Promise Amukamara

Nigerian-American basketball player

Promise Amukamara

No. 10 – Charnay BB

Position

Point guard

League

LFB

Personal information

Born

(1993-06-22) 22 June 1993 (age 30)
New Jersey, United States

Nationality

American / Nigerian

Listed height

1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)

Career information

High school

Apollo (Glendale, Arizona)

College

Arizona State (2011–2015)

WNBA draft

2015: 3rd round, 36th overall pick

Selected by the Phoenix Mercury

Medals

AfroBasket

	2019 Senegal
	2021 Cameroon

Promise Amukamara (born 22 June 1993) is a Nigerian-American basketball player for Charnay Basket Bourgogne SUD (FRA) and the Nigerian national team.^[1]

Early life and education

Promise's height is 5 feet, 9 inches (175 cm).^[2] She is a graduate of Arizona State University.^[3] She is also the younger sister of Super Bowl XLVI Champion, former New York Giants cornerback Prince Amukamara.

Career

Promise was a member of D’Tigress, Nigeria’s female basketball team. She was the point-guard of the team that played at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.^[4]^[5] She also participated at the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.^[6]

Achievements

10 points per game at Tokyo, 2020 ^[7]
The first Arizona State University graduate women’s basketball player to make an Olympic team ^[8]
Member of the 2019 FIBA African Championship Gold Medal team that participated in the Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournament ^[8]
Arizona’s Gatorade Girls Basketball Player of the Year in 2011 ^[8]
The fastest 100 meters and 200 meters by a freshman in the high school ^[8]

References

^ Eurobasket. "Promise Amukamara Player Profile, Charnay Basket Bourgogne SUD, News, Stats - Eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ "Promise Amukamara - Player Profile". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
^ Hillman, Jenna; of 2021, ASU Class. "Dribbling to Tokyo: Promise Amukamara Ready to Compete for Nigeria". Arizona State University Athletics. Retrieved 17 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "D'Tigress players lament marginalization, hijack of donations made to team". Vanguard News. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
^ "D'Tigress will make Nigerians proud at Tokyo 2020 — Amukamara". Vanguard News. 18 April 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
^ "Sarah OGOKE at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2018". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ "Is Amukamara the baller that can keep D'Tigress on the road to Sydney?". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d News, Kaylee Connors/Cronkite (22 July 2021). "ASU's Amukamara represents Nigeria in Tokyo Olympics". Cronkite News - Arizona PBS. Retrieved 17 May 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)