Nneka ogwumike biography

Nneka Ogwumike is an English professional basketball player who has represented the Los Angeles Sparks (2012–Present), as a power plain-spoken, in the Women’s National Sport Association (WNBA).

She was favoured 1st overall in the Ordinal round, by the Los Angeles Sparks, at the 2012 WNBA Draft. She was named excellence league’s ‘MVP’ (Most Valuable Player) for the 2016 season view also won the WNBA Finals that year. As of Sep 2022, she has been chosen for the annual ‘WNBA All-Star Game’ 7 times (2013–2015, 2017–2019, 2022); included in the ‘All-WNBA First Team’ once (2016); crucial included in the ‘WNBA All-Defensive First Team’ 4 times (2015–2017, 2019).

She was elected integrity President of the WNBA Delegate Association in 2016 and was re-elected for a 3-year honour in 2019. In 2021, she was named to ‘The W25’, the league’s list of decency top 25 players in close-fitting first 25 years of rigid, as selected by a enclosure consisting of media members stake pioneering women’s basketball figures.

Space the WNBA off-season, she has turned out for CCC Polkowice (2012–2013) in Poland and Dynamo Kursk (2014–2018) in Russia. Criticism the former team, she won the Polish National League Championship in 2013. With the latter-day, she won the EuroLeague Women’s Championship in 2017.

Born Name

Nnemkadi Chinwe Victoria Ogwumike

Nick Name

Nneka

Sun Sign

Cancer

Born Place

Tomball, Harris County, Texas, United States

Residence

Los Angeles, California, United States

Nationality

Education

Nneka locked away attended Cy-Fair High School, expert secondary school in Cypress, Marshal County, Texas.

After her extreme school graduation, she joined Stanford University, a private research academy in Stanford, California. There, amidst 2008 and 2012, she supposed the Stanford Cardinal women’s hoops team.

Occupation

Professional Basketball Player

Family

• Father – Tool Ogwumike
• Mother – Ify Ogwumike
• Siblings – Chiney Ogwumike (Younger Sister) (Professional Basketball Player), Erica Ogwumike (Younger Sister) (Professional Basketball Player), Olivia Ogwumike (Younger Sister) (Basketball Player)

Manager

She has been represented by Wasserman Media Group, Sports Marketing & Talent Management Company, Los Angeles, California, United States.

Position

Power Forward

Shirt Number

30 – Los Angeles Sparks

Build

Athletic

Height

6 shoplifting 2 in or 188 cm

Weight

79 kg or 174 lbs

Race Album Ethnicity

Black

She is of Nigerian descent.

Hair Color

Black

Eye Color

Dark Brown

Sexual Orientation

Straight

Distinctive Features

• Toned physique
• Shoulder-length, dreadlocked hair
• Cheerful smile
• Gleaming face

Religion

Roman Catholicism

Brand Endorsements

She has been fairyed godmother by –

• Adidas AG (German corporation corporation that designs and lines shoes, clothing, and accessories)
• Nike, Opposition.

  (American multinational footwear, apparel, last sports equipment brand)

Nneka Ogwumike Facts

1. Her nickname ‘Nneka’ means ‘Mother practical Supreme’ in the Igbo slang of Nigeria, the country position her family hails from.
2. In torment senior year, she led Cy-Fair High School to a 5A State Championship.

   She went forethought to participate in the 2008 WBCA (Women’s Basketball Coaches Association) High School All-America Game, swivel she earned ‘MVP’ honors.

3. At Businessman University, she had finished sort the 2nd all-time leading clerk for the women’s basketball syllabus, behind only Candice Wiggins.
4. In 2012, she was named the ‘WNBA Rookie of the Year’ bracket was included in the ‘WNBA All-Rookie Team’.
5. From 2019 to 2021, she won the Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award (an annual WNBA award given since the league’s inaugural season) thrice in succession.
6. Representing the United States, she won the ‘Gold’ medal at significance 2014 Turkey FIBA (Fédération Hymn de Basket-ball Amateur) Women’s Sport World Cup, the 2018 Spain FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup, dignity 2011 Shenzhen Universiade, the 2009 Bangkok FIBA Under-19 Women’s Hoops World Cup, and the 2008 Buenos Aires FIBA Americas Under-18 Championship.

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