# Promise Amukamara

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Nigerian basketball player (born 1993)

Promise Amukamara No. 10 – Charnay BB Position Point guard League LFB Personal information Born (1993-06-22) 22 June 1993 (age 33) New Jersey, U.S. 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 Drafted by Phoenix Mercury Career highlights All Pac-12 (2015) 2× Pac-12 All-Defensive Team (2014, 2015) Stats at Basketball Reference Medals AfroBasket 2019 Senegal 2021 Cameroon 2025 Ivory Coast

**Promise Amukamara** [Listen](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7f/LL-Q33578_%28ibo%29-Obefelix-Promise_Amukamara.wav/LL-Q33578_%28ibo%29-Obefelix-Promise_Amukamara.wav.mp3)[ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LL-Q33578_(ibo)-Obefelix-Promise_Amukamara.wav)(born 22 June 1993) is a [basketball](/source/Basketball) player who plays as a [point guard](/source/Point_guard) for [Ligue Féminine de Basketball](/source/Ligue_F%C3%A9minine_de_Basketball) club [Charnay BB](/source/Charnay_Basket_Bourgogne_Sud). Born in the United States, she represents [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria_women's_national_basketball_team) 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](/source/Arizona_State_University).[3] She is also the younger sister of [Super Bowl XLVI](/source/Super_Bowl_XLVI) Champion, former [New York Giants](/source/New_York_Giants) cornerback [Prince Amukamara](/source/Prince_Amukamara).

## Career

Promise is a member of [Nigeria’s female basketball team](/source/Nigeria_women's_national_basketball_team). She was the point-guard of the team that played at the [2020 Olympic Games](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics) in Tokyo.[4][5] She also participated at the [2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup](/source/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. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Eurobasket. ["Promise Amukamara Player Profile, Charnay Basket Bourgogne SUD, News, Stats - Eurobasket"](https://www.eurobasket.com/index.aspx). *Eurobasket LLC*. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Promise Amukamara - Player Profile"](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/player/189170/Promise-Onyeka-Amukamara). *FIBA.basketball*. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Hillman, Jenna; of 2021, ASU Class. ["Dribbling to Tokyo: Promise Amukamara Ready to Compete for Nigeria"](https://thesundevils.com/news/2021/7/17/dribbling-to-tokyo-promise-amukamara-read-compete-for-nigeria.aspx). *Arizona State University Athletics*. Retrieved 17 May 2022.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_numeric_names:_authors_list))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["D'Tigress players lament marginalization, hijack of donations made to team"](https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/10/dtigress-players-lament-maginalization-hijack-of-donations-made-to-team/). *[Vanguard](/source/Vanguard_(Nigeria))*. Lagos, Nigeria. 13 October 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["D'Tigress will make Nigerians proud at Tokyo 2020 — Amukamara"](https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/04/dtigress-will-make-nigerians-proud-at-tokyo-2020-amukamara/). *[Vanguard](/source/Vanguard_(Nigeria))*. Lagos, Nigeria. 18 April 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Sarah OGOKE at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2018"](http://www.fiba.basketball/womensbasketballworldcup/2018/player/Sarah-Ogoke). *FIBA.basketball*. Retrieved 29 May 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Is Amukamara the baller that can keep D'Tigress on the road to Sydney?"](https://www.fiba.basketball/womensbasketballworldcup/2022/qt/serbia/news/is-amukamara-the-baller-that-can-keep-d-tigress-on-the-road-to-sydney). *FIBA.basketball*. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_8-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:0_8-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-:0_8-3) Connors, Kaylee (22 July 2021). ["ASU's Amukamara represents Nigeria in Tokyo Olympics"](https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2021/07/22/promise-the-world-asus-amukamara-takes-international-stage-with-nigeria-in-olympics/). *Cronkite News - Arizona PBS*. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Promise Amukamara College Stats"](https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/Promise-Amukamara-1.html). [Sports-Reference](/source/Sports-Reference). Retrieved 7 July 2024.

## External links

- [Promise Amukamara](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/189170) at [FIBA](/source/FIBA) ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/2023/https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q//pid/92203/_//players.html))

- [Arizona State Sun Devils bio](https://thesundevils.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/promise-amukamara/2524)

- [Promise Amukamara](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/145623) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)

- [Promise Amukamara](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/promise-amukamara) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee)

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