Aya Kamali becomes youngest Bahraini in NCAA basketball

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Bahraini basketball player Aya Kamali has become the youngest player from Bahrain to compete in NCAA college basketball in the United States after joining Wingate University.

Kamali, who plays for Bahrain’s basketball team, will take part in the American college game in North Carolina, adding a rare overseas chapter to the country’s women’s basketball ranks.

She had earlier become the first Bahraini to play AAU basketball in Atlanta during the 2025-26 season.

The spell gave her games against school-age players in the United States and a chance to test herself in a faster, harder setting.

Her move to Wingate marks a further step in a young career built between Bahrain and the United States.

It also places a Bahraini women’s basketball player inside one of America’s best-known college sports systems, while giving other young players in Bahrain and the Gulf a path to weigh up for sport and study abroad.