Chiney Ogwumike’s Stanford stardom was the beginning of a one-of-a-kind profession | Wooden Award Spotlight

A well-known face to sports activities followers, Chiney Ogwumike’s work off the court docket speaks loud and clear. In this episode of Wooden Award Spotlight, Taylor Tannebaum remembers the Ogwumike period at Stanford and Chiney’s record-breaking profession as the primary and solely Cardinal to have received the Wooden Award.

0:00 Intro
0:48 Childhood hoops
1:50 Top prospect standing
2:24 Joining Nneka at Stanford
3:13 Chiney’s hardest participant to protect
4:17 The ‘Double Ogwumike’ period
4:50 ‘Nerd Nation’
5:53 Chiney’s junior yr, sans sister
7:37 More than an athlete
7:51 Wooden-winning senior marketing campaign
9:43 Last Final Four look
10:17 Award season and the WNBA
11:12 A media pure

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