Chiney Ogwumike

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Chiney Ogwumike
File:Dixon battles Ogwumike sisters.jpg
Chiney (#13 left) and her sister Nneka struggle for a rebound
No. 13 – Connecticut Sun
Position Forward
League WNBA
Personal information
Born (1992-03-22) March 22, 1992 (age 32)
Tomball, Texas
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight 174 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school Cy-Fair (Cypress, Texas)
College Stanford (2010–2014)
WNBA draft 2014 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall
Selected by the Connecticut Sun
Playing career 2014–present
Career history
2014–present Connecticut Sun
Career highlights and awards
Stats at WNBA.com
Medals
Women’s Basketball
Representing  United States
U18 and U19
Gold medal – first place 2010 U18 Colorado Springs Team Competition
World University Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shenzhen Team Competition

Chinenye "Chiney" Ogwumike (born March 22, 1992) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun. She is 6' 3" and plays power forward. She attended Cypress Fairbanks High School in Cypress, Texas, winning the 5A State Championship in her sophomore and senior seasons.[1] as well as playing in three Final Fours with Stanford University. She holds the record for most rebounds in the history of Stanford Women's Basketball and the Pac-12 Conference, as of January 3, 2014.[2]

High school

Ogwumike was named a WBCA and McDonald's All-American.[3] She participated in the 2010 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored 24 points,[4] and earned MVP honors for the White team.[5]

College

Ogwumike chose Stanford over Connecticut and Notre Dame, joining her sister Nneka.[6] While at Stanford, Ogwumike produced a series of viral videos about the university's student athlete culture.[7]

Stanford statistics

Source[8]

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high
Year Team GP Points FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2010-11 Stanford 35 409 57.4 - 62.6 8.0 0.9 1.5 0.8 11.7
2011-12 Stanford 37 556 58.3 - 66.3 10.1 1.4 0.8 1.2 15.0
2012-13 Stanford 36 805 58.6 25.0 77.6 12.9 1.5 1.4 1.7 22.4
2013-14 Stanford 37 967 60.1 26.7 71.3 12.1 1.7 1.2 1.8 26.1
Career Stanford 145 2737 58.9 26.3 70.5 10.8 1.4 1.2 1.4 18.9

USA Basketball

Ogwumike was named to the USA Basketball U18 team. The USA team was one of eight teams from North, South and Central America, along with the Caribbean, invited to participate in the 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship For Women, held at the U.S. Olympic Training Center, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The team was coached by Jennifer Rizzotti. Ogwumike started all five games and was the leading scorer with 13.2 points per game. She was also the leading rebounder with 7.4 rebounds per game. The USA team won all five games and captured the gold medal.[9][10]

The usual sequence is for the players on the U18 team to move to the U19 team. However. Ogwumike played so well as a U18 that she was promoted to the World University Games team for the 2011 World University Games held in Shenzhen, China. Chiney was not the only Ogwumike on the team, as her sister, Nneka Ogwumike, was also on the team. Both started every game, with Chiney scoring almost ten points per game. She hit 25 of 37 shot attempts for a team leading 67.6% shooting percentage. She helped the USA win all six games and earn the gold medal.[11]

Awards

  • 2010—WBCA High School Coaches' All-America Team[3]
  • 2011—All-Pacific-10 Conference Team
  • 2011—All-Pac-10 All-Defensive Team
  • 2011—All-Pac-10 Tournament Team
  • 2011—Pac-10 Freshman of the Year
  • 2013—Pac-12 Player of the Year
  • 2013—Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
  • 2014—ESPNW First Team All-American[12]
  • 2014—USBWA All-American team[13]
  • 2014—John R. Wooden Award
  • 2014—Pac-12 Player of the Year
  • 2014—Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
  • 2014—WNBA Rookie of the Year

External links

References

  1. ↑ USA Basketball profile
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  7. ↑ http://blog.chron.com/sportsupdate/2014/03/stanford-standout-chiney-ogwumike-stars-in-nerd-nations-newest-video/
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