Nneka Ogwumike: Biography in Details
Who is Nneka Ogwumike?
Nneka Ogwumike is a well-known Nigerian-American basketball player. She is best known as the player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). She plays the power forward position wearing a jersey number 30.
Nneka Ogwumike: Bio, Age, Parents, Siblings, Family, Ethnicity
The Nigerian-American professional basketball player Nneka Ogwumike was born in Tomball, Texas on 2 July 1990. She is of African American ethnicity and has an American nationality.
Her birth name is Nnemkadi Ogwumike. Her mother’s name is Ify Ogwumike and her father’s name is Peter Ogwumike. She has three sisters named Erica Ogwumike, Olivia Ogwumike, and Chiney Ogwumike. Chiney is also a professional basketball player.
In which school did Nneka Ogwumike attend?
Ogwumike studied at Cypress-Fairbanks High School in Cypress, Texas where she led her high school team to a 5A State Championship in her senior season.
She attended Stanford University and recorded a career-high scoring of 42 points for her college basketball team.
Nneka Ogwumike: Professional Life, Career
Talking about the career journey of Nneka Ogwumike, she started playing basketball professionally in 2012 and she is still active in it. She started playing basketball professionally after being selected by the Los Angeles Sparks in the 2012 WNBA draft.
Nneka Ogwumike became the second player to join the Sparks after Lindsey Harding from Cypress-Fairbanks High School. On 12 July 2012, she set a career-high with 20 rebounds and 22 points in a winning match against WNBA champion Indian Fever.
She was named WNBA Rookie of the Month four out of five times in her rookie season. On 7 October 2012, she was awarded the 2012 WNBA Rookie of the Year.
In 2016, she signed a contract extension with the Sparks after her rookie contract expired. On 30 June 2016, she set a career-high of 38 points along with 11 rebounds in a winning match against the Atlanta Dream.
She again re-signed a contract extension with Sparks in 2017. Ogumike is a team member of the US national team that won a gold medal in the U18 FIBA Americas Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Nneka Ogumike also played for Team USA at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women winning a gold medal.
Besides WNBA, she has also played for other international teams including CCC Police and Dynamo Kursk.
Nneka Ogumike: Salary, Net Worth
Nneka Ogumike has accumulated a handsome amount of fortune from her successful career. Her salary is estimated to be $90,000. Whilst her net worth is still under review.
Is Nneka Ogwumike involved in any rumors and controversies?
Unlike other players, she hasn’t been in rumors but she was criticized when she won the WNBA’s MVP.
Nneka Ogumike: Height, Weight
Moving towards her body measurements, Nneka Ogumike has a good height of 6 feet 2 inches (1.88m) and weighs 79 kg.
Nneka Ogwumike has black hair color and her eye color is also black. There is no information about her shoe size, body weight, and shoe size.
Social Media
Nneka Ogumike is active on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. She has more than 44.8k followers on Twitter and more than 148k followers on Instagram. Further, she has around 141k followers on Facebook.
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Nneka Ogwumike’s Birthday Dates
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | July | Tuesday |
| 2025 | July | Wednesday |
| 2026 | July | Thursday |
| 2027 | July | Friday |
| 2028 | July | Sunday |