Chiney Ogwumike
Chiney (#13 left) and her sister Nneka struggle for a rebound
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| No. 13 – Connecticut Sun | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||||||||
| League | WNBA | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
March 22, 1992 Tomball, Texas |
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 174 lb (79 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Famila Schio | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Henan Yichuan | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||||||||
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Chinenye "Chiney" Ogwumike (born March 22, 1992) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). 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. 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. She is the younger sister of Nneka Ogwumike who also plays in the Women's National Basketball Association. In 2014, Ogwumike signed an endorsement deal with Nike soon after being drafted first overall in the WNBA. As of 2016, Ogwumike was elected Vice-President of the WNBA Players Association.
Ogwumike was named a WBCA and McDonald's All-American. She participated in the 2010 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored 24 points, and earned MVP honors for the White team.
Ogwumike chose Stanford over Connecticut and Notre Dame, joining her sister Nneka Ogwumike. While at Stanford, Ogwumike produced a series of viral videos about the university's student athlete culture.
Ogwumike ended her Stanford career in 2014 as the all-time career scoring leader for either sex in Pac-12 Conference history, a record that fell in 2016 to Kelsey Plum of Washington.
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