Promise Amukamara

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Promise Amukamara

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|6|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = New Jersey, U.S.

| nationality = American / Nigerian

| height_m = 1.75

| weight_kg =

| position = Point guard

| league = LFB

| team = Charnay BB

| number = 10

| high_school = Apollo (Glendale, Arizona)

| college = Arizona State (2011–2015)

| draft_league = WNBA

| draft_year = 2015

| draft_round = 3

| draft_pick = 36

| draft_team = Phoenix Mercury

| career_start =

| career_end =

| highlights =

All Pac-12 (2015)
2× Pac-12 All-Defensive Team (2014, 2015)

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}}

Promise Amukamara (born 22 June 1993) is a basketball player who plays as a point guard for Ligue Féminine de Basketball club Charnay BB. Born in the United States, she represents Nigeria at international level.{{Cite web|last=Eurobasket|title=Promise Amukamara Player Profile, Charnay Basket Bourgogne SUD, News, Stats - Eurobasket|url=https://www.eurobasket.com/index.aspx|access-date=2021-05-29|website=Eurobasket LLC}}

Early life and education

Promise's height is 5 feet, 9 inches (175 cm).{{Cite web |title=Promise Amukamara - Player Profile |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/player/189170/Promise-Onyeka-Amukamara |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=FIBA.basketball |language=en}} She is a graduate of Arizona State University.{{Cite web |last1=Hillman |first1=Jenna |last2=of 2021 |first2=ASU Class |title=Dribbling to Tokyo: Promise Amukamara Ready to Compete for Nigeria |url=https://thesundevils.com/news/2021/7/17/dribbling-to-tokyo-promise-amukamara-read-compete-for-nigeria.aspx |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=Arizona State University Athletics |language=en}} She is also the younger sister of Super Bowl XLVI Champion, former New York Giants cornerback Prince Amukamara.

Career

Promise is a member of Nigeria’s female basketball team. She was the point-guard of the team that played at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.{{Cite web |date=2021-10-13 |title=D'Tigress players lament marginalization, hijack of donations made to team |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/10/dtigress-players-lament-maginalization-hijack-of-donations-made-to-team/ |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2021-04-18 |title=D'Tigress will make Nigerians proud at Tokyo 2020 — Amukamara |url=https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/04/dtigress-will-make-nigerians-proud-at-tokyo-2020-amukamara/ |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=Vanguard News |language=en-GB}} She also participated at the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.{{Cite web |title=Sarah OGOKE at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2018 |url=http://www.fiba.basketball/womensbasketballworldcup/2018/player/Sarah-Ogoke |access-date=2021-05-29 |website=FIBA.basketball |language=en}} In 2024, she was a member of the Nigeria squad that made the Olympic quarterfinals before falling to the United States.

Achievements

10 points per game at Tokyo, 2020{{Cite web |title=Is Amukamara the baller that can keep D'Tigress on the road to Sydney? |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/womensbasketballworldcup/2022/qt/serbia/news/is-amukamara-the-baller-that-can-keep-d-tigress-on-the-road-to-sydney |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=FIBA.basketball |language=en}}
The first Arizona State University graduate women’s basketball player to make an Olympic team {{Cite web |last=Connors |first=Kaylee |date=2021-07-22 |title=ASU's Amukamara represents Nigeria in Tokyo Olympics |url=https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2021/07/22/promise-the-world-asus-amukamara-takes-international-stage-with-nigeria-in-olympics/ |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |language=en-US}}
Member of the 2019 FIBA African Championship Gold Medal team that participated in the Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Arizona’s Gatorade Girls Basketball Player of the Year in 2011
The fastest 100 meters and 200 meters by a freshman in the high school

Career statistics

= College =

| style="text-align:left;" | 2011–12

| style="text-align:left;" | Arizona State

|32||0||14.5||43.9||18.2||79.6||1.6||0.4||1.1||0.3 ||0.7||4.2

| style="text-align:left;" | 2012–13

| style="text-align:left;" | Arizona State

|31||31||27.8||38.5||20.0||82.8||4.1||1.7||1.9||0.1 ||1.6||8.0

| style="text-align:left;" | 2013–14

| style="text-align:left;" | Arizona State

|33||31||24.0||44.1||20.8||62.0||2.3||1.6||1.6||0.1 ||1.3||6.9

| style="text-align:left;" | 2014–15

| style="text-align:left;" | Arizona State

|35||35||30.3||47.2||31.6||75.0||3.6||2.0||1.8||0.1 ||1.5||10.9

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

|131||97||24.2||43.7||23.4||74.3||2.9||1.5||1.6||0.1 ||1.3||7.6

|- class="sortbottom"

|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/Promise-Amukamara-1.html|title= Promise Amukamara College Stats|publisher=Sports-Reference|accessdate=July 7, 2024}}

References

External links

{{FIBA|new_id=189170|old_id=92203}}
[https://thesundevils.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/promise-amukamara/2524 Arizona State Sun Devils bio]
{{Olympedia}}
{{Olympics.com}}

Category:1993 births

Category:Living people

Category:Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball players

Category:Basketball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Category:Basketball players from New Jersey

Category:Nigerian expatriate basketball people in Germany

Category:Nigerian expatriate basketball people in Romania

Category:Nigerian expatriate basketball people in Spain

Category:Nigerian expatriate basketball people in the United States

Category:Nigerian women's basketball players

Category:21st-century Nigerian sportswomen

Category:Olympic basketball players for Nigeria