Chika Maree Emeagi (born 4 January 1979) is a retired Australian women's

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

player, who represented the country at both junior and senior levels.FIBA Archive. 1997 World Championship for Junior Women
Player Profile: Chika Emeagi
Retrieved 2015-01-24.

Biography

Emeagi commenced playing in the

Women's National Basketball League The Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) is a professional women's basketball list of basketball leagues, league in Australia composed of eight teams. The league was founded in 1981 and is the Women's sports, women's counterpart to the Na ...

(WNBL) in 1995. Since then, Emeagi has played for the AIS (1995/96),

Melbourne Tigers Melbourne United is an Australian professional basketball team based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. United compete in the National Basketball League (Australia), National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at Joh ...

(1997 to 1998/99) and

Perth Breakers The Perth Lynx are an Australian professional basketball team based in Perth, Western Australia. The Lynx compete in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) and play their home games at both Bendat Basketball Centre and Perth High Perfor ...

(1999/00), totalling 107 games. Emeagi stopped playing basketball in Australia following the 1999/00 season, at the age of 21, deciding instead to play in

Europe Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...

. In season 1995, Emeagi won the

WNBL Rookie of the Year Award The WNBL Breakout Player of the Year (formerly the WNBL Youth Player of the Year Award) is an annual Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) award given since the 1988 WNBL season. The award is named the Betty Watson Breakout Player of the Ye ...

for the most outstanding first year player. She was described as an exciting and talented player. At official

FIBA The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French language, French: ) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. FIBA defines the rules of basketball, specifies the Basketball equipment ...

events, Emeagi played for Australia at the 1997 World Championship for Junior Women, where she won a

Silver medal A silver medal, in sports and other similar areas involving competition, is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, ...

. At that tournament, Emeagi led the scoring for

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

with 105 points at an average of 15.0 points per game, outscoring teammate

Lauren Jackson Lauren Elizabeth Jackson (born 11 May 1981) is an Australian former professional basketball player. Arguably the most notable Australian women's basketball player, Jackson has had a decorated career with the Australia women's national basketb ...

with 100 points at 14.3.FIBA Archive. 1997 World Championship for Junior Women
Player Leader Statistics
Retrieved 2015-01-24.

References

Living people Australian women's basketball players 1979 births Australian Institute of Sport basketball (WNBL) players Forwards (basketball) 20th-century Australian women 21st-century Australian women People from Box Hill, Victoria Basketball players from Melbourne Sportswomen from Victoria (state) {{Australia-basketball-bio-stub