FORT WORTH – Amy Okonkwo has realized her WNBA Dream.
A two-time All-Big 12 player for TCU, Okonkwo signed a seven-day free agent contract with the Dallas Wings. She will be an active member of the club’s 12-player roster on Friday when the Wings host the Seattle Storm at 6:30 p.m. on Friday at the College Park Center in Arlington.
Okonkwo is the fifth TCU women’s basketball alumna to make a WNBA roster, joining Sandora Irvin (’04), Adrianne Ross (’08), Zahna Medley (’16) and Hailey Van Lith (’25).
The 6-2 stretch forward was a three-year letter winner for the Horned Frogs from 2016-19. Okonkwo averaged 13.1 points and 6.6 rebounds across her stay in Fort Worth. She led TCU to a pair of WNIT semifinals and a 59-43 combined overall record. Okonkwo was tabbed to the All-Big 12 second team in 2018 and 2019.
Originally from Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Okonkwo has been building toward a WNBA contract for some time. Okonkwo was invited to preseason camp in May with the Connecticut Sun and was named to the Wings’ training camp roster in 2021. She put herself back on the periphery of the league after being named Most Valuable Player at the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket for the second time in her career on Aug. 10. Okonkwo averaged 14 points and six rebounds per game in leading Team Nigeria to a fifth consecutive gold medal.
Long her ambition to enjoy a professional career in the United States, Okonkwo has played in Europe for the last five years. She competed for the French top-flight club Bourges in the Ligue Féminine de Basketball in 2024-25.
Okonkwo has continually represented TCU on the global stage. She is a two-time Olympian in 5-on-5 with the Nigerian Women’s National Team. Okonkwo earned her first Olympics cap at the 2020 Tokyo Games. She served as team captain in 2024 in Paris, helping D’Tigress become the first African team to reach the Olympic quarterfinals in men’s or women’s basketball. Okonkwo is also set to represent Nigeria at the EuroCup in 2026.
