 Awak Kuier with the Dallas Wings in 2021. | |
| No. 34 – Reyer Venezia | |
|---|---|
| Position | Forward |
| League | Lega Basket Femminile |
| Personal information | |
| Born | 19 August 2001 Cairo, Egypt |
| Nationality | Finnish / South Sudanese |
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Helsinki Basketball Academy (Helsinki, Finland) |
| WNBA draft | 2021: 1st round, 2nd overall pick |
| Selected by the Dallas Wings | |
| Career history | |
| 2016–2017 | Peli-Karhut |
| 2017–2020 | HBA-Märsky |
| 2020–2022 | Virtus Eirene Ragusa |
| 2021–2023 | Dallas Wings |
| 2022–present | Reyer Venezia |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Awak Sabit Bior Kuier (born 19 August 2001)[1][2] is a Finnish professional basketball player who competes for Reyer Venezia in the Italian Lega Basket Femminile and for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).[3][4][5][6] She competes internationally for the Finnish national team. Selected by the Wings with the second overall pick in the 2021 WNBA draft, she was the second Finnish player in the history of the league after Taru Tuukkanen to be drafted, and she became the first Finnish player to play in the WNBA in May 2021.[7]
- ^ Kuier Awak Sabit Bior, legabasketfemminile.it
- ^ Kemppainen, Jouni K. (25 September 2022). "Aina päätä pidempi". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "Dallas Wings forward Awak Kuier will forgo 2024 WNBA season". dallasnews.com. The Dallas Morning News. 22 January 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "WNBA mock draft 2021, version 2.0: Texas' Collier projected to go No. 1". ESPN.com. 21 February 2021.
- ^ "International prospects for the 2021 WNBA draft". FIBA.basketball.
- ^ Awak Kuier teki sopimuksen uuteen italialaisseuraan: "Halusin kovempaan liigaan", Yle, Ossi Saarinen, 12 June 2022
- ^ "Awak Kuier set for historic basketball debut". Yle Uutiset.