CAREER: Member of French national team program and plays for Bourges Basket in EuroLeague Women and the French League. Chose to play in EuroLeague Women right after high school and was voted by coaches and media as the 2019-20 EuroLeague Women Young Player of Year in April 2020.  Participated in her first official competition with French senior women's team during FIBA Women’s Eurobasket 2019. Prior to playing as pro for Tango Bourges Basket, trained at Centre Fédéral de BasketBall (Federal Basketball Center at INSEP).  Was MVP of FIBA U16 Women’s European Championship 2017 when she led France to the title ... PERS: Father Thierry Rupert played for the French national men’s team and also professionally from 2002-2012 in the French Ligue Nationale de Basket before passing away at age 35 in 2013 following a cardiac emergency that placed him in a coma for 7 months. Mother, Elham. Younger brother, Rayan, plays for the Federal Basketball Center at INSEP. Both Iliana and Rayan wear No. 12 like their late father.