Amy Okonkwo
Nigerian basketball player
| No. 8 – Saint-Amand Hainaut Basket | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | Ligue Féminine de Basketball | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1996-08-26) 26 August 1996 (age 27) Rancho Cucamonga, California United States | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American / Nigerian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 146 lb (66 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Etiwanda High School | ||||||||||||||
| College | USC Trojans TCU Horned Frogs | ||||||||||||||
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Amy Nnenna Okonkwo (born 26 August 1996) is a Nigerian-American basketball player for Saint-Amand Hainaut Basket in the Ligue Féminine de Basketball and the Nigerian National Team.[1][2][3]
Nigerian National team career
Amy represented Nigeria at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where she averaged 2.7 point and 1 rebound.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]
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.
- ^ "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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FIBA AfroBasket Women Most Valuable Player Award
- 1966: Kane
- 1974: Pouye
- 1977: Koulibaly
- 1981: Ndiaye
- 1983: Kamimbaya
- 1984: Diagne
- 1986: Kamanga
- 1990: Diokh
- 1993: Mbengue
- 1994: Mabika
- 1997: Mbengue
- 1999: Mbengue
- 2000: Mbengue
- 2003: Ngulela
- 2005: Udoka
- 2007: Maïga-Ba
- 2009: Traoré
- 2011: Nacissela
- 2013: Nacissela
- 2015: Traoré
- 2017: Traoré
- 2019: Kalu
- 2021: Elonu
- 2023: Okonkwo
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