Promise Amukamara

Promise Amukamara
No. 10 – Charnay BB
PositionPoint guard
LeagueLFB
Personal information
Born (1993-06-22) 22 June 1993 (age 31)
New Jersey, U.S.
NationalityAmerican / Nigerian
Listed height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Career information
High schoolApollo (Glendale, Arizona)
CollegeArizona State (2011–2015)
WNBA draft2015: 3rd round, 36th overall pick
Selected by the Phoenix Mercury
Career highlights and awards
  • All Pac-12 (2015)
  • 2× Pac-12 All-Defensive Team (2014, 2015)
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
AfroBasket
Gold medal – first place 2019 Senegal
Gold medal – first place 2021 Cameroon

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.[1]

Early life and education

Promise's height is 5 feet, 9 inches (175 cm).[2] She is a graduate of Arizona State University.[3] She is also the younger sister of Super Bowl XLVI Champion, former New York Giants cornerback Prince Amukamara.

Career

Promise was 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.[4][5] She also participated at the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.[6] 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[7]
  • The first Arizona State University graduate women’s basketball player to make an Olympic team [8]
  • Member of the 2019 FIBA African Championship Gold Medal team that participated in the Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournament[8]
  • Arizona’s Gatorade Girls Basketball Player of the Year in 2011[8]
  • The fastest 100 meters and 200 meters by a freshman in the high school[8]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

College

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2011–12 Arizona State 32 0 14.5 43.9 18.2 79.6 1.6 0.4 1.1 0.3 0.7 4.2
2012–13 Arizona State 31 31 27.8 38.5 20.0 82.8 4.1 1.7 1.9 0.1 1.6 8.0
2013–14 Arizona State 33 31 24.0 44.1 20.8 62.0 2.3 1.6 1.6 0.1 1.3 6.9
2014–15 Arizona State 35 35 30.3 47.2 31.6 75.0 3.6 2.0 1.8 0.1 1.5 10.9
Career 131 97 24.2 43.7 23.4 74.3 2.9 1.5 1.6 0.1 1.3 7.6
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[9]

References

  1. ^ Eurobasket. "Promise Amukamara Player Profile, Charnay Basket Bourgogne SUD, News, Stats - Eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Promise Amukamara - Player Profile". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  3. ^ Hillman, Jenna; of 2021, ASU Class. "Dribbling to Tokyo: Promise Amukamara Ready to Compete for Nigeria". Arizona State University Athletics. Retrieved 17 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "D'Tigress players lament marginalization, hijack of donations made to team". Vanguard News. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  5. ^ "D'Tigress will make Nigerians proud at Tokyo 2020 — Amukamara". Vanguard News. 18 April 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Sarah OGOKE at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2018". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Is Amukamara the baller that can keep D'Tigress on the road to Sydney?". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  8. ^ a b c d Connors, Kaylee (22 July 2021). "ASU's Amukamara represents Nigeria in Tokyo Olympics". Cronkite News - Arizona PBS. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Promise Amukamara College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved 7 July 2024.


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