Diana Taurasi Sister: Who Is Jessika?: Diana Taurasi, officially known as Diana Lorena Taurasi is an American professional basketball player.

She developed a passion for playing basketball at a younger age, has been consistent throughout her career, and has become one of the most sought-after basketball players.

At this time of writing (Saturday, August 5, 2023), Taurasi is a professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women’s National Basketball Association

Following her collegiate career, she was selected first overall in the 2004 WNBA draft by the Phoenix Mercury, a team that went 8–26 in the 2003 season.

Since turning pro, Taurasi has won the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award (2004), three WNBA championships (2007, 2009, and 2014), and a historic five Olympic gold medals (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020).

She’s also a recipient of one WNBA Most Valuable Player Award (2009), two WNBA Finals MVP Awards (2009 and 2014), five scoring titles (2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011), and three FIBA World Cups (2010, 2014, and 2018).

On Sunday, June 18, 2017, Taurasi became the WNBA all-time leading scorer and in 2021, she was selected by fans as the league’s greatest player of all time.

On Sunday, June 27, 2021, she became the first player to surpass 9,000 points. Her appetite for scoring in crucial situations has earned her the nickname “White Mamba”, coined by Kobe Bryant

As of August 2023, Taurasi has been selected to ten WNBA All-Star teams and fourteen All-WNBA teams (including ten first-team selections)

In August 2023, the Phoenix Mercury guard, Taurasi hit major headlines after making history as the first WNBA player to score 10,000 career points.

She has been the WNBA’s all-time leading scorer for over half a decade and has reached a new milestone after she surpassed 10,000 career regular-season points.

Taurasi is one of 11 women to win an Olympic gold medal, an NCAA Championship, a FIBA World Cup, and a WNBA Championship. She’s regarded as one of the greatest women’s basketball players of all time.

Taurasihe plays for the United States of America. She was a member of the United States women’s U18 team which won the gold medal at the FIBA Americas Championship in Mar Del Plata, Argentina.

Diana Taurasi Sister: Who Is Jessika?

Diana Taurasi is not the only child of her parents; Liliana Taurasi (mother) and Mario Taurasi (father). The American professional basketball player has an older sister named Jessika.

Jessika lives a life away from the spotlight hence her date of birth, age, and occupation are unknown at this time of writing.