Amy Okonkwo

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Amy Okonkwo

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1996|8|26}}

| birth_place = Fontana, California, U.S.{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/amy-okonkwo_1925905|title=OKONKWO Amy}}

| nationality = American / Nigerian

| height_m = 1.88

| weight_kg = 66

| position = Forward

| league = Ligue Féminine de Basketball

| team = Bourges

| number = 8

| high_school = Etiwanda Eagles

| college = USC Trojans (2014–2015)
TCU Horned Frogs (2016–2019)

| draft_year = 2020

| career_start = 2020

| years1 = 2016–2017

| team1 =

| years2 = 2021–2022

| team2 = {{ill|Saint-Amand Basketball|lt=Saint-Amand-les-Eaux|fr|Saint-Amand Hainaut Basket}}

| years3 = 2022–2024

| team3 = Landerneau

| years4 = 2024–

| team4 = Bourges

|highlights=

Big 12 Sixth Player of the Year (2018)

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's basketball}}

{{MedalCountry|{{bkw|NGA}}}}

}}

Amy Nnenna Okonkwo (born 26 August 1996) is a basketball player who plays as a forward for Ligue Féminine de Basketball club Bourges. Born in the United States, she represents Nigeria at international level.{{Cite web |title=Amy Okonkwo |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/amy-okonkwo/ |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=WNBA.com – Official Site of the WNBA |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Proballers |title=Amy Okonkwo, Basketball Player |url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/player/239468/amy-okonkwo |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=Proballers |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Amy Okonkwo |url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Amy-Okonkwo/Spain/Quesos-el-Pastor-Zamarat/344220 |website=Basketball.eurobasket.com |access-date=2 April 2022}}{{Cite web |date=2024-05-31 |title=LFB : Amy Okonkwo passe de Landerneau à Bourges |url=https://www.basketeurope.com/lfb-amy-okonkwo-passe-de-landerneau-a-bourges/ |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=BasketEurope.com |language=fr}}

Professional career

Amy spent three seasons in Spain before joining the French women's basketball league in 2022 with the team in Saint-Amand. During her first season in France, she averaged 12 points and 6 rebounds per game. After playing in Israel and then Mexico, Amy Okonkwo joined Landerneau Bretagne Basket in 2023. She finished as her team's top scorer, averaging 17 points and 7 rebounds per game, and helped keep the Breton club in the league.{{Cite web |title=Amy Okonkwo rejoint le Tango Bourges Basket |url=https://www.tangobourgesbasket.com/toutes-les-actus/amy-okonkwo-rejoint-le-tango-bourges-basket/ |access-date=2024-05-31 |language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web |last=France |first=Centre |date=2024-05-30 |title=Basket – Le Bourges Basket officialise l'arrivée d'Amy Okonkwo, une des meilleures marqueuses de Ligue féminine la saison dernière |url=https://www.leberry.fr/bourges-18000/sports/le-bourges-basket-officialise-l-arrivee-d-amy-okonkwo-une-des-meilleures-marqueuses-de-ligue-feminine-la-saison-derniere_14509378/ |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=www.leberry.fr}}

Nigerian National team career

Amy represented Nigeria at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where she averaged 2.7 point and 1 rebound.{{cite web |title=Amy Okonkwo |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/olympics/women/2020/player/Amy-Okonkwo |website=fiba.basketball |access-date=9 April 2022}} 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.{{cite web |title=Amy Okonkwo |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/womensafrobasket/2021/player/Amy-Okonkwo |website=fiba.basketball |access-date=27 February 2022}} 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.{{Cite web |last=amy |first=okonkwo |date=2023-08-08 |title=AfroBasket MVP award thrills Okonkwo |url=https://punchng.com/afrobasket-mvp-award-thrills-okonkwo/ |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=Punch Newspapers |language=en-US}}

Career statistics

= College =

| style="text-align:left;" | 2014–15

| style="text-align:left;" | USC

|27||1||7.1||51.5||0.0||60.6||2.1||0.2||0.3||0.1||0.3||3.3

| style="text-align:left;" | 2015–16

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="12" |Sat out due to NCAA Transfer Rules

| style="text-align:left;" | 2016–17

| style="text-align:left;" | TCU

|30||14||18.3||49.8||34.5||78.4||5.5||1.0||1.1||0.3||1.9||10.2

| style="text-align:left;" | 2017–18

| style="text-align:left;" | TCU

|36||0||19.8||50.1||38.9||88.1||5.8||0.9||0.8||0.4||1.8||14.4

| style="text-align:left;" | 2018–19

| style="text-align:left;" | TCU

|35||24||24.8||44.9||36.7||86.9||6.7||0.7||1.1||0.4||2.1||14.3

| style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Career

|128||39||18.1||48.2||36.2||82.6||5.2||0.8||0.8||0.3||1.6||11.0

|- class="sortbottom"

|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/Amy-Okonkwo-1.html|title=Amy Okonkwo College Stats|publisher=Sports-Reference|accessdate=April 11, 2024}}