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Chiney Ogwumike Salary, ESPN, Net Worth 2023, Age, Family, Height, Husband

Chiney Ogwumike Salary 2023

Chiney Ogwumike salary is $120,000 every year and gets a monthly salary of $10,000. She is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Year Salary Per Year Salary Per Month
2023 $129,000 $12,000
2024 $140,000 $14,166.67

Chiney Ogwumike Net Worth 2023

Chiney Ogwumike is estimated to have a net worth of $3 million as of 2023. She has accumulated her net worth with the versatility she has shown in each field she has worked in. Her main source of income is her career as a professional basketball player. As she progresses in her career, her net worth is projected to rise.

Year Net Worth
2023 $3 Million
2024 $3. 5Million
2025 $4 Million
2026 $4.5 Million
2027 $5 Million

Chiney Ogwumike Biography

Chiney Ogwumike is a Nigerian-American professional women’s basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). She became the first black woman to host a national radio show for ESPN, and the first WNBA player to do so.

Chiney Ogwumike Wiki

Birth name: Chinenye “Chiney” Ogwumike
Date of birth: March 21, 1992

Place of birth: Tomball, Texas, United States
Chiney Ogwumike age: 30 years (as of 2022)

Birth sign: Aries
Height: 6′ 2″

Spouse:  Not known
Education:  Stanford University (2010–2014), Cy-Fair High School

Profession: Professional basketball player, Journalist
Chiney Ogwumike Salary: Over $129,000 per year

Net worth: 3 million dollars (2022)

Chiney Ogwumike Age

Ogwumike is 31 years old as of 2023, she was born on March 21, 1992, in Tomball, Texas, United States. She normally celebrates her birthday with her family and close friends every year on March 21. Her zodiac sign is Aries.

Year 2023 2024
Chiney Ogwumike Age 31 years 32 years

Chiney Ogwumike Height

Ogwumike stands at an average height of 6 feet, 2 inches, or approximately 1.88 m. Her weight, hair color, eye color, bra size, waist, and bust size will be updated as soon as the details are available.

Chiney Ogwumike Parents and Siblings

Ogwumike is the daughter of Peter Ogwumike and Ify Ogwumike. She was born in Tomball, Texas, in the United States, and raised alongside her three siblings, Nneka Ogwumike, Erica Ogwumike, and Olivia Ogwumike.

Her older sister, Nneka Ogwumike, also plays for the Los Angeles Sparks.

Chiney Ogwumike Education

Chiney attended Cypress Fairbanks High School in nearby Cypress, Texas. While she won the 5A State Championship in her sophomore as well as senior seasons. She was named a WBCA and McDonald’s All-American as well as participated in the 2010 WBCA High School All-America Game, where she scored 24 points.

Chiney later proceeded to Stanford University where she played for the Stanford Cardinal Women’s Basketball. She chose Stanford over Connecticut and Notre Dame, joining her sister Nneka Ogwumike.

Chiney ended her Stanford career in the year 2014 as the all-time career scoring leader for either sex in Pac-12 Conference history, a record that fell in the year 2016 to Kelsey Plum of Washington.

Chiney Ogwumike Husband

Ogwumike is not yet married and does not have a husband. She is focused on her career and has no time to start a family now. We will update her marriage’ details once confirmed and available to the public.

Chiney Ogwumike ESPN, WNBA

Chiney was picked first overall in the 2014 WNBA draft by the Connecticut Sun. Chiney became a starter, averaging a career-high 15.5 points per game as well as 7.5 rebounds per game.

Chiney was elected a WNBA All-Star along with her sister Nneka Ogwumike, becoming the first pair of sisters to be selected into a WNBA All-Star game. It was announced that Chiney had undergone surgery in December 2016, after injuring her Achilles while playing overseas in China during the WNBA off-season.

Later on April 28, 2019, she was traded to the Los Angeles Sparks for a 2020 first-round pick, reuniting her with her sister Nneka. In May 2018, she signed a multi-year contract with ESPN to become a full-time basketball analyst.

Ogwumike became the first Black woman to host a national radio show for ESPN. While also one of the youngest commentators to be named a full-time NBA analyst for ESPN, while simultaneously playing in the WNBA

Chiney Ogwumike USA Basketball

She was named to the United States Basketball U18 team. The USA team was one of eight teams from North, South as well as Central America, along with the Caribbean, invited to participate in the year 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship For Women, held at the United States Olympic Training Center, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

The team was coached by Jennifer Rizzotti, Chiney started all 5 games and was the leading scorer with 13.2 points per game. Chiney was also the leading rebounder with 7.4 rebounds per game, The USA team won all five games as well as captured the gold medal.

The usual sequence is for the players on the U18 team to move to the U19 team, Chiney played so well as a U18 that she was promoted to the World University Games team for the year 2011 World University Games held in Shenzhen, China. Chiney was not the only Ogwumike on the team, as her older sister, Nneka Ogwumike, was also on the team.

 

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