Mady Goundo Sissoko (born 20 December 2000) is a Malian college basketball player for the California Golden Bears of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

[1][2][3] At age 15, Sissoko's basketball potential drew the attention of Michael Clayton, administrator of the Utah Valley Eye Center, who was making an annual trip to Africa with doctors performing free cataract surgeries on villagers.

[5] After being impressed by his height and athleticism, Clayton recommended Sissoko to his friend, a coach at Wasatch Academy in Mount Pleasant, Utah, before helping him move there to play basketball.

[6] Sissoko failed the English test given to arriving non-English speaking students, and had to take five six-week condensed ESL classes in order to enroll at MSU.

[9] Sissoko graduated with a degree in environmental science in 2024, but with one extra year of eligibility caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, transferred himself to the University of California, Berkeley.

[2] Given as an international student he could not profit off the NCAA's name, image, and likeness compensation, Sissoko set up a charitable foundation, which has since financed the building of a school, a well and an irrigation system in Tangafoya.