Valerie Ogoke
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| Position | Forward |
| League | WNBL |
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| Born | 10 September 1986 |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Career information | |
| College | Loyola Marymount (2004–2008) |
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Valerie Ogoke (born 10 September 1986) is an American basketball forward playing professionally in Australia for the Canberra Capitals. She played high school basketball for St. Mary's Academy, before going on to play university basketball for Loyola Marymount University (LMU) from 2004 to 2008. While with the LMU team, she participated in a game in Australia against the Australian Institute of Sport team. After finishing university, where she majored in accounting, she played in the Western Australian State Basketball League for the South West Slammers. In 2012, following a three-week trial, she signed with the Canberra Capitals in Australia's Women's National Basketball League.
Ogoke was born on 10 September 1986 in Inglewood, California.[1] Her mother attended university in Nigeria, and Ogoke has two brothers and a sister.[1] She is 1.8 metres (5 ft 11 in) tall.[2] She graduated from St. Mary's Academy in 2004, and then attended Loyola Marymount University from 2004 to 2008, where she majored in accounting.[1][3]
