irish ink five-star guard Cassandre Prosper". fightingirish.com. November 14, 2022. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  5. ^ "Five-star signee Cassandre Prosper to enroll early". fightingirish.com. December 12, 2022. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  6. ^ Noie, Tom (November 29, 2023). "Notre Dame women's basketball down another key player for Tennessee tussle". South Bend Tribune. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  7. ^ "Irish match second-largest margin of victory in program history with 113-35 win over Chicago State". fightingirish.com. November 21, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  8. ^ "Mystics Select Prosper With No. 19 Pick in 2026 WNBA Draft". fightingirish.com. April 13, 2026. Retrieved April 13, 2026.
  9. ^ Smedley, Kyle (April 13, 2026). "Notre Dame women's basketball's Cass Prosper drafted by WNBA's Washington Mystics". South Bend Tribune. Retrieved April 13, 2026.
  10. ^ Cole, Damichael (April 13, 2026). "Grizzlies' Olivier-Maxence Prosper, sister Cassandre make history at WNBA draft". The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved April 13, 2026.
  11. ^ "USA's Watkins takes home MVP honors from tournament's All-Star Five". fiba.basketball. August 30, 2021. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  12. ^ Pascal, Randy (August 9, 2022). "That Sudbury Sports Guy: Swords sisters surging this summer — with plenty more to come". The Sudbury Star. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  13. ^ "Canada's under-17 women finish fourth in World Cup after narrow loss to France". Times Colonist. July 17, 2022. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  14. ^ MacKenzie, Holly (July 17, 2022). "Canada falls to France, finishes fourth at FIBA U17 Women's Basketball World Cup 2022". basketball.ca. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  15. ^ "Watkins named TISSOT MVP, leads All-Star Five". fiba.basketball. July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  16. ^ "Prosper helps lead Team Canada to FIBA AmeriCup bronze". fightingirish.com. July 9, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  17. ^ Ibrahim, Abdulhamid (July 28, 2023). "Bronze medal at U19 World Cup shows bright future for Canadian women's basketball". CBC Sports. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  18. ^ "Hidalgo wins gold, Prosper bronze at U19 World Cup". fightingirish.com. July 23, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  19. ^ Taylor, Cody (July 23, 2023). "Cassandre Prosper, Canada win bronze medal in FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  20. ^ MacKenzie, Holly (November 10, 2023). "Canada defeats Puerto Rico to go undefeated at FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament". Canada Basketball. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  21. ^ "Prosper, Achonwa Begin Play in FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament". fightingirish.com. November 9, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  22. ^ "Canadian women wrap up Olympic pre-qualifying basketball tournament with 3-0 record". CBC Sports. November 12, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  23. ^ "Achonwa, Prosper Named To Canadian Olympic Team". fightingirish.com. July 2, 2024. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  24. ^ Byrne, Pete (July 2, 2024). "Irish guard Prosper makes Canadian Olympic team". WSBT-TV. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  25. ^ Anderson, Anthony (March 19, 2023). "Prosper parents juggling kids' NCAA basketball schedules". South Bend Tribune. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  26. ^ "Olivier-Maxence Prosper inspire et réalise ses rêves de basketball cet été à GLOBL JAM". www.basketball.ca.
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  29. ^ Cobey, Cam (June 23, 2023). "Mavs rookie Olivier-Maxence Prosper ready to thrive in NBA". NBA.com. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
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