Adaora Elonu

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Adaora Elonu
CB Avenida
Position Forward
League Liga Femenina
Personal information
Born (1990-04-28) 28 April 1990 (age 33)
Houston, Texas, United States
NationalityNigerian / American
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High school Alief Elsik (Houston, Texas)
College Texas A&M (2008–2012)
WNBA draft 2012: undrafted
Playing career2012–present
Career history
2012–2013 Hapoel Galil Elyon
2013–2014 Beroil–Ciudad de Burgos
2014–2016 CB Conquero
2016–2018 CB Avenida
2018 Atlanta Dream
2019–2021 Uni Girona CB
2021–2022 Nadezhda Orenburg
2022–present CB Avenida
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
AfroBasket
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Cameroon
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Mali
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Senegal
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Cameroon

Adaora Nnenna Elonu (born 28 April 1990) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player and a member of the Nigeria women's national team. [1] Elonu played college basketball for Texas A&M, [2] with whom she won the 2011 NCAA Championship.

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Texas A&M statistics

Source [3]

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high
YearTeamGPPointsFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
2008-09Texas A&M3416648.7%0.0%46.7%3.30.41.10.44.9
2009-10Texas A&M3430247.1%36.4%73.7%5.10.91.20.68.9
2010-11Texas A&M3832041.9%20.0%76.3%5.91.31.30.48.4
2011-12Texas A&M3540747.3%25.0%71.2%6.21.51.71.111.6
Career141119545.9%25.0%71.0%5.21.01.30.68.5

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. [4] [5] 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. [6] Subsequently, she signed for Spanish champion CB Avenida for season 2016–17.she averaged 9.9ppg, 4.3rpg, 1.8apg and 1.5spg. She helped them to win the Supercup and end the regular season at the top position [7]

On 10 August 2018, she signed with the WNBA side Atlanta Dream on a seven-day contract. [8] [9]

Elonu moved to Spanish side Uni Girona CB in August, 2019. [7] she won Most Valuable Player (MVP) as Uni Girona, defeated Perfumerías Avenida 82-80 points to lift the Spanish Super Cup at the Fontajau in September, 2019. [10]

She started the 2021–2022 season with Nadezhda Orenburg of the Russian PBL league but left the club following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [11] Shortly later she returned to Spain and signed with CB Avenida. [12]

WNBA career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game FG%  Field-goal percentage 3P%  3-point field-goal percentage FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold Career best°League leader

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2018 Atlanta 101.0.000.000.0000.00.00.00.00.00.0
Career1 year, 1 team101.0.000.000.0000.00.00.00.00.00.0

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. [13] [14] 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. [15] Elonu emerged captain of the Nigeria Women's National Basketball Team on 10 August while the team camped in Atlanta in preparation for the 2018 FIBA Women's World Cup. [16] [17] During the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, she averaged 7.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. [18] She also participated in the 2021 FIBA women's Afrobasket basketball tournament in Cameroon, as the captain of the team, clinching the title. [19] She was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player (MVP). [20]

Personal life

Adaora Elonu is also the sister of professional basketball player Chinemelu Elonu.

Awards and accomplishments

Club

National team

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  3. ↑ "NCAA Statistics". web1.ncaa.org. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Adaora Elonu, una MVP de Texas a Donosti". FEB. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Raquel González (7 February 2016). "El Conquero de Elonu hace historia: ¡campeón de la Copa!". El As (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  6. ↑ "Adaora Elonu, la mejor jugadora de la temporada, elige Perfumerías Avenida". FEB. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016.
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