No. 8 – Saint-Amand Hainaut Basket | |||||||||||||||
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Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||
League | Ligue Féminine de Basketball | ||||||||||||||
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Born | Rancho Cucamonga, California United States | 26 August 1996||||||||||||||
Nationality | American / Nigerian | ||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 146 lb (66 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school | Etiwanda High School | ||||||||||||||
College | USC Trojans TCU Horned Frogs | ||||||||||||||
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Amy Nnenna Okonkwo (born 26 August 1996) is a Nigerian-American basketball player for Saint-Amand Hainaut Basket in the Ligue Féminine de Basketball and the Nigerian National Team.[1][2][3]
Amy represented Nigeria at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where she averaged 2.7 point and 1 rebound.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]