Education
Ogwumike was named a WBCA and McDonald"s All-American. She participated in the 2010 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored 24 points, and earned Most Valuable Player honors for the White team
Ogwumike was named a WBCA and McDonald"s All-American. She participated in the 2010 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored 24 points, and earned Most Valuable Player honors for the White team
She is 6" 3" and plays power forward. as well as playing in three Final Fours with Stanford University. She holds the record for most rebounds in the history of Stanford Women"s Basketball and the Pac-12 Conference, as of January 3, 2014. Ogwumike was named to the U18 team
The United States of America team was one of eight teams from North, South and Central America, along with the Caribbean, invited to participate in the 2010 International Basketball Federation Americas U18 Championship Foreign Women, held at the United States. Olympic Training Center, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The team was coached by Jennifer Rizzotti. Ogwumike started all five games and was the leading scorer with 13.2 points per game.
She was also the leading rebounder with 7.4 rebounds per game. The usual sequence is for the players on the U18 team to move to the U19 team
However. Ogwumike played so well as a U18 that she was promoted to the World University Games team for the 2011 World University Games held in Shenzhen, China.
Both started every game, with Chiney scoring almost ten points per game. She hit 25 of 37 shot attempts for a team leading 67.6% shooting percentage.
2010—WBCA High School Coaches" All-America Team 2011—All-Pacific-10 Conference Team 2011—All-Pac-10 All-Defensive Team 2011—All-Pac-10 Tournament Team 2011—Pac-10 Freshman of the Year 2013—Pac-12 Player of the Year 2013—Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year 2014—ESPNW First Team All-American 2014—USBWA All-American team 2014—John R. Wooden Award 2014—Pac-12 Player of the Year 2014—Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year 2014—Women's National Basketball Association Rookie of the Year.
