2016-17 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Amy Okonkwo
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- High School:
- Etiwanda HS
- Hometown:
- Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
- Prev School:
- USC
Honors
- 2018-19 All-Big 12 Second Team
- 2018-19 Academic All-Big 12 First Team (unanimous)
- 2019 WNIT All-Tournament Team
- 2018-19 All-Big 12 Preseason Team
- 2018-19 Katrina McClain Award Watch List
- 2018-19 NCAA Autonomy Governance Student-Athlete representative
- 2018-19 WBCA “So You Want to Be a Coach” program
- 2017-18 Big 12 Sixth Man Award
- 2017-18 All-Big 12 Second Team
- 2017-18 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
- Big 12 Player of the Week (Dec. 22, 2017)
- Warner Center Marriott Thanksgiving Classic MVP (Nov. 24-25, 2017)
- 2016-17 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2018-19 | Senior
Played in all 35 games, starting 24 contests … Ranked second on the team with 14.3 points and 6.7 rebounds per game en route to being named to the All-Big 12 Second Team … Also tabbed as a unanimous selection to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team with a 4.0 GPA in the classroom … Scored in double-figures in 27 games, including six contests with 20 or more points … Recorded eight double-doubles, including one in each of her last three games … Was named to the WNIT All-Tournament Team after averaging 20.4 points and 9.8 rebounds in TCU’s five-game run to the semifinals … Netted a career-high 36 points and 14 rebounds, shooting 10-of-21 from the field and a near-perfect 12-of-13 from the free-throw line, in TCU’s third-round win at Arkansas … Marked the second 30-point game of her career and 28th in school history … Became the 19th member of TCU’s 1,000-point club against Texas Tech on Jan. 16, 2019, and finished her career with 1,324 points, which ranks ninth in program history … Ends her career ranked second all-time with an .850 free-throw percentage (261-307) … Also finishes with the sixth-highest scoring average at 13.11 points per game, seventh all-time with a .500 field-goal percentage (477-995), eighth with a .368 three-point field-goal percentage (109-296), ninth with 606 career rebounds and ninth with 477 made field goals …Served as one of three student-athlete representatives from the Big 12 for the NCAA Autonomy Governance process at the NCAA Conference … Was also accepted into the WBCA’s “So You Want to Be a Coach” program … Was named to the Preseason Katrina McClain Award Watch List prior to the start of the season as one of the top power forwards in the nation … Spent her summer before her senior year interning with the WNBA’s Dallas Wings and participating in TCU’s Purple with Purpose study-abroad program in the Dominican Republic.
2017-18 | Junior (Game-by-Game Stats)
Played in all 36 games, all off the bench ... Led TCU with 14.4 points per game ... Named Big 12 Sixth Man of Year, All-Big 12 Second Team and Academic All-Big 12 Second Team ... 519 points were the sixth most in a single season in TCU history ... Scored in double figures 27 times with eight games of 20 or more points ... 88.1 (119-of-135) free throw percentage led the Big 12, ranked 13th in NCAA and was the second best in a single season in TCU history ... 119 made free throws rank as the eighth most in a single season in TCU history ... Posted 50.1 (186-of-371) field goal percentage, becoming first player in TCU history to shoot over 50 percent from field and 80 percent from free throw line in same season ... Second on team with 5.8 rebounds per game ... Recorded four double-doubles ... Shot 38.9 percent (28-of-72) from 3-point range ... Scored career-high 31 points on 11-of-14 shooting in win over Hampton (Dec. 20), earning Big 12 Player of the Week (Dec. 22) ... Marked the 27th 30-point game in TCU history ... Second player in TCU history to earn Big 12 Player of the Week, joining Zahna Medley, who did so twice ... Made 10-of-10 free throws against Idaho (Nov. 25) and Kansas (Dec. 31), the 11th and 12th times in TCU history a player went perfect with at least 10 attempts ... Named MVP of the Warner Center Marriott Thanksgiving Classic in Northridge, Calif., after scoring 12 points and Arizona (Nov. 24) and 22 points against Idaho (Nov. 25) in title game ... Had streak of 12 consecutive games with double-figure scoring, longest streak for TCU since 2014-15.
2016-17 | Redshirt Sophomore (Game-by-Game Stats)
Played in all 30 games with 14 starts ... Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Third on the team with 10.2 points per game and second with 5.5 rebounds per game ... Ranked 10th in the Big 12 in both field goal percentage (49.8) and free throw percentage (78.4) ... Also shot 34.5 percent from deep on 19-of-55 after going just 0-of-5 as a freshman ... Scored in double figures 16 times, including career-high 24 points and 10 rebounds in home game against Kansas State (Feb. 18) ... Posted three double-doubles with other two coming in first two games of the season ... First Frogs with back-to-back double-doubles since 2011 and first with double-doubles in first two games as a Frog since 2002 ... Was the only Big 12 player with double-double in team's first two games ... Had perfect 8-for-8 shooting game against Grambling (Nov. 22), most shots ever by a TCU player without a miss ... Following season, was selected as Big 12's student-athlete representative to NCAA autonomy governance, one of just three representatives from the conference.
2015-16 | Sophomore
Sat out the season due to NCAA transfer rules.
2014-15 | Freshman (USC)
Competed in 27 games as a true freshman this past season at USC... Played productive minutes as a true freshman at USC, averaging 3.3 points and 2.1 rebounds in 7.1 minutes per game while shooting 52 percent (35-68) from the field and 61 percent (20-33) from the free-throw line... Made collegiate debut on Nov. 15 against second-ranked and eventual Final Four team South Carolina in a 70-61 loss to the Gamecocks, posting four rebounds in her debut... Made collegiate postseason debut against Colorado in Pac 12 Tournament, grabbing two points and two rebounds... Led Trojans in blocked shots on two occasions during rookie season at collegiate level.
High School
Rated as a top-100 prospect nationally as a senior at Etiwanda High School... Named to the Los Angeles Times' All-Star Team after averaging 13.7 points and 8.3 rebounds per game... Garnered 2013 Inland Valley Player of the Year honors as a junior after posting 16 points and 10 rebounds per contest.
