MAGBEGOR Ezi

Date of Birth: 13 Aug 1999

Age: 21

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.93/6'3''

Birth Country:

New Zealand

Place of residence : MELBOURNE, VIC

Residence Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Basketball	Women AUS Australia	8

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group C #11 AUS Australia 70 BEL Belgium 85	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group C #24 CHN China 76 AUS Australia 74	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group C #36 AUS Australia 96 PUR Puerto Rico 69	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Quarterfinal #41 AUS Australia 55 USA United States 79	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2018	Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ESP

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2019	Bengaluru, IND

World Championship U-19

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Women	2017	Italy

Ezi (Instagram profile, 21 Apr 2020)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Melbourne Boomers [Australia] since 2018/19

Guy Molloy [club]; Sandy Brondello [national], AUS

Position style:

Centre (wnba.com, 10 Apr 2019)

Sporting relatives:

Her bother Ovie has played basketball for the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, GA, United States of America. (wnbl.basketball, 27 Mar 2018; standard.net.au, 21 Nov 2017)

2018 for Australia, Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia (wnba.com, 10 Apr 2019)

National league:

Women's National Basketball League [AUS] (pickandroll.com.au, 03 Mar 2020)

She began playing basketball at Northern Rebels Basketball Club in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. (womenshealth.com.au, 25 Feb 2020)

She followed her older siblings into the sport. (womenshealth.com.au, 25 Feb 2020; standard.net.au, 21 Nov 2017)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (pickandroll.com.au, 13 Feb 2020)

Australian basketball player Lauren Jackson. (wnbl.basketball, 27 Mar 2018)

Her family. (womenshealth.com.au, 25 Feb 2020)

Philosophy:

"Focus on and control the non-negotiables. These are non-negotiable things that are attributed to my game, the things that I can control." (womenshealth.com.au, 25 Feb 2020)

She was named Women's National Basketball League [WNBL] Rookie of the Year for 2017/18. (foxsports.com.au, 11 Jan 2018)

She was named Capital on the Rise [Best Young Player] by the University of Canberra Capitals club for the 2017/18 season. canberra.edu.au, 11 Jan 2018

In 2017 she received the University of Canberra [Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra] Vice Chancellor's Award for her contribution to academics and basketball. (australia.basketball, 16 Dec 2017)

She was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] at the 2016 U17 World Championships in Zaragoza, Spain. (foxsports.com.au, 11 Jan 2018)

General Interest

General
WNBA DRAFT
In April 2019 she was selected by the Seattle Storm during the WNBA Draft as the 12th overall pick in the first round. As she was age 19 at the time, and with the Storm having roster constraints, she was kept overseas for the remainder of the year to develop while playing professionally in Australia. (cascadiasn.com, 18 Apr 2020; wnba.com, 10 Apr 2019)

EARLY LIFE
At age 15 she moved to Canberra, ACT, Australia, to train under the basketball programme at the Australian Institute of Sport [AIS]. She spent three years there in total. "I wasn't nervous at all to leave home in Melbourne. I missed my family for the first couple of months but having a group of girls there who were in the same situation as me helped a lot in my transition in Canberra." (standard.net.au, 21 Nov 2017; wnbl.basketball, 27 Mar 2018)

FROM NEW ZEALAND TO AUSTRALIA
Born in New Zealand, she moved to Melbourne, VIC, Australia, with her family at age six. Her parents were both born in Nigeria. (womenshealth.com.au, 25 Feb 2020; standard.net.au, 21 Nov 2017)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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