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Amy Okonkwo

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Amy Okonkwo
No. 8 – Bourges
PositionForward
LeagueLigue Féminine de Basketball
Personal information
Born (1996-08-26) 26 August 1996 (age 28)
Fontana, California, U.S.[1]
NationalityAmerican / Nigerian
Listed height1.88[1] m (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight66 kg (146 lb)
Career information
High schoolEtiwanda Eagles
CollegeUSC Trojans (2014–2015)
TCU Horned Frogs (2016–2019)
NBA draft2020: undrafted
Playing career2020–present
Career history
2021–2022Saint-Amand-les-Eaux [fr]
2022–2024Landerneau
2024–Bourges
Career highlights and awards
  • Big 12 Sixth Player of the Year (2018)
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Nigeria
AfroBasket
Gold medal – first place 2023 Rwanda

Amy Nnenna Okonkwo (born 26 August 1996) is a basketball player who plays as a forward for Ligue Féminine de Basketball club Bourges. Born in the United States, she represents Nigeria at international level.[2][3][4][5]

Professional career

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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.[6][7]

Nigerian National team career

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Amy represented Nigeria at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where she averaged 2.7 point and 1 rebound.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10]

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

College

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2014–15 USC 27 1 7.1 51.5 0.0 60.6 2.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.3 3.3
2015–16 Sat out due to NCAA Transfer Rules
2016–17 TCU 30 14 18.3 49.8 34.5 78.4 5.5 1.0 1.1 0.3 1.9 10.2
2017–18 TCU 36 0 19.8 50.1 38.9 88.1 5.8 0.9 0.8 0.4 1.8 14.4
2018–19 TCU 35 24 24.8 44.9 36.7 86.9 6.7 0.7 1.1 0.4 2.1 14.3
Career 128 39 18.1 48.2 36.2 82.6 5.2 0.8 0.8 0.3 1.6 11.0
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b "OKONKWO Amy".
  2. ^ "Amy Okonkwo". WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  3. ^ Proballers. "Amy Okonkwo, Basketball Player". Proballers. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Amy Okonkwo". Basketball.eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  5. ^ "LFB : Amy Okonkwo passe de Landerneau à Bourges". BasketEurope.com (in French). 31 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  6. ^ "Amy Okonkwo rejoint le Tango Bourges Basket" (in French). Retrieved 31 May 2024.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Amy Okonkwo". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Amy Okonkwo". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  10. ^ amy, okonkwo (8 August 2023). "AfroBasket MVP award thrills Okonkwo". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Amy Okonkwo College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
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