Adaora Elonu

Adaora Elonu
No. 2 – Atlanta Dream
Position Forward
League WNBA
Personal information
Born (1990-04-28) April 28, 1990
Houston, Texas
Nationality Nigerian / American
Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career information
High school Alief Elsik (Houston, Texas)
College Texas A&M (2008–2012)
WNBA draft 2012 / Undrafted
Playing career 2012–present
Career history
2012–2013 Hapoel Galil Elyon
2013–2014 Beroil–Ciudad de Burgos
2014–2016 CB Conquero
2016–2018 CB Avenida
2018- present Atlanta Dream
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Nigeria
AfroBasket
2017 Mali
2015 Cameroon

Adaora Nnenna Elonu, (born on 28 April 1990), is a Nigerian-American basketball forward,[1] who currently plays for the Nigerian's national team and the Atlanta Dream. Elonu played college basketball for Texas A&M, with whom she won the 2011 NCAA Championship.

Club career

In 2012, she went overseas, playing one season in Israel for Hapoel Galil Elyon, after which she signed in Spain with Beroil–Ciudad de Burgos. After the team disbanded, she signed for CB Conquero with whom she won the 2016 Copa de la Reina, being selected as the tournament's MVP.[2] Despite not playing several games with the club due to lack of payment of her wages, she likewise finished the regular season with the highest efficiency ranking.[3] Subsequently, she signed for Spanish champion CB Avenida for season 2016-17.

On August 10, 2018, she signed with the WNBA side Atlanta Dream on a seven day contract.[4][5]

International Career

Elonu has played with the Nigerian's national team with whom she achieved the bronze medal in the AfroBasket Women 2015, being elected as part of the tournament's All-Star Five[6].[7] She was part of the Nigerian side that won gold at the Afrobasket 2017 championship in Mali. She averaged the team's high 3.9 assists per game. She was also a member of the tournament's top ten players.[8] Elonu emerged captain of the Nigeria Women's National Basketball Team on August 10 while the team camped in Atlanta in preparation for the 2018 FIBA Women's World Cup[9].

Personal Life

Adaora is sister to also professional basketball player Chinemelu Elonu.

Career

Awards and accomplishments

Club

National team

References

  1. ↑ Profile in Eurobasket.com
  2. ↑ Adaora Elonu, an MVP from Texas to Donosti (spanish) Archived 12 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Adaora Elonu, la mejor jugadora de la temporada, elige Perfumerías Avenida Archived 7 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ http://www.kbtx.com/content/sports/-Atlanta-Dream-sign-Adaora-Elonu-to-seven-day-contract-490583551.html
  5. ↑ https://highposthoops.com/2018/08/10/atlanta-dream-sign-adaora-elonu/
  6. ↑ "Adaora Elonu earns All Star honours at Afrobasket Women 2015 | BWB". www.basketballwithinborders.com. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  7. ↑ Aya Traore named AfroBasket Women 2015 MVP, headlines All-Star Five
  8. ↑ http://www.fiba.basketball/news/top-10-players-from-fiba-women-s-afrobasket-2017
  9. ↑ "Adaora Elonu named captain of Nigeria D'Tigress | BWB". www.basketballwithinborders.com. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
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