Center Height: 6-5 College: Old Dominion '94-'97 Hometown: Maputo, Mozambique ABL Experience: 1 year
1997-98 ABL Highlights
Averaged 9.2 points and 4.6 rebounds per game
Shot .580 from the field and .599 from the free-throw line
Scored a season-high 22 points on three occasions vs. Seattle (Nov. 29), Long Beach (Jan. 3) and Philadelphia (Jan. 27) and was perfect from the line at 6-of-6 on Nov. 29
Posted her best performance from the field going 7-for-7 vs. Long Beach (Jan. 3), setting a Lasers all-time individual record for most field goals made, none missed
Had a career night at the line going 13-of-16 vs. New England (Jan. 20), setting a Lasers all-time individual record for most free throws made and attempted
College Highlights (Northwestern State 1988-90)
Kodak National All-American (1996-97)
Kodak District III All-American ('96-'97)
Sporting News Second Team All-American ('96-'97)
Basketball Times Second Team All-American ('96-'97)
Associated Press (AP) Second Team All-American ('96-'97)
Boost-Naismith Player of the Year finalist ('96-'97)
All-Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) First Team ('94-'95, '95-'96, '96-'97)
All-Defensive Team ('96-'97)
Dean Ehlers Leadership Award ('96-'97)
CAA Tournament MVP ('95-'96, '96-'97)
Final Four All-Tournament Team ('96-'97)
First Team, All-State (Virginia) ('96-'97)
Kodak District III Honorable Mention All-American ('94-'95, '95-'96)
Richmond Times-Dispatch All- State Team ('95-'96, '96-'97)
USA Today's International All-Star Team ('95-'96)
United Press International (UPI) and AP Honorable Mention All-American ('95-'96)
USA Today's International All-Star Team ('95-'96)
Recipient of the Donna Doyle Endowed Scholarship ('95-'96)
CAA Player of the Year ('94-'95)
Member of the CAA All-Tournament Team ('94-'95)
CAA All-Rookie Team ('94-'95) International Experience Machanguana played on the Santarem Club Team in Portugal where she averaged 22 points and 13 rebounds a game before arriving at Old Dominion to begin her collegiate career. She was also a member of the two-time African Champion Mozambique National Team ('93 & '94).
International Experience
Member of the two-time African Champion Mozambique National Team ('93 & '94).
Community Involvement/ Off-Court Activities
Participated in a panel discussion on international athletes and the acceptance of women's sports in their country held during the Women's Sports Foundation Summit in Berkeley in May
Participated in the Free Community Basketball Clinic at the Camden Lifetime Center and the Clinic for dozens of kids at the San Jose Event Center
Visited the children of Willow Glen Elementary School with Katryna Gaither promoting the importance of education
Entertained her family visiting from Mozambique in early June (mom, sister and brother) and managed to complete a course in Quantitative Statistics and Research Methods at San Jose State University
