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Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe
Bendigo Spirit
PositionPower forward / Center
LeagueWNBL
Personal information
Born (1991-08-29) 29 August 1991 (age 33)
Toronto, Ontario
NationalityCanadian
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Career information
High schoolKalamalka
(Coldstream, British Columbia)
CollegeSimon Fraser (2009–2013)
WNBA draft2013: undrafted
Playing career2013–present
Career history
2013–2014Pully
2014–2015Donau-Ries
2015–2016Wasserburg
2016–presentBendigo Spirit
Career highlights and awards
  • DBBL champion (2016)
  • Swiss LNA First Team (2014)
  • Swiss LNA All-Imports Team (2014)
  • Swiss LNA Defensive Player of the Year (2014)
  • Swiss LNA Center of the Year (2014)
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Canada
FIBA Americas Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Canada
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Canada Team

Folade Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe (born 29 August 1991) is an Canadian professional basketball player. She currently plays for the Bendigo Spirit in Australia's WNBL.

Career

College

In college, Raincock-Ekunwe attended Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. In her final three years with SFU, she participated in NCAA Division II, where she consistently averaged 18 points a game.

Europe

After college, Raincock-Ekunwe headed to Europe and signed with Pully Basket in the Swiss LNA. She had a successful season taking home several awards. The following year, she travelled north in Europe and signed with Donau-Ries in the German DBBL for the 2014–15 season. After one season with the side, she moved to Wasserburg, remaining in the DBBL. There she helped lead the team to the German title.

Australia

Raincock-Ekunwe signed with the Bendigo Spirit in Australia for the 2016–17 WNBL season.[1]

National Team

Raincock-Ekunwe made her national team debut as a member of the 2011 Development Women’s National Team that participated in the 2011 Summer Universiade. In 2013, she moved to the Senior Women's national team and began to participate in more exhibition matches. In 2015, Raincock-Ekunwe was a core member of one of the most successful years for the Canadian national team in recent years. She helped bring home their first Pan American Games Gold medal with a win over the USA. She then also participated at the 2015 FIBA Oceania Women's Championship on home soil and helped the team take home the title and secure their place at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Bendigo Spirit Sign Canadian International". wnbl.com.au.
  2. ^ "Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe". basketball.ca.

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