Chioma Nnamaka is a professional basketball

Basketball

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 player of Swedish and Nigerian heritage and is a member of the WNBA's Atlanta Dream

Atlanta Dream

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.

High School and college

Nnamaka attended high school at Fryshusets Kunskaps Centrum. Playing basketball, she assisted her taint win the Swedish Championship

Swedish Championship

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 on three occasions. Nnamaka then went to the United States to attend Georgia Tech. She made the Dean's list

Dean's List

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 studying International Affairs, and played basketball for the Yellow Jackets.

WNBA

Nnamaka was selected 21st overall in the 2008 WNBA Draft

2008 WNBA Draft

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 by the San Antonio Silver Stars

San Antonio Silver Stars

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 with their first pick. She was the highest draft pick ever chosen from Georgia Tech. She was then traded on the same day to the expansion team Atlanta Dream

Atlanta Dream

The Atlanta Dream is a professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2008 WNBA season began. The team is owned by Dream Too LLC, which is composed of two Atlanta...

, where she completed her rookie season.

On January 14, 2009 Nnamaka was waived by the Dream. She scored 16 points over only 12 games.

Overseas

She is currently playing for Union Hainaut in France during the 2008-09 WNBA off-season.

Honors & activities

• Member of Georgia Institute of Technology Women’s Basketball Team 2004-2008
• Member of 08 Stockholm Human Rights Women’s Basketball Team 2002-2004
• Member of the Swedish National Team (2006-present)
• Co-Captain of Georgia Institute of Technology Women’s Basketball Team (2006-present)
• All Atlantic Coast Conference
  Atlantic Coast Conference
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  Freshman Team (2004)
• Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the week (December 2004)
• Most Valuable Player of the Swedish Championship (2003)

External links

• Player profile at WNBA.com