Erica Ogwumike

Erica Erinma Ogwumike (born September 26, 1997) is a Nigerian American basketball player. She played college basketball for the Rice Owls.[1][2][3]

Erica Ogwumike
Personal information
Born (1997-09-26) September 26, 1997
Cypress, Texas
NationalityAmerican / Nigerian
Listed height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Career information
High schoolCypress Woods
(Cypress, Texas)
College
WNBA draft2020: 3rd round, 26th overall pick
Selected by the New York Liberty
Playing career2020–present
PositionPoint guard

In July 2020, she announced her decision to play for the Nigeria women's national basketball team in the Tokyo Olympics. Aside from athletics, Ogwumike is also an aspiring doctor and is currently in medical school.[4][5]

High School Career

Ogwumike played High school basketball for Cypress Woods High School; she holds the records for most career points for Cypress Woods High School as she scored 2,227 career points, 1,141 rebounds and 440 steals; in all 143 games, she played for the school.[6][7]

College career

Ogwumike started her college career with the Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team, where she averaged 18.4 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game in her freshman season.[8] She transferred to Rice University in 2016, where she couldn't play the 2016–17 season for the Rice Owls women's basketball team due to transfer rules. In her sophomore season in 2017, she averaged 17.9 points, 9.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. In her junior year, she averaged 16.5 points, 10.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists. She played her senior year as a graduate student; she averaged 19 points, 10.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists.[9]

Professional career

WNBA

On April 17, 2020, the New York Liberty selected Ogwumike as the 26th pick in the 2020 WNBA draft. Later that night, she was traded to the Minnesota Lynx.[10][11] She was waived by the Minnesota Lynx alongside Linnae Harper days after the draft.[12]

National Team Career

Erica was called up and participated at the Nigeria women's national basketball team 10-day training camp for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games in Atlanta by the team coach Otis Hughley Jr.[13][14] She participated in the basketball event at the 2020 Summer Olympics where she averaged 1 rebound, and 1 assist.[15]

Personal life

Ogwumike was born in Cypress, Texas. She has three older sisters who also play basketball—Nneka and Chiney of the Los Angeles Sparks, and Olivia of the Rice University Owls.[16]

She is Catholic.[17]

References
  1. "2020 WNBA Draft Profile: Erica Ogwumike". wnba.com. Women's National Basketball Association. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. Davidson, Katie. "Erica Ogwumike Is Much More Than Just The Youngest Ogwumike Sister". lynx.wnba.com. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. "'I'm in the WNBA - and training to be a doctor'". bbc.com. bbc.com. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  4. "WNBA guard or doctor? Erica Ogwumike weighs options during unique time". sports.yahoo.com. 13 May 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  5. "WNBA draftee is part of UT Southwestern Medical School Class of 2024 - CT Plus - UT Southwestern". www.utsouthwestern.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  6. "Erica Ogwumike". usab.com. Archived from the original on July 20, 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  7. "Erica Ogwumike". espn.com. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  8. "2015-16 Women's Basketball Roster: ERICA OGWUMIKE". pepperdinewaves.com. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  9. "ERICA OGWUMIKE". riceowls.com. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  10. Hill, Glynn (18 April 2020). "Rice's Erica Ogwumike lands with Lynx". houstonchronicle.com. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  11. Maloney, Jack. "2020 WNBA Draft winners and losers: Liberty add Sabrina Ionescu with top pick; Wings land talented trio". cbssports.com. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  12. James, Derek. "Minnesota Lynx waive Linnae Harper and Erica Ogwumike". highposthoops.com. newsagency. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  13. "D'Tigress Will Make Nigerians Proud, Says Amukamara". thisdaylive.com. 19 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  14. "Olympics: NBBF invites 16 D'Tigress to camp". thenationonline.com. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  15. "Erica Ogwumike". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  16. Egobiambu, Emmanuel (22 May 2020). "I Will Be An Asset To The Team, Says D'Tigress Prospect Erica Ogwumike". Channelstv.com. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  17. "Facebook post". Facebook. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
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