- She is a Nigerian-American basketball player
- She plays for Charnay Basket Bourgogne SUD
- She plays as a point guard
Who is Promise Amukamara? She is a Nigerian-American basketball player who plays for Charnay BB and the Nigerian national team. Her net worth in 2023 is about $5 million, having earned it from her professional career.
Promise’s playing position is a point guard. She was a member of D’Tigress, Nigeria’s female basketball team, playing for the Nigeria national team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
She also represented the Nigeria national team at the 2018 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup.
Promise Amukamara Biography
| Full name | Promise Amukamara |
| Age | 29 years |
| Height | 1.75m |
| Place of birth | New Jersey, United States |
| Date of birth | June 22 1993 |
| Nationality | American/Nigerian |
| Occupation | Basketball player |
| Source of wealth | Basketball |
| Marital status |
Promise Amukamara Net Worth
Promise has garnered an impressive amount of net worth. At 29 years, she has a net worth of between $5 million and $8 million, an amount that she has garnered through her professional career.
Personal Life
Amukamara was born on June 22 1993 in New Jersey, United States to her parents who are of Nigerian, Igbo origin.
She is the younger sister of Super Bowl XLVI Champion New York Giants cornerback Prince Amukamara.
Promise Amukarama. Photo/Le JSL
Promise showed interest in the sport while she was schooling at Apollo High School, in the hometown of Glendale, Ariz in a senior class. Her position was a guard.
While at Apollo High School, she was named to Parade Magazine’s 35th annual all-American High school Girl’s Basketball. She also helped lead Apollo to the 4A-I Arizona State Championship.
She is currently single and there are no details of her past relationship.
Achievements
- She earned 10 points per game when representing the Nigeria national team at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games.
- She became the first Arizona State University graduate women’s player to make an Olympic team.
- Amukamara is a member of the 2019 FIBA African Championship Gold Medal team that participated in the Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
- She was named Arizona’s Gatorade Girls Basketball player in 2011
- In high school, she was the fastest 100 meters and 200 meters freshman and was selected with the 36th pick in 2015 in the Women’s National Basketball Association.
Career
Promise began playing basketball while in high school, joined the university and still kept her passion for the sport.
She began her professional career in Spain during the 2015-16 season averaging 7.6 points and 2.5 rebounds in nineteen minutes per game with CREF Hola, shinning against Mann Filter with 15 points and against Girona with 14 points.
The following season, she signed in Germany and averaged 14.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 28 minutes per game with Osnabruck.
In the next season, Promise signed in Romania with Alexandria averaging 20 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and +21.3 efficiency per game with 50% from the field and 41% from the 3-point line.
She continue with Romania the next season playing for Satu Mare where she averaged 13.4 points,3.5 rebounds,4.5 assists and +16.1 efficiency per game. She was able to reach the Romanian League and Cup finals.
Promise Amukarama.Photo/NJ.com
In 2019, she represented Nigeria and won the Gold Medal at the African Championship where she averaged 8.4 points, 3 rebounds and 2.6 assists in 22 minutes per game.
The following season, she signed with Charnay in the French top division where she averaged 12.4 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists and +12.6 efficiency per game. Promise extended with Charnay the following season averaging 11.6 points, 4 rebounds,3.4 assists and +12.3 efficiency per game.
In the summer of 2021, she signed in France with Landerneau averaging 9.3 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.
In the next season, she signed in Israel’s Herzliya averaging 17.6 points,4 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game.
She was selected with the 36th pick in the Women’s National Basketball Association [WNBA] draft and has professional experience playing the game, touring several parts of the world like Spain, France, Israel, Germany and Romania.
Her parents are Nigerian citizens, she is eligible to play for the country’s national team. Hence, she is an important player for the Nigeria national team and she has competed in the Olympic Games and the World Championships.
Amukamara won the gold medal in the 2019 and 2021 Afro baskets when she represented the Nigeria national team.
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