Stephanie Okechukwu has a global presence<\/p>\n
Beyond\u00a0Okechukwu’s height and 7\u20194 wingspan, the 18-year-old brings global playing experience to the team. Originally from\u00a0Umunneochi, Nigeria, she attended high school in Kyoto, Japan, at Fukuchiyama Seibi. It was in Japan that she discovered her love of basketball. She further developed her skills playing AAU ball in the Philippines.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Texas Tech has been on an unprecedented run, starting the season 15-0, and has risen to No. 21 in the AP Top 25.\u00a0 The program has broadened its international recruitment, with Okechukwu\u2019s place on the roster reflecting the Lady Raiders\u2019 growing global reach and commitment to cultivating diverse talent.<\/p>\n
“Just a couple of years ago, our program took a deep dive into the international recruiting space,” associate coach Erik\u00a0DeRoo added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stephanie Okechukwu has a global presence Beyond\u00a0Okechukwu’s height and 7\u20194 wingspan, the 18-year-old brings global playing experience to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-120975","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-lubbock","9":"tag-lubbock-headlines","10":"tag-lubbock-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}