ASU grad Promise Amukamara playing for Nigeria at 2024 Paris Olympics – The Arizona Republic
Before she was a professional basketball player and a two-time Olympian, Promise Amukamara was making a name for herself in another sport: track and field.Former Arizona State women's basketball coach Charli Turner Thorne remembers the first time she came across a young Amukamara, then in her junior year at Glendale Apollo High School. It was the summer of 2010, and Promise was more known for her track exploits at the time.Her older sister, Precious, was a star sprinter at Apollo, winning seven AIA state championships while in high school before...