Chinenye Ogwumike is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for The Los Angeles Sparks of the Women’s National Basketball Association. In February, Chinenye via her Ogwumike Sisters Foundation organized a sports development and mentoring programme for female basketball players from secondary schools to a professional level. 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. In 2014, she signed a deal with Nike soon after being drafted first overall in the WNBA. As of 2016, she was elected Vice-President of the WNBA Players Association and signed an endorsement deal with Adidas.
