| No. 8 – Bourges | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | Ligue Féminine de Basketball | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | (1996-08-26) 26 August 1996 (age 28) Fontana, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American / Nigerian | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Etiwanda Eagles | ||||||||||||||
| College | USC Trojans (2014–2015) TCU Horned Frogs (2016–2019) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2020: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2020–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Saint-Amand-les-Eaux [fr] | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Landerneau | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Bourges | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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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.
Professional career
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.
Nigerian National team career
Amy represented Nigeria at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where she averaged 2.7 point and 1 rebound. 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. 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.
Career statistics
| 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
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
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| 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. | |||||||||||||
References
- ^ "OKONKWO Amy".
- "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.
- "LFB : Amy Okonkwo passe de Landerneau à Bourges". BasketEurope.com (in French). 31 May 2024. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- "Amy Okonkwo rejoint le Tango Bourges Basket" (in French). Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- 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.
- "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.
- "Amy Okonkwo College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
External links
- Amy Okonkwo at FIBA
- Amy Okonkwo international stats at Basketball-Reference.com
- Amy Okonkwo at Eurobasket.com
- Amy Okonkwo at Olympedia (archive)
- Amy Okonkwo at Olympics.com
| FIBA AfroBasket Women Most Valuable Player Award | |
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- 1996 births
- Living people
- Nigerian women's basketball players
- 21st-century Nigerian sportswomen
- Shooting guards
- Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic basketball players for Nigeria
- Nigerian expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Nigerian expatriate basketball people in France
- American women's basketball players
- Southern Polytechnic State University
- Nigerian people of African-American descent
- American emigrants to Nigeria
- American basketball players of Nigerian descent
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- 21st-century African-American sportswomen
- American expatriate basketball people in Spain
- Sportspeople from Rancho Cucamonga, California
- Basketball players from San Bernardino County, California
- Nigeria women's national basketball team players
- Basketball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- USC Trojans women's basketball players
- TCU Horned Frogs women's basketball players