Nnemkadi "Nneka" Ogwumike (born July 2, 1990) is an American

United States

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 basketball

Basketball

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 player at Stanford University

Stanford University

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. She is 6'2" and plays power forward

Power forward (basketball)

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. She attended Cypress Fairbanks High School

Cy-Fair High School

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 and led them to a 5A State Championship in her senior season.

High school

Ogwumike was named a WBCA

Women's Basketball Coaches Association

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 All-American. She participated in the 2007 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored 17 points, and earned MVP honors for the White team.

College

Ogwumike chose Stanford over Baylor

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, Duke

Duke Blue Devils

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, Connecticut

Connecticut Huskies

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, Tennessee

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 and Notre Dame

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

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. She was a member of USA Under 18 Team that won gold in Argentina on July 23–27, 2008. Nneka tallied 20 points and 15 rebounds in the championship game of the Under-18 Fiba Americas. She led team USA to a 5-0 record while leading the team in scoring and rebounding. She was named MVP of this tournament in Argentina.

Nneka has a sister, Chiney, who is a 6'3" basketball player and attends Stanford with her.

Awards

• 2010 Pac-10 Player of the Year (both coaches and media awards)
• 2008 MaxPreps National Girls Athlete of the Year
• 2008 Gatorade National Player of the Year
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• 2008 Texas Gatorade Player of the Year
• 2008 Co-Parade Magazine National Player of the Year
• 2008 McDonald's All-American Game Starter
• 2008 WBCA
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  All-American Game West MVP
• 2008 EA Sports First Team
• 2008 Texas Ms. Basketball
• 2007 Texas Gatorade Player of the Year
• 2007 MVP End of the Trail
• 2007 Second Team Parade Magazine All-America
• 2007 First Team EA Sports All-America
• 2007 Texas Ms. Basketball
• 2006 Street and Smith All-America Honorable Mention
• 2006 Adidas Top Ten Underclass All-Star
• 2006 TGCA 5A All-State First Team
• 2006 All-Metro First Team
• Ranked as the 6th best player in class by ESPN HoopGurlz
• Ranked as the 4th best player in the class by Blue Star Basketball
• Ranked as the 3rd best player by Rise Magazine
• Ranked as the 2nd best player in the class by ASGR

External links

• USA Basketball Player Profile
• Stanford Cardinal player profile