Biography
Career Honors: 2017-18 Big 5 champion ... 2018 first-team All-Ivy ... 2018 first-team All-Big 5 ... 2017-18 team captain ... 2018 Ivy League All-Tournament Team ... 2017-18 Preseason Katrina McClain Watch List for the top power forward in the nation ... 2018 Senior CLASS candidate ... 2017 Ivy League regular season and tournament champion ... 2017 Ivy League Player of the Year ... 2017 unanimous first-team All-Ivy ... 2017 Ivy League Tournament Most Outstanding Player ... 2017 first-team All-Big 5 ... 2017 Winter Academic All-Ivy ... 2016 Ivy League champion ... 2016 first-team All-Ivy selection ... 2016 first-team All-Big 5 ... Eight-time Ivy League Player of the Week ... 2014-15 Big 5 champion ... 2015 Ivy League Rookie of the Year ... Six-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Dec. 1, 2014; Jan. 26, 2015; Feb. 9, 2015; Feb. 16, 2015; Feb. 23, 2015; March 2, 2015) ... Four-time ECAC South Rookie of the Week (Dec. 2, 2014; Feb. 10, 2015; Feb. 17, 2015; March 3, 2015) ... College Sports Madness Ivy Player of the Week (March 2, 2015) ... Penn's 2014-15 Impact Player of the Year ... First player in Ivy League history with over 1,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 300 blocks ... First in Penn history in games played, having played in every game possible in her time with the Quakers (120) ... Second all-time at Penn with 1,048 career rebounds, sixth in Ivy League history ... Second in both Penn and Ivy League history in blocks (308) ... Third all-time at Penn with 39 career double-doubles ... Fifth in Penn history with 1,517 points ... Fifth in Penn history in made free throws (356) ... Sixth in Penn history in made field goals (542) ... Owns career highs of 30 points, 20 rebounds, seven assists, seven blocks and four steals.
2017-18: 2017-18 Big 5 champion ... 2018 first-team All-Ivy ... 2018 first-team All-Big 5 ... 2017-18 team captain ... Ivy League Player of the Week (March 5) ... 2018 Ivy League All-Tournament Team ... Led team in both scoring (377) and rebounds (271), averaging 12.2 points and 8.7 boards per game ... Ranked third in the Ivy League in rebounds per game ... Totaled a team high 72 blocks on the year, averaging 2.3 swats per game, ranking 27th in the NCAA and fourth in the Ivy League ... Featured the highest assist total of her career, dishing out 78 on the year, second-most on the team ... Second in the Ivy League with an average of 3.1 offensive rebounds per game ... Averaged a team-high 33.3 minutes each contest ... Set a new career-high with 30 points against Harvard (Feb. 10), hitting a personal-best four 3-pointers ... Collected a season-high 16 rebounds vs. Yale (March 2), becoming the second in program history with over 1,000 career rebounds ... Matched a career-high with seven assists vs. Cornell (Jan. 12) ... Matched a career-high with four steals at Saint Joseph's (Dec. 11) ... Notched a season-high of six blocks three times: vs. Lafayette (Nov. 18), vs. VCU (Dec. 28) and against Cornell ... Played at least 35 minutes in 16 games on the year ... Recorded 300th block against Brown (March 3) ... Posted seven double-doubles on the year, finishing with 39 for her career ... Third in program history to be named first-team All-Ivy three times ... Posted double-figure scoring performances 20 times on the year, including all four Big 5 matchups.
2016-17: 2017 Ivy League regular season and tournament champion ... 2017 Ivy League Player of the Year ... 2017 unanimous first-team All-Ivy ... 2017 Ivy League Tournament Most Outstanding Player ... 2017 first-team All-Big 5 ... 2016-17 Winter Academic All-Ivy ... Four-time Ivy League Player of the Week (Jan. 9, Feb. 6, Feb. 27, Mar. 6 2017) ... College Sports Madness Ivy League Player of the Week (Feb. 27) ... Ranked 17th in the NCAA with 87 blocked shots ... Also ranked 23rd in the NCAA with 15 double-doubles on the season ... 44th in the NCAA with 9.3 rebounds per game ... Ranked among the top in the Ivy League in several statistical categories, including scoring (5th; 15.1ppg), rebounding (2nd; 9.3rpg), assists (13th; 2.4/game), blocked shots (1st; 2.9/game), offensive rebounds (1st; 3.2/game), and defensive rebounds (4th; 6.1/game) ... Averaged 31.4 minutes per game, 15.1 points per game, 9.3 rebounds per game, 2.4 assists per game, and 2.9 blocked shots per game ... Led the team in points (453), scoring average (15.1ppg), field goal attempts (389), rebounds (279), and blocked shots (87) ... Tallied a career-high 25 points vs. Brown in the Ivy League Tournament (Mar. 11) ... Bagged 20 rebounds against Richmond (Dec. 10), marking the most rebounds in one game for a Quaker player since 1997 ... Dished out a career-high seven assists vs. Yale (Jan. 13) ... Tied a career-high by making 10 field goals against Brown (Mar. 11) ... Played at least 30 minutes in 22 games in 2017 ... Recorded 15 double-doubles on the season and ended the year posting at least 15 points in seven of the last eight games of the season ... Ranks third all-time at Penn with 32 career double-doubles ... Eclipsed the 1,000 point milestone on Feb. 24 vs. Brown to become the 22nd player in program history to reach that mark.
2015-16: 2016 Ivy League champion ... 2016 first-team All-Ivy selection ... 2016 first-team All-Big 5 ... Three-time Ivy League Player of the Week (Nov. 30, 2015; Jan. 4, 2016; Mar. 7, 2016) ... Started all 29 games of the season ... Averaged 33.2 minutes per game, 14.0 points per game, 9.6 rebounds per game and 2.1 assists per game ... Ranked 20th in the NCAA averaging 2.83 blocks per game ... Ranked 24th in the country in total blocked shots for the season (82) ... Ranked 42nd in the NCAA averaging 9.5 rebounds per game ... Ranked first in the conference with 82 blocked shots on the season (2.8/game); second in the Ivy League in rebounding (9.6/game); third in league in both offensive rebounds (84) and defensive rebounds (193); sixth in the Ivy League in total minutes played (962; 33.2/game); ranked seventh in the Ivy League with 407 points on the season (14.0 ppg) ... Led the Quakers in points (407) and scoring average (14.0) for the season; also led the team in free throw attempts (177) and free throws made (111); second on the team in rebounds (277) and rebounds per game (9.6); second on the team with 38 steals on the season; third on the team in field goal percentage (.417) and second in field goal attempts (345; 11.9/game); third on the team in 3-point field goal attempts (52) and 3-pointers made (14); third on the team in assists (62); third on the team in total minutes played (962) ... Recorded nine double-doubles on the season ... Tallied a career-high 25 points vs. Colorado State (Nov. 24) ... Grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds at BYU-Hawaii (Dec. 31) ... Matched a career-high with seven blocks in a loss at Saint Joseph’s (Dec. 8) ... Tallied a career-high four steals at Dartmouth (Feb. 6) ... Matched a career-high with three trey’s in a win against Wagner (Dec. 21) ... Also matched a career-high with nine made field goals at UMBC (Nov. 15) ... Went 9-of-14 from the free throw line in a win at Drexel (Dec. 19) ... Led the team in assists in six games, points and steals in nine games, rebounds in 15 games and blocks in 21 games this season ... Played a season-high 40 minutes in the NCAA Tournament game vs. Washington (Mar. 19) ... Notched a season-high 17 rebounds at BYU-Hawaii (Dec. 31) ... Tallied a season-high 25 points vs. Navy (Dec. 5).
2014-15: 2014-15 Big 5 champion ... Ivy League Rookie of the Year ... Six-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Dec. 1, Jan. 26, Feb. 9, Feb. 16, Feb. 23, March 2) ... Four-time ECAC South Rookie of the Week (Dec. 2, Feb. 10, Feb. 17, March 3) ... College Sports Madness Ivy Player of the Week (March 2) ... Played in all 30 games and started 11 ... Finished tops on the team and fourth in the Ivy League in rebounding (7.4/game) ... Second on the team and in the Ivy League with 67 blocks which ranked as fourth-most in a season at Penn ... Third on the team in scoring (9.3/game) ... Finished with eight double-doubles ... Led Penn in scoring 10 times and led team in rebounding 16 times ... Had a block, steal and rebound in collegiate debut at No. 4 Tennessee (Nov. 14) ... First career double-double with 17 points and 14 rebounds in 20 minutes in a win over New Hampshire (Nov. 25) ... Eight rebounds in Big 5 title-clinching win over Temple (Jan. 5) ... Led team with 14 points and added five blocks, three assists and two steals in win at NJIT (Jan. 24) ... Had a double-double with 11 points and game-high 13 rebounds against Cornell (Feb. 6) ... Had a near triple-double in her first career start with a career-high 19 points, game-high 10 rebounds and career-best seven blocks in win over Columbia (Feb. 7) ... Finished with a team-high 17 points, 10 rebounds and seven blocks, and matched a career high with three assists in win at Brown (Feb. 14) ... Second straight double-double with 16 points and 11 rebounds in win over Harvard (Feb. 20) ... One rebound shy of a double-double with 15 points and four blocks in win over Brown (Feb. 27) ... Double-double with season-best 19 points, plus 12 rebounds in win over Yale (Feb. 28) ... Nine points, nine rebounds, four blocks in win at Columbia (March 6) ... Double-double against No. 13 Princeton with 13 points and 14 rebounds (March 10) ... Led team with 16 points and eight rebounds in WNIT first round win over Hofstra (March 19) ... Eighth double-double of the season with 15 points and career-high 14 rebounds in addition to three assists and three blocks in second round of WNIT against Temple (March 22).
High School: Four-year letterwinner and two-time team captain ... 2013-14 McDonalds All-America nominee ... Four-time first-team all-district ... Three-time first-team All-State ... Second-team All-State as a freshman ... 2013-14 District MVP ... Scored more than 2,000 career points ... Ranked #21 in the nation at her position by ESPNU HoopGurlz.
Personal: Daughter of Fidelia and Emmanuel Nwokedi ... Youngest of five children (three sisters, one brother) ... Sister, Jennifer, played basketball at Tulane and Houston ... Brother, Brian, played football at Claremont McKenna College ... Enrolled in College of Arts and Sciences.
