![]() She was inducted into the Philadelphia Big 5 Hall of Fame in 2007.Volta offers a unique collection of contemporary interior design objects, home and personal accessories, furniture and lighting from small emerging and established design brands. She was the leading Division II scorer in France both years. She also ranked second on the all-time NCAA Division I rebounding list with a career average of 12.8 per game.įrom 2001-03, Caramanico played professional basketball in France. She also holds the school's top marks for field goals in a season (268) and a career (927).Īt the time of her graduation, Caramanico ranked seventh on the NCAA Division I scoring list with a career average of 22.7 points per game. Caramanico scored 607 points in her final season, including 42 against Albany which remains the program's single-game record.Ĭaramanico is the only Penn player with 1,000 career rebounds (1,207), remains the program's all-time steals leader (210), and is third all-time with 114 career blocked shots. For the third time in her career, she was named Ivy League and Big 5 Player of the Year. Penn's 22 overall wins that season remain the program's high-water mark. In 2000-01, Caramanico's senior season, the Quakers became just the second team in league history to finish with a perfect 14-0 mark in Ivy play. Penn won a then-school record 18 games in 1999-2000 to post the program's first winning record since the 1990-91 season. ![]() Her 24.8 points-per-game average was second in the nation that season. She was named Associated Press honorable mention All-America, District I GTE Academic All-America, and District I Kodak/WBCA All-America. The accolades kept pouring in for Caramanico following her junior season, when she set the current school record with 694 points. She recorded 21 double-doubles in 26 games, set the school record with 333 rebounds, and became the fastest athlete in Penn men's or women's basketball history to record 1,000 career points. Her 10 Ivy League Rookie of the Week awards remain the league standard.Ī year later, Caramanico was named Big 5 Player of the Year, Ivy League Player of the Year, unanimous first-team All-Ivy, first-team All-Big 5 and second-team All-ECAC - as a sophomore. In addition to her first-team All-Ivy accolades, Caramanico became the first player in Penn history to earn Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors and was also the first Quaker selected as Philadelphia Big 5 and ECAC Rookie of the Year. More than a decade since her final game, Caramanico still holds nine school records and several Ivy League marks while remaining in the all-time top 5 countless other times in both record books.Īs a freshman, Caramanico became just the second Quaker in program history to score 500 points in a season - something she went on to do in each of her final three seasons as well. In addition, she is one of just seven players in league history to earn first-team All-Ivy honors four times. The first and only All-America in program annals, Caramanico led the Quakers to their first-ever Ivy League title and NCAA Tournament game in 2000-01. Arguably, she may have been the most dominant player in women's Philadelphia Big 5 and Ivy League history.Ĭaramanico's 2,415 career points still stand as the Big 5 and Ivy League records, and she remains the only men's or women's player in Penn's illustrious basketball history to score more than 2,000 career points. ![]() Diana Caramanico is quite simply the most dominant women's basketball player in Penn history.
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