Elizabeth Balogun

Elizabeth Balogun is a Nigerian basketball player.[1] She plays college basketball for the Louisville Cardinals Women's Team [2][3] and the Nigerian national team.[4]

Elizabeth Balogun
No. 4 – Louisville Cardinals women's basketball
PositionPoint Guard
LeagueAtlantic Coast Conference
Personal information
Born (2000-09-09) September 9, 2000
Lagos, Nigeria
NationalityNigerian
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career information
High schoolHamilton Heights High School
CollegeGeorgia Tech (2018-2019)
Louisville Cardinals (2019–present)
Career highlights and awards
  • ACC freshman of the year (2018/19)

High School

Balogun moved to Hamilton Heights High SchoolTennessee[5] in her eight grade from Lagos, Nigeria.[6] She averaged 15.1 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.7 blocks and 2.1 assists.[7] She made the ALL-USA Girls Basketball First Team at the end of stay in Highschool.[8]

College career

Balogun started as a freshman at Georgia Tech[9] in 2018,[10] She left the team for Louisville Cardinals after being named the 2018-19 ACC freshman of the year having averaged 14.64 points per game in her freshman season.[11] In her sophomore year at Louisville, she was named preseason All-ACC by Coaches and Blue Ribbon Panel and has also been named into the Citizen Naismith Watch List.[11]

Nigerian National Women's Basketball team

Balogun was called up to represent the D'Tigress and to participate in the 2019 pre Olympic Qualifying tournament in Mozambique but she was not released by Louisville.[12][13] She was also called up to participate in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Qualifiers in Belgrade.[14][15][16]

Personal life

Balogun is the second of 3 children, her older brother, Ezekiel, plays at The Citadel in South Carolina. Her younger sister, Ruth, plays at Hamilton Heights. Her mom Justina is late while her Dad Mark resides in Nigeria where he is Basketball Coach and a Policeman.[17][7]

References
  1. "Elizabeth BALOGUN at the FIBA Women's Afrobasket 2019". FIBA.basketball.
  2. "Louisville's Elizabeth Balogun carving her own path with Cardinals". ESPN.com. November 26, 2019.
  3. "Louisville named women's basketball team of the week after Paradise Jam dominance | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com.
  4. http://www.fiba.basketball/oqtwomen/serbia/2020/player/Elizabeth-Balogun
  5. "elizabeth-balogun". ESPN.com.
  6. "Player Bios | Hamilton Heights Basketball". hamiltonheightssports.com.
  7. "Recruit's road nearly ended at 'smile mile'". ESPN.com. February 22, 2017.
  8. "ALL-USA Girls Basketball First Team: Elizabeth Balogun, Hamilton Heights Christian". April 10, 2018.
  9. "Elizabeth Balogun". Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. July 11, 2018.
  10. Lerner, Danielle. "Louisville transfers Elizabeth Balogun and Liz Dixon, bonded..." The Athletic.
  11. "Elizabeth Balogun - Women's Basketball". University of Louisville Athletics.
  12. "Nigerian basketball team regroups in Maputo - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com.
  13. Ezekute, Nnamdi (November 4, 2019). "Otis Names Atosu, Akhator, Kalu In D'Tigress' Squad For Pre-Olympics".
  14. "Hughley names 14 players as D'Tigress camp opens February". December 16, 2019.
  15. "Nigeria reveals shortlist for Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade". FIBA.basketball.
  16. http://www.fiba.basketball/oqtwomen/serbia/2020/team/Nigeria
  17. "Road to Tokyo 2020: 14 players to hit D'Tigress camp". January 12, 2020.
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