Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe

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Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe
Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe.jpg
Personal information
Born (1991-08-29) August 29, 1991 (age 30)
Toronto, Ontario
NationalityCanadian
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High schoolKalamalka Secondary School
(Vernon, British Columbia)
CollegeSimon Fraser (2009–2013)
WNBA draft2013 / Undrafted
Playing career2013–present
PositionForward
Career history
2013–2014Pully
2014–2015Donau-Ries
2015–2016Wasserburg
2016–2017Bendigo Spirit
2017, 2019New York Liberty
2017–2018Rezé-Nantes Basket 44
2018–presentCJM Bourges Basket
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)
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  Canada
FIBA AmeriCup
Gold medal – first place 2015 Canada
Silver medal – second place 2019 Puerto Rico
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Canada Team

Folade Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe (born August 29, 1991) is a Canadian professional basketball player who is currently a free agent.

Career[edit]

College[edit]

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[edit]

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 Damen-Basketball-Bundesliga for the 2014–15 season. After one season with the side, she moved to Wasserburg There she helped lead the team to the German title.

After she concluded her Australian season with Bendigo, Raincock-Ekunwe was signed by Flammes Carolos Basket Ardennes in Charleville-Mézières for the remainder of the 2017 season, playing in just five games.[1] Raincock-Ekunwe will return to France's Ligue Féminine de Basketball for the 2017–18 season, after signing with Rezé-Nantes Basket 44.[2] .After the end of the FIBA 2018 World Cup, she returned to France to play in the 2018–19 season for Tango Bourges Basket.

Australia[edit]

Raincock-Ekunwe signed with the Bendigo Spirit in Australia for the 2016–17 Women's National Basketball League season.[3] The Spirit placed in 6th position for the season and failed to reach the 2017 WNBL Finals. Raincock-Ekunwe was Player of the Week twice and named to the Team of the Week on five occasions.

WNBA[edit]

Raincock-Ekunwe was signed by the New York Liberty for the preseason camp, heading into the 2017 WNBA season. She made her preseason debut on May 2, 2017.[4]

National team[edit]

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.[5] In September 2018, she participated at the FIBA World Cup in Tenerife, Spain. Canada ended on the 7th place, with Nayo averaging 8.2 points,6.5 rebounds in 25 minutes average. In July of 2021, she participated in the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Nayo-Raincock-Ekunwe en Renfort". flammesbasketcarolo.net. Archived from the original on 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  2. ^ "Congratulations to Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe". wnbl.com.au.
  3. ^ "Bendigo Spirit Sign Canadian International". wnbl.com.au.
  4. ^ "Bendigo Bank Spirit Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe Off To The Big Apple". wnbl.com.au.
  5. ^ "Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe". basketball.ca.

External links[edit]

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