{{short description|Canadian women's basketball player (born 1988)}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Miranda Ayim | image = Miranda Ayim.jpg | league = | team = | number = | position = Forward | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|5|6}} | birth_place = Chatham, Ontario, Canada | high_school = Saunders Secondary School<br>(London, Ontario) | college = Pepperdine (2006–2010) | draft_year = 2010 | draft_league = WNBA | career_start = 2011 | career_end =
| years1 = 2010–2011 | team1 = Alanya Belediye | years2 = {{wnbay|2011}} | team2 = Tulsa Shock | years3 = 2011–2012 | team3 = İstanbul Üniversitesi SK | years4 = 2012–2013 | team4 = Orduspor | years5 = 2013–2015 | team5 = Toulouse | years6 = 2015–present | team6 = Basket Landes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's basketball}} {{MedalCountry|{{bkw|CAN}}}} {{MedalCompetition|FIBA Women's AmeriCup}} {{MedalGold|2017 Buenos Aires|}} {{MedalSilver|2013 Mexico|}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalGold|2015 Toronto|Team}} | caption = Ayim at the 2012 Summer Olympics }} '''Miranda Joy Ayim''' (born May 6, 1988) is a Canadian basketball player for Basket Landes in France. Ayim is a captain of the Canada women's national team and competed for Canada in three Olympics between 2012 and 2021.
==High school career== Ayim attended high school at Saunders Secondary School in London, Ontario. She was a starter for the varsity each of her four years. She was on the honor roll all four years and graduated as the valedictorian of her class.<ref name="Pepperdine bio"/>
==College career== Ayim played for the Pepperdine women's basketball team for the four years of her attendance. She set the school record for blocks, with 182 over her career. She scored 1377 points and recorded 735 rebounds, both of which were eighth-best in school history. She earned all West Coast Conference as a player three times, as well as All-Academics honors for the conference three times, the first time a Pepperdine women's basketball player was so honored.<ref name="Pepperdine magazine profile"/>
==Canada national team== Ayim played on several Canadian national teams in FIBA competitions. In 2007, she played on the team which participated in the FIBA Under-21 World Championship for Women and finished sixth. Ayim averaged 6.2 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. She was also on the team which participated in the FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women, finishing in ninth place. She averaged 9.8 points and 9.8 rebounds per game.<ref name="Ayim stats"/>
In 2012, she was selected and played for the Canadian national team, which finished 8th in the 2012 Summer Olympics.<ref name="Olympics"/> She averaged 1.2 points and 1.2 rebounds per game.<ref name="Olympic stats"/>
Ayim played for Canada at the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women. She averaged 8.3 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, helping the team to a silver medal at the event.<ref name="2013 stats"/> She continued with the team at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women, where she averaged 8.3 points and 5.4 rebounds per game.<ref name="2014 stats"/>
Ayim was a member of the team which participated in the 2015 Pan American Games held in Toronto in July 2015. The team went undefeated and captured their first-ever Pan American gold medal, defeating the United States 81–73 in front of a large home crowd.
Ayim played for Canada at the 2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship, held in Edmonton. The team continued their undefeated summer, winning the FIBA Americas title and qualifying directly for the 2016 Olympics.
Ayim became a two-time Olympian, representing Canada at the 2016 Rio Olympics; Canada finished a 3–2 in the group phase and fell to France in the quarterfinal match-up, finishing in 7th place.
In 2017, Ayim captained Team Canada at the 2017 FIBA Women's AmeriCup held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The team went 6–0 in the tournament, defending their Americas title in a thrilling gold medal game against Argentina in front of a hostile and passionate home crowd. Ayim was named to the tournament All-Star Five team.
At the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, Canada finished with a 3–0 record in the group stage. Canada fell to host Spain in the quarterfinal, ultimately finishing the tournament in 7th place.
Ayim competed in her third Olympic Games in 2021; she was Canada's flag bearer in Tokyo alongside Nathan Hirayama.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ayim, Hirayama named Canada's flag-bearers for Tokyo Olympics |url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2021/07/19/ayim-hirayama-named-canadas-flag-bearers-for-tokyo-olympics/ |access-date=19 July 2021 |work=CFTR (AM) |agency=The Canadian Press |date=19 July 2021}}</ref>
==Professional career== Ayim was not selected in the 2011 WNBA draft. She was signed to a training camp contract by Tulsa after returning from a year of playing professionally in Turkey.<ref name="draft">http://www.wnba.com draft2011/draft_board.html 2011 WNBA Draft board</ref>
Ayim played three years in Turkey from 2010 to 2013 before making her French LFB debut with Toulouse in the 2013–14 season. She moved to Basket Landes for the 2015–16 season, marking her EuroCup debut.
==Career statistics== ===Team Canada=== {|class="wikitable sortable" !Year<ref name="Ayim stats" /> !Team Canada !GP ! MPG ! FG% ! 3P% ! FT% ! RPG !APG !SPG !BPG !PPG |- |2005 |Youth |5 |12.40 |0.18 |0.00 |0.29 |4.0 |0.6 |0.8 |0.8 |1.2 |- |2006 |Junior U18 |8 |13.13 |0.33 |0.00 |0.45 |3.6 |0.4 |0.5 |0.5 |4.1 |- |2007 |Young U21 |8 |24.75 |0.42 |0.00 |0.47 |6.0 |0.4 |0.8 |1.0 |6.1 |- |2007 |Junior U19 |8 |26.88 |0.43 |0.00 |0.25 |9.8 |1.0 |1.1 |1.1 |9.8 |- |2008 |Development |3 |20.77 |0.69 |0.00 |1.00 |2.0 |0.3 |0.7 |0.7 |6.0 |- |2010 |Senior |9 |12.29 |0.36 |1.00 |0.50 |2.4 |0.4 |0.6 |0.6 |2.2 |- |2011 |Senior |13 |19.31 |0.45 |0.00 |0.69 |3.5 |1.2 |0.5 |0.7 |6.6 |- |2012 |Senior |18 |15.02 |0.25 |0.00 |0.65 |2.8 |0.9 |0.6 |0.5 |3.1 |- |2013 |Senior |18 |20.76 |0.41 |0.25 |0.70 |4.7 |1.4 |1.2 |1.2 |7.1 |- |2014 |Senior |19 |23.84 |0.50 |0.25 |0.78 |4.9 |1.0 |0.5 |1.1 |8.9 |- |2015 |Senior |17 |19.19 |0.53 |0.50 |0.48 |4.5 |1.2 |0.6 |0.6 |9.3 |- |2016 |Senior |17 |21.27 |0.47 |0.60 |0.67 |2.8 |1.5 |0.6 |0.6 |8.4 |- |2017 |Senior |6 |22.47 |0.47 |0.25 |0.75 |6.3 |1.3 |0.5 |1.0 |8.2 |- |2018 |Senior |15 |22.56 |0.54 |0.43 |0.79 |3.1 |1.2 |0.7 |0.5 |10.3 |}
===Professional=== {|class="wikitable sortable" |+Professional career statistics<ref name="Ayim stats"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Miranda Ayim WNBA Stats |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/players/a/ayimmi01w.html |website=Basketball Reference |access-date=May 9, 2025}}</ref> !Year !Club !GP !GS ! MPG ! FG% ! 3P% ! FT% ! RPG !APG !SPG !BPG !PPG |- |2010–11 |Alanya BLD |22 |<nowiki>-</nowiki> |31.7 |0.484 |0.000 |0.764 |8.1 |1.1 |1.5 |1.9 |12.8 |- |{{wnbay|2011}} |Tulsa Shock |3 |0 |14.0 |0.444 |— |0.000 |2.3 |0.7 |0.7 |0.3 |2.7 |- |2011–12 |Istanbul Uni |16 |<nowiki>-</nowiki> |26.4 |0.430 |0.000 |0.520 |4.4 |0.8 |1.2 |1.3 |9.4 |- |2012–13 |Orduspor |27 |<nowiki>-</nowiki> |30.7 |0.540 |0.000 |0.790 |10.2 |1.2 |2.2 |1.6 |18.1 |- |2013–14 |Toulouse |23 |<nowiki>-</nowiki> |31.3 |0.496 |0.000 |0.877 |7.0 |0.7 |1.3 |1.1 |14.5 |- |2014-15 |Toulouse |28 | - |32.9 |0.470 |0.040 |0.550 |6.0 |1.0 |1.0 |1.0 |14.0 |- |2015-16 |Basket Landes |44 | - |23.93 |0.45 |0.10 |0.83 |4.0 |1.0 |1.0 |1.0 |10.0 |- |2016-17 |Basket Landes |37 | - |27.09 |0.53 |0.08 |0.72 |4.0 |1.0 |1.0 |1.0 |11.0 |- |2017-18 |Basket Landes |43 | - |30.22 |0.49 |0.03 |0.73 |6.0 |1.0 |1.0 |1.0 |12.0 |- |2018-19 |Basket Landes |37 | - |26.32 |0.53 |0.29 |0.73 |5.0 |1.0 |1.0 |1.0 |13.0 |}
===College=== {|class="wikitable sortable" |+NCAA statistics<ref name="Ayim stats"/> !Year !School !GP !GS ! MPG ! FG% ! 3P% ! FT% ! RPG !APG !SPG !BPG !PPG |- |2006–07 |rowspan=4| Pepperdine |33 |13 |19.5 |0.500 |<nowiki>-</nowiki> |0.661 |3.9 |0.5 |0.6 |0.4 |6.3 |- |2007–08 |28 |28 |31.5 |0.557 |<nowiki>-</nowiki> |0.727 |8.7 |2.1 |0.9 |2.0 |13.1 |- |2008–09 |28 |27 |27.9 |0.464 |0.333 |0.765 |5.4 |0.2 |1.5 |1.0 |11.5 |- |2009–10 |32 |32 |32.2 |0.447 |0.192 |0.702 |6.7 |1.1 |1.6 |2.7 |15.0 |- |colspan=2 align=center|'''Career''' |121 |100 |27.6 |0.484 |0.219 |0.712 |6.1 |0.9 |1.2 |1.5 |11.4 |}
==References== <references>
<ref name="Pepperdine bio">{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=21 MIRANDA AYIM|date=|url=http://www.pepperdinesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/ayim_miranda00.html|website=Pepperdine Sports|accessdate=June 29, 2015}}</ref>
<ref name="Pepperdine magazine profile">{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=Meet the Olympians: Miranda Ayim|date=|url=http://magazine.pepperdine.edu/2012/07/meet-the-olympians-miranda-ayim/|website=Pepperdine Magazine|accessdate=June 29, 2015}}</ref>
<ref name="Ayim stats">{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=MIRANDA AYIM Bio|date=|url=http://www.basketball.ca/files/2015-01/ayim_miranda_2014_bio.pdf|website=CANADA BASKETBALL|accessdate=June 27, 2015}}</ref>
<ref name="Olympics">{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=London's Miranda Ayim centre of attention for Canada's Olympic basketball team|date=Jul 2, 2012|url=http://www.yorkregion.com/sports-story/1459985-london-s-miranda-ayim-centre-of-attention-for-canada-s-olympic-basketball-team/|website=yorkregion.com|accessdate=June 29, 2015}}</ref>
<ref name="Olympic stats">{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=2012 Olympic Women|date=|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/56767/sid/6233/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180520051751/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/56767/sid/6233/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 20, 2018|website=FIBA|accessdate=June 29, 2015}}</ref>
<ref name="2013 stats">{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women|date=|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/56767/pid2//sid/6592/tid/257/tid2//_/2013_FIBA_Americas_Championship_for_Women/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910081937/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/56767/pid2//sid/6592/tid/257/tid2//_/2013_FIBA_Americas_Championship_for_Women/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 10, 2015|website=FIBA|accessdate=June 29, 2015}}</ref>
<ref name="2014 stats">{{cite web|last1=|first1=|title=9 – Miranda Ayim|date=|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/56767/pid2//sid/6242/tid/257/tid2//_/2014_FIBA_World_Championship_for_Women/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925235311/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/56767/pid2//sid/6242/tid/257/tid2//_/2014_FIBA_World_Championship_for_Women/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 25, 2015|website=FIBA |accessdate=June 29, 2015}}</ref>
</references>
==External links== {{commons}} * {{FIBA profile|new_id=155132|name=Miranda Ayim|old_id=56767}} * [http://www.pepperdinesports.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/ayim_miranda00.html Miranda Ayim at Pepperdine Waves] * {{Team Canada}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{2015 Pan American Games profile|basketball/athlete-profile-n10159119-ayim-miranda}} * {{Official website|https://mirandaayim.com/}}
{{s-start}} {{s-sports|oly}} {{succession box | before = Tessa Virtue<br>Scott Moir | title = Flagbearer for {{CAN}} | years = (with Nathan Hirayama)<br>Tokyo 2020 | after = Marie-Philip Poulin<br>Charles Hamelin }} {{s-end}} {{navboxes |list= {{Canada Squad 2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women}} {{Canada Squad 2015 Pan American Games – Gold Medal}} }}
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