Promise Amukamara

Promise Amukamara
No. 10 – Charnay BB
Position	Point guard
League	LFB
Personal information
Born	22 June 1993 (age 31); New Jersey, U.S.
Nationality	American / Nigerian
Listed height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Career information
High school	Apollo (Glendale, Arizona)
College	Arizona State (2011–2015)
WNBA draft	2015: 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
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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.^[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.

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.

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]


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]

^ Eurobasket. "Promise Amukamara Player Profile, Charnay Basket Bourgogne SUD, News, Stats - Eurobasket". Eurobasket LLC. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ "Promise Amukamara - Player Profile". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
^ 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)
^ "D'Tigress players lament marginalization, hijack of donations made to team". Vanguard News. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
^ "D'Tigress will make Nigerians proud at Tokyo 2020 — Amukamara". Vanguard News. 18 April 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
^ "Sarah OGOKE at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2018". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
^ "Is Amukamara the baller that can keep D'Tigress on the road to Sydney?". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d News, Kaylee Connors/Cronkite (22 July 2021). "ASU's Amukamara represents Nigeria in Tokyo Olympics". Cronkite News - Arizona PBS. Retrieved 17 May 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ "Promise Amukamara College Stats". Sports-Reference. Retrieved 7 July 2024.

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