Erica Ogwumike

Erica Erinma Ogwumike (born September 26, 1997) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association. She played college basketball for the Rice Owls.
In July, 2020, she announced her decision to play for the Nigerian national basketball team in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Aside from athletics, Ogwumike is also an aspiring doctor and is currently in medical school
High School Career.
Ogwumike played High school basketball for Cypress Woods High School, she holds the records for most career points for Cypress Woods High School as she scored 2,227 career points, 1,141 rebounds and 440 steals; in all 143 games she played for the school.
College career.
Ogwumike started her college career with the Pepperdine Waves women's basketball team where she averaged 18.4 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game in her freshman season. She transferred to Rice University in 2016, where she couldn't play the 2016–17 season for the Rice Owls women's basketball team due to transfer rules. In her sophomore season in 2017, she averaged 17.9 points, 9.3 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. In her junior year, she averaged 16.5 points, 10.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists. She played her senior year as a graduate student, she averaged 19 points, 10.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists.
Professional career.
WNBA.
On April 17, 2020, the New York Liberty selected Ogwumike as the 26th pick in the 2020 WNBA Draft. She was traded to the Minnesota Lynx later that night. She was waived by the Minnesota Lynx alongside Linnae Harper days after the draft.
National Team Career.
Erica was called up and participated at the Nigeria women's national basketball team 10 day training camp for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games in Atlanta by the team coach Otis Hughley Jr..
Personal life.
Ogwumike was born in Cypress, Texas. She has three older sisters who also play basketball—Nneka and Chiney of the Los Angeles Sparks, and Olivia of the Rice University Owls.