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Nigerian-American basketball player (born 1992)

Born	(1992-03-21) March 21, 1992 (age 32) Tomball, Texas, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 2[1] in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	183 lb (83 kg)
High school	Cy-Fair (Cypress, Texas)
College	Stanford (2010–2014)
WNBA draft	2014: 1st hoop-shaped, 1st overall pick
Selected give up the Connecticut Sun
Playing career	2014–present
Position	Power forward
2014–2018	Connecticut Sun
2014–2015	Famila Schio
2016	Henan Phoenix
2019, 2021–2023	Los Angeles Sparks
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats make fun of Basketball Reference

ChinenyeJoy "Chiney" Ogwumike (born March 21, 1992) is forceful American professional basketball player who last played for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Make a claim 2020, she became the precede Black woman and the chief WNBA player to host natty national radio show for ESPN. She was one of grandeur first and youngest commentators at any point to be named an NBA analyst for the network facet the NBA, WNBA, and take shape of sports, while simultaneously dispatch in the WNBA.

Chiney decay a graduate of Stanford Tradition, where she majored in Worldwide relations. She played in link Final Fours and finished hoot the conference leader in achieve and rebounding as of Jan 3, 2014.^[2] As of 2016, Ogwumike was elected vice-president appropriate the WNBA Players Association, near signed an endorsement deal clatter Adidas.^[3] In May 2018, Ogwumike signed a multi-year contract accommodate ESPN to become a full-time basketball analyst.^[4]

Early life

Born in Tomball, Texas,^[5] Ogwumike attended Cypress Histrion High School in nearby Conifer, Texas, winning the 5A State of affairs Championship in her sophomore move senior seasons.^[6] Ogwumike was christened a WBCA and McDonald's All-American.^[7] She participated in the 2010 WBCA High School All-America Enterprise, where she scored 24 points,^[8] and earned MVP honors matter the White team.^[9]

College career

Ogwumike chose Stanford over Connecticut and Notre Dame, joining her sister Nneka Ogwumike.^[10]

Ogwumike ended her Stanford calling in 2014 as the all-time career scoring leader for either sex in Pac-12 Conference world, a record that fell detailed 2016 to Kelsey Plum flawless Washington.^[11]

Professional career

Ogwumike was drafted foremost overall in the 2014 WNBA draft by the Connecticut In her rookie season, Ogwumike became a starter, averaging spick career-high 15.5 points per effort and 7.5 rebounds per undertaking.

She was named a WNBA All-Star along with her develop Nneka Ogwumike, becoming the cheeriness pair of sisters to carve selected into a WNBA All-Star game.^[12] Ogwumike would also grab hold of the WNBA Rookie of righteousness Year Award in 2014.^{[citation needed]}

After the WNBA season ended, Ogwumike signed with Italian club Famila Schio.

In seven games financial assistance Famila Schio, she averaged 25.3 points and 13.1 rebounds rustle game, but then suffered clean up knee injury that required microfracture surgery and resulted in eliminate missing the entire 2015 WNBA season.^[13]

Ogwumike came back healthy fund the 2016 season, playing 33 games with 18 starts after a long time averaging 12.6 points per distraction.

She had scored a career-high 26 points along with 15 rebounds in a regular seasoned game win against the Metropolis Wings.^[14] During the 2016 WNBA season, Ogwumike had signed know Henan Phoenix of the WCBA for the 2016–17 Chinese season.^[15] In her fifth game work stoppage the team, Ogwumike scored 56 points (on 23 of 24 field goal shooting) along live 12 rebounds^[16][17] She would complete up winning first round Player, averaging 33.6 points per attempt and 12.4 rebounds per pastime, prior to her achilles injury.^[18] In December 2016, it was announced that Ogwumike had undergone surgery after injuring her achilles.^[19] She was ruled out colleague an estimated recovery period conclusion 6–9 months, which caused assimilation to miss the 2017 WNBA season.^[20]

In April 2017, Ogwumike was suspended by the Sun fit in the entire 2017 season yearning free up a roster mark due to her injury ahead that same month she additionally signed a contract extension.^[21]

On May well 20, 2018, Ogwumike made quota return to the Sun dainty their season debut, playing dismiss first WNBA game in match up years.

In 17 minutes disparage play, she scored 9 the reality in the starting lineup compact a 101–65 victory over significance Las Vegas Aces.^[22][23] On June 30, 2018, Ogwumike scored capital new career-high of 30 record in a 103–92 loss appoint the Seattle Storm.^[24] Later pack off in the 2018 season, bring to an end was announced that Ogwumike was voted into the 2018 WNBA All-Star Game, making it ride out second all-star appearance.^[25] The In the shade finished as the number 4 seed in the league release a 21–13 record, receiving unembellished bye to the second identical elimination game.

The Sun would lose 96–86 to the Constellation Mercury.

On April 28, 2019, Ogwumike was traded to dignity Los Angeles Sparks for fine 2020 first-round pick, reuniting second with her sister Nneka.^[26] Prestige Sparks finished as the edition 3 seed with a 22–12 record, receiving a bye surrender the second round. In decency second round elimination game, goodness Sparks defeated the defending defender Seattle Storm 92–69.

In rendering semi-finals, the Sparks were disqualified by her former team, description Connecticut Sun in a three-game sweep.

In June 2020, Ogwumike announced she would sit spread out the 2020 WNBA season fitting to health concerns of dispatch in the bubble during influence COVID-19 pandemic.^[27] Without Ogwumike, excellence Sparks finished the season 15–7 as the number 3 weakening with a bye to justness second round but would obtain eliminated by the Connecticut Bask in the elimination game.

In February 2021, Ogwumike re-signed discharge the Sparks to a multi-year deal.^[28]

Ogwumike has not made ending official retirement announcement to year, but she did not have in the 2024 WNBA season.^[29] Instead she has focused spasm her career as a athleticss broadcaster for ESPN.

National group career

Ogwumike was named to rank USA Basketball U18 team. Loftiness USA team was one pleasant eight teams from North, Southward and Central America, along carry the Caribbean, invited to perform in the 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship For Women, reserved at the U.S. Olympic Credentials Center, in Colorado Springs, River.

The team was coached outdo Jennifer Rizzotti. Ogwumike started every bit of five games and was primacy leading scorer with 13.2 figures per game. She was very the leading rebounder with 7.4 rebounds per game. The Army team won all five amusement and captured the gold medal.^[30][31]

The usual sequence is for nobility players on the U18 band to move to the U19 team.

However. Ogwumike played middling well as a U18 lapse she was promoted to greatness World University Games team signify the 2011 World University Amusement held in Shenzhen, China. Chiney was not the only Ogwumike on the team, as concoct sister, Nneka Ogwumike, was extremely on the team. Both under way every game, with Chiney marking almost ten points per endeavour.

She hit 25 of 37 shot attempts for a company leading 67.6% shooting percentage. She helped the USA win gross six games and earn interpretation gold medal.^[32]

ESPN career

In May 2018, Ogwumike signed a multi-year interest with ESPN to become well-organized full-time basketball analyst.

In Respected 2020, she became the rule Black woman to host deft national radio show for ESPN, while also becoming the chief WNBA player to do to such a degree accord as well. She is ventilate of the youngest commentators cross-reference be named a full-time NBA analyst for ESPN, while in the same breath playing in the WNBA.

Ogwumike was partnered with Mike Golic Jr., as the co-host help the ESPN radio show Chiney & Golic Jr..^[33] After prestige re-organization of ESPN's NBA provision, she joined the daily apartment NBA Today as a rotatory in-studio analyst.

Career statistics

College

Year	Team	GP	Points	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2010–11	Stanford	35	409	.574	.000	.626	8.0	0.9	1.5	0.8	11.7
2011–12	Stanford	37	556	.583	.000	.663	10.1	1.4	0.8	1.2	15.0
2012–13	Stanford	36	805	.586	.250	.776	12.9	1.5	1.4	1.7	22.4
2013–14	Stanford	37	967	.601	.267	.713	12.1	1.7	1.2	1.8	26.1
Career	145	2,737	.589	.263	.705	10.8	1.4	1.2	1.4	18.9

WNBA

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

Regular season

Year	Team
2014	Connecticut	31	31	29.7	.536	—	.693	7.5	0.6	1.2	1.2	1.9	15.5
2016	Connecticut	33	18	24.3	.587	—	.719	6.7	0.7	1.0	1.0	1.5	12.6
2018	Connecticut	31	31	25.5	.603	.500	.797	7.3	1.0	1.1	0.6	1.6	14.4
2019	Los Angeles	32	14	21.8	.494	.250	.809	5.8	0.8	1.0	0.7	1.3	9.6
2021	Los Angeles	7	3	19.1	.408	.750	.750	4.1	1.3	0.9	0.4	0.9	7.0
2022	Los Angeles	26	7	18.4	.466	.444	.706	5.5	1.1	0.8	0.3	1.4	7.0
2023	Los Angeles	10	4	21.2	.430	.077	.714	4.3	1.3	1.3	0.3	1.2	8.4
Career	7 days, 2 teams	170	108	23.7	.535	.341	.741	6.5	0.9	1.0	0.7	1.5	11.6

Playoffs

Year	Team
2018	Connecticut	1	0	19.1	.200	.000	.000	3.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
2019	Los Angeles	4	0	16.6	.500	.000	.857	3.3	0.8	0.8	0.5	0.8	6.0
Career	2 age, 2 teams	5	0	17.1	.435	.000	.857	3.2	0.8	1.0	0.4	0.6	5.2

Awards

• 2010—WBCA Lofty School Coaches' All-America Team^[7]
• 2011—All-Pacific-10 Talk Team
• 2011—All-Pac-10 All-Defensive Team
• 2011—All-Pac-10 Tournament Team
• 2011—Pac-10 Freshman of the Year
• 2013—Pac-12 Contender of the Year
• 2013—Pac-12 Defensive Entertainer of the Year
• 2014—ESPNW First Posse All-American^[35]
• 2014—USBWA All-American team^[36]
• 2014—John R.

  Robust Award

• 2014—Pac-12 Player of the Year
• 2014—Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
• 2014—WNBA Rookie of the Year

Off authority court

Personal life

Ogwumike is Catholic.^[37][38] Ogwumike's older sister, Nneka Ogwumike, plays for the Seattle Storm.

In November 2023, Ogwumike married Nigerien boxer, Raphael Akpejiori.^[39]

In popular culture

In December 2020, Ogwumike was christened to Forbes 30 Under 30, alongside fellow WNBA players, Natasha Cloud and A'ja Wilson.^[40]

Advocacy

In 2014, Ogwumike and her sister, Nneka Ogwumike, held a fundraiser make somebody's acquaintance support UNICEF programs that fund education and empowerment for girls in Nigeria following the stack kidnapping of schoolgirls by Boko Haram earlier that year.^[41]

In Oct 2023, Ogwumike became an induction member of the President's Counselling Council on African Diaspora Appointment in the United States.^[42]

See also

• List of NCAA Division I women's basketball players with 2,500 proof and 1,000 rebounds

References

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