Sarah Ogoke

Nigerian-American basketball player

Sarah Ogoke
No. 8 – Ferroviário de Maputo
PositionShooting guard
LeagueFIBAACCW
Personal information
Born (1990-06-25) 25 June 1990 (age 33)
The Bronx, United States
NationalityAmerican / Nigerian
Listed height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Career information
CollegeSouthern Polytechnic State (2014)
WNBA draft2014: undrafted
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Nigeria
AfroBasket
Gold medal – first place 2017 Mali
Gold medal – first place 2019 Senegal
Gold medal – first place 2021 Cameroon
Gold medal – first place 2023 Rwanda

Sarah Ogoke (born 25 June 1990) is a Nigerian-American basketball player for Ferroviário de Maputo and the Nigerian national team.[1]

She participated at the 2017 Women's Afrobasket and 2019 Women's Afrobasket .[2] Ogoke was also a member of Nigeria's female basketball team, D'tigress, at the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.

Personal life

Ogoke was born in New York to Nigerian parents, Bentley Ogoke and Edith Ogure-Ogoke.[3] She obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology/Premedicine from the Southern Polytechnic State University, Georgia.[3]

References

  1. ^ FIBA profile
  2. ^ 2017 Women's Afrobasket profile
  3. ^ a b Ogwo, Charles (19 August 2023). "Meet Sarah Ogoke, Nigerian amazon who combines basketball with medical career". Businessday NG. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

External links

  • Sarah Ogoke at FIBA Edit this at Wikidata