Amy Okonkwo
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| No. 0 – Dallas Wings | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||||||
| League | WNBA | |||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 26 August 1996 Fontana, California, U.S.[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American / Nigerian | |||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 1.88[1] m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| High school | Etiwanda Eagles | |||||||||||||||||
| College | USC Trojans (2014–2015) TCU Horned Frogs (2016–2019) | |||||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2020: undrafted | |||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2020–present | |||||||||||||||||
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| 2019–2021 | CD Zamarat | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Innova-TSN Leganés | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Saint-Amand-les-Eaux | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Maccabi Haifa | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Halcones | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Landerneau | |||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Bourges | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025–present | Dallas Wings | |||||||||||||||||
| 2025–present | Beşiktaş | |||||||||||||||||
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Amy Nnenna Okonkwo ⓘ (born 26 August 1996) is an American-Nigerian professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and Beşiktaş of the Turkish Super League. Born in the United States, she represents Nigeria at international level.[2][3][4][5]
WNBA
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.[6][7]
On August 21, 2025, the Dallas Wings signed Okonkwo to a seven-day hardship contract.[8]
In April 2026, Okonkwo signed a Training Camp contract with the Dallas Wings and began training with the team on April 19.[9]
Nigerian National team career
Amy represented Nigeria at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where she averaged 2.7 points and 1 rebound.[10] 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.[11] She also represented Nigeria in the 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-doubles.[12]
