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Olympiakos Pireus guard Nausia Woolfolk’s life story has been unique from the very start, as her mom asked a Ouija board to pick a name for her daughter.
In love with basketball since an early age, Woolfolk was coached by, played with and played against her mom, who held the scoring record for Georgia’s Peach County High School. That is until Nausia beat it, much to her mom’s approval. After a four-year college career at Florida State (2016-20), she has played in Portugal, Greece and France, and is now back in Greece, playing for, arguably, the best team in the country, as Olympiakos will be participating in the 2025-26 EuroLeague Women competition.
She recently spoke to Swish Appeal about wide range of topics, from her family to her defensive mindset to life abroad to the superiority of Step Up 2: The Streets over other entries in the series.
On beating her mom’s scoring record at Peach County High School:
My mom, she’s like, “If you beat my record, beat my record.” She was extremely happy. I think she cried and I didn’t cry. I think she really took it to heart. She was above and beyond. I usually don’t make big deals about things. After the game, I was so tired. I didn’t really care about it. You didn’t kick in [until] a week or two later. She was like, “Do you not realize what you did?” And I was just like, “Girl, I’m tired, I couldn’t care less.” She was so supportive. It’s competitive in the house when we’re playing against each other. But when it comes to having her records and everything, she always pushed us to go above and beyond. She pushed my siblings to be better than me and I’m the same way.
On being teammates with Maria Conde at Florida State:
I loved Maria. I loved her. She was so cool, chill, laid back. Her style of play was so smooth. She was someone I looked up to when I was there because like she had like this nonchalant attitude. Like nothing fazed her, nothing bothered her. She went out, she gave 100 percent. But off the court, she was quiet, but at the same time, she was this really nice person. Anything you need, you can ask. She was there to talk. She always uplifted people. I think she was one of the nicest people I have ever met at the school, especially for her to be a European because most Europeans don’t like to talk when they’re in a whole other place. I think me and her was a really nice vibe for sure.
A special thank you to Thomas Prodromou of Flash Agency for arranging the interview.
