Nneka Enemkpali

[jusme828]

Nice article about Nneka

I especially like the last sentence!!!

 

[BabHorn]

Great find, jusme!

Absolutely great to see that confirmed. In two years, she could have range out to the 3pt line as well as growing a bit from her current 6-1(iirc).

Welcome, Nneka!!

 

[hoopsalot]

 

[TXSNOS]

That's great news. Lots of athletic potential there. Hope she recovers well from her injury.

 

[UTExinPDX]

Welcome to UT, Nneka! Great to have you aboard!

 

[hoopsalot]

I'm surprised there isn't more excitement on this thread. Maybe not enough people saw this multi-sport star play last Spring at the Erwin center.

 

[jusme828]

I saw her, and I am EXCITED!!!

 

[caesarscott]

nneka is great player. texas is getting a good one. was hoping she might go up 35 about 90 miles. reminds me a lot of Sophia Young. probably a better player at this point in her career vs Sophia's. very athletic.

 

[overseasbbfan1]

not surprising that the westlake picayune named enemkpali to their all centex team - she scored 30 points the first time the squads met last season, and dropped 20 the next. and while the statesman picked her teammate martin as player-of-the-year, interesting that it was enemkpali (who lead the team in pts/rbs/blks) who was named district mvp. her numbers (13.1 pts/11.2 rbs/3.24 blks) are certainly good, but may be even better than averages indicate. from the game log it looks like she was probably pulled very early in some contests; for instance she scored a single point vs. anderson (the panthers won 68-25 and were up 36-3 at the half). if she only saw a few minutes action in some of these blowouts it would definitely impact her avgs. really disappointing about her injury - even though the panthers lost to #1 nimitz in the state semis by almost 30 pts., they were only down 10 (38-28) at the half. enemkpali's injury at the start of the 3rd period really sealed their fate; no other player on the squad was taller than 5'10 so griner had a field day with nneka on the sidelines. i hope she is being very careful with her rehab and comes back even stronger...it's very impressive for a sophomore to put up those kinds of numbers, and against good teams and competition.

most exciting of all...enempkali and peoples on the floor together for 4 years!

 

[Moooooo]

The Statesman finally got wind of her commitment . . .

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