Mactabene Amachree
WNBA's Washington Mystics – No. 13 | |
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Guard | |
Born |
Port Harcourt, Nigeria | 30 January 1978
Nationality | Nigeria |
Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Listed weight | 179 lb (81 kg) |
College | Abilene Christian |
WNBA career | 2001–present |
Mactabene Amachree (born 30 January 1978 in Port Harcourt) is a former Nigerian professional basketball player.[1] In 2001, she became the first Nigerian to play in the WNBA.[2] Amachree played on the Nigeria women's national basketball team in the 2004 Summer Olympics. She is also the princess of the Ojuka Clan of the Kalabari people in Nigeria.[2]
Notes
- ↑ WNBA Player Bio
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 (28 July 2005), Nigerian Finds Home in Washington, DC Women's Pro Basketball Team, VOA News. Retrieved 03-06-2009.