Career
After graduating from Division II Clayton State University, Sawadogo, a center, went unselected in the National Basketball Association Draft. Sawadogo played with the Texas Tycoons of the American Bar Association in 2006-2007. He was then drafted by the Flash of the Doctorate-League in 2007.
He was recommended to Clayton State by former Florida Southern College player and fellow Burkinabé Innocent Kere.