Amara Chikwe

Height:
6-1
Year:
Senior
Hometown:
Westland, Mich.
High School:
Wayne Memorial
Major:
Exercise Science
Position:
Forward

2020-21 (Senior): Will serve as a student assistant in her final season.

2019-20 (Junior): Missed the season with an injury.

2018-19 (Sophomore) | Game-By-Game Stats: Played in 29 games and earned 21 starts in her first active season... Totaled 54 points and 138 rebounds over 19.3 minutes per game for averages of 1.9 points and 4.8 rebounds per game... Shot 30.9 percent from the field and 70.8 percent from the free-throw line... Averaged 2.1 points and 4.4 rebounds in conference play... Her highest scoring game came when she scored 10 points on three field goals and four free throws in 27 minutes against Detroit Mercy (2/2)... Also had a career-best five assists in that contest against the Titans... Set a career high with 11 rebounds and three steals against Carlow (11/16)... Blocked three shots in her collegiate debut in an overtime win over Robert Morris (11/6)... Earned her first letter.

2017-18 (Freshman): Sat out the season while rehabbing a knee injury.

High School: Battled through a knee injury her senior year... Was named one of the top 100 girls basketball players in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press... Averaged 10.4 points, 13.7 rebounds and five blocks in helping the Zebras to a 16-5 record as a junior... Was named All-KLAA, Second Team All-Observer and honorable mention all-area by the Detroit News... Transferred from Huron High in Ann Arbor and helped Wayne Memorial to the district semifinals after the program was winless the previous season.

Personal: Major is exercise science... Parents are James and Tameka... Has three brothers (Elijah, James and John) and a sister (Amaka)... Recipient of the 2020-21 Simerlink Family Scholarship.