Mario and Liliana Taurasi emigrated from Argentina to the United States before Diana was born. Taurasi's mother, Liliana, is Argentinian.
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He was a professional soccer player in Italy and played for several years as a goalkeeper. Taurasi's father, Mario, was raised in Argentina. Taurasi grew up in Chino, California, where she attended and played basketball at Don Antonio Lugo High School.
Taurasi is one of 11 women to win an Olympic gold medal, an NCAA Championship, a FIBA World Cup gold and a WNBA Championship. Her penchant for scoring in crucial situations has earned her the nickname "White Mamba", coined by Kobe Bryant.
On June 18, 2017, Taurasi became the WNBA all-time leading scorer and on June 27, 2021, became the first player to surpass 9,000 points. Also in 2021, she was selected by fans as the league's greatest player of all time. In 2011, she was voted by fans as one of the WNBA's Top 15 Players of All Time, and was named by the league to its 20th and 25th anniversary teams, respectively the WNBA Top in 2016 and The W25 in 2021. She has also been selected to ten WNBA All-Star teams and fourteen All-WNBA teams (including ten first-team selections). Taurasi has won the WNBA Rookie of the Year Award ( 2004), three WNBA championships ( 2007, 2009, and 2014), a historic five Olympic gold medals ( 2004, 2008, 2012, 20), one WNBA Most Valuable Player Award ( 2009), two WNBA Finals MVP Awards ( 20), five scoring titles ( 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011), and three FIBA World Cups (2010, 2014, and 2018). She was drafted by Phoenix first overall in the 2004 WNBA draft.
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