Position: Guard
Born: May 6th, 1998 (in California)
Nationality: American
College: Yale (’20)
Height: 1.73m | 5’8”
Pro Experience: Greece, Mexico, Puerto Rico, France, Eurocup
France: 26 points vs Angers
France: vs ASVEL Lyon – 21 points, 9 assists, 9 rebounds
France: 5/7 3s vs Montpellier
Game Winner vs Harvard:
College years:
Barahman, a guard from Calabasas, Calif., rewrote the Yale record book as one of the top playmakers ever to wear the Y. A two-time first team All-Ivy League selection — including a unanimous selection as a senior — she finished fourth on Yale’s career points list with 1,513 points and fifth on Yale’s career assists list with 360 assists.
After missing part of her first year to injury Barahman emerged as a starter her sophomore season, earning honorable mention All-Ivy honors and Yale’s Most Improved Player Award. She was fourth in the Ivy League in assists (4.1 per game). As a junior she led the league in scoring (18.6 points per game) and placed 47th nationally. She was second in the league in steals (2.0 per game) and sixth in assists (3.9 per game). She also delivered one of that season’s signature moments, hitting a buzzer beater to defeat Harvard at Lee Amphitheater. On March 1, 2019 at Cornell she became the 22nd player in Yale women’s basketball history to score 1,000 or more points.
As a senior Barahman emerged as one of the best defenders in the Ivy League. She led the Ancient Eight in steals (2.5 per game) while remaining an offensive threat; she was third in points (17.1 per game) and assists (3.5 per game).
Barahman was part of a historic run by the Bulldogs. In her first season, 2016-17, the team improved its winning percentage to .556 from .452 the previous season. That set the stage for a breakthrough campaign in 2017-18. The team won a school-record 19 games, earned a spot in the Ivy League Tournament and took home the WBI Championship — becoming the first Ivy League women’s basketball team to win a national postseason tournament. The team tied the overall wins record with 19 in Barahman’s final season, 2019-20. The Bulldogs had nine Ivy League wins that year, the most since the 2010-11 squad won 10. They ended the campaign with an RPI of 52, their highest ever at that point of the season. They qualified for the Ivy League Tournament for the second time in three seasons.
After graduating from Yale in 2020 Barahman began work on her master’s degree in diagnostics and precision medicine at DCU Mercy University in Ireland as a Victory Scholar. She was also part of the Sport Changes Life program, helping to coach children.
Barahman was an ecology and evolutionary biology major in Davenport College at Yale. She is a graduate of Oaks Christian High School.