Awak Kuier

Who they were

Personal life She was born in Cairo , Egypt and is of South Sudanese origin. [ 1 ] She moved to Finland as a refugee with her family when she was two years old, [ 2 ] first settling in the city of Kotka . [ 3 ] Today, her family has settled in the coastal town of Uusikaupunki and she holds dual Finnish and Egyptian citizenship. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] She speaks Italian, Arabic, Finnish, and English. [ 6 ] Kuier has four older brothers and her parents are Jehovah's Witnesses .

Awak Sabit Bior Kuier is a Finnish professional basketball player who competes for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), and for Galatasaray in the Turkish Women's Basketball Super League and in the EuroCup Women. 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,

Early life

Educated at: Karhula school, Mäkelänrinne Upper Secondary School, and Helilä School.

Path and career

Career Peli-Karhut (2016–2017) Growing up in the city of Kotka , Kuier was discovered for basketball by a neighbour at age 10, when she stood already 180 cm tall. The man contacted Mikko Kokkola, who was coaching basketball at the local Peli-Karhut  [ fi ] , and Kokkola invited her to practice. [ 1 ] Kuier joined the club. She was named the U16-league Player of the Season in 2015–16. She debuted in top-tier Naisten Korisliiga with PeKa first team in the 2016–17 season. [ 2 ]

Career statistics EuroLeague Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG 2024–25 Umana Reyer Venezia 2 30.1 .522 .273 .333 5.0 2.5 1.5 1.5 2.5 14.0 EuroCup Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG 2022–23 Umana Reyer Venezia 14 27.4 .508 .333 .605 5.1 1.9 1.1 1.5 2.4 12.4 2023–24 Umana Reyer Venezia 12 21.5 .400 .222 .737 4.4 1.7 .8 1.5 1.5 8.7

Why this date

Awak Kuier appears on our August 19 calendar for 2001 as a birth entry.