| No. 8 – Tango Bourges Basket | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | Ligue Féminine de Basketball | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 August 1996 Rancho Cucamonga, California United States | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American / Nigerian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 146 lb (66 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Etiwanda High School | ||||||||||||||
| College | USC Trojans TCU Horned Frogs | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2020: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2020–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Saint-Amand | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Landerneau BB | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–Present | Tango Bourges Basket | ||||||||||||||
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Amy Nnenna Okonkwo (born 26 August 1996) is a Nigerian-American basketball player for Tango Bourges Basket in the Ligue Féminine de Basketball and the Nigerian National Team.[1][2][3][4]
Professional Career
Amy spent three seasons in Spain before joining the French women's basketball league in 2022 with the team in Saint-Amand. During her first season in France, she averaged 12 points and 6 rebounds per game. After playing in Israel and then Mexico, Amy Okonkwo joined Landerneau Bretagne Basket in 2023. She finished as her team's top scorer, averaging 17 points and 7 rebounds per game, and helped keep the Breton club in the league.[5][6]
Nigerian National team career
Amy represented Nigeria at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where she averaged 2.7 point and 1 rebound.[7] She also participated in the 2021 Afrobasket, where she won gold with the team and averaged 9.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and 0.4 assists.[8] she also represented nigeria in 2023 FIBA Women’s AfroBasket, hosted in Kigali Rwanda where she was named the most valuable player. Okonkwo also headlined the All-Star Tournament team of 2023 alongside Cierra Dillard (Senegal), Jannon Otto (Uganda]), Sika Kone (Mali) and Tamara Seda (Mozambique). she became the only Nigerian to register two double-double.[9]
References
- ^ "Amy Okonkwo". WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ Proballers. "Amy Okonkwo, Basketball Player". Proballers. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ "Amy Okonkwo". Basketball.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
- ^ "LFB : Amy Okonkwo passe de Landerneau à Bourges". BasketEurope.com (in French). 31 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "Amy Okonkwo rejoint le Tango Bourges Basket" (in French). Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ France, Centre (30 May 2024). "Basket - Le Bourges Basket officialise l'arrivée d'Amy Okonkwo, une des meilleures marqueuses de Ligue féminine la saison dernière". www.leberry.fr. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "Amy Okonkwo". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ "Amy Okonkwo". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ amy, okonkwo (8 August 2023). "AfroBasket MVP award thrills Okonkwo". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
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