Nneka Ogwumike Named to AP All-WNBA Second Team

Seattle Storm's Nneka Ogwumike is back on the All-WNBA list, earning a spot on the Second Team after another season that looked anything but ordinary. Ogwumike has been in the league since 2012. She’s 35 now. And yet, she just finished a year that most forwards in their twenties would be proud of. In 44 games, she averaged 18.3 points and 7 rebounds, hitting 51.9 percent from the field while adding a career-high 1.5 threes per game. Seattle fans saw the difference. In early September against Golden State, Ogwumike dropped 22 points and pulled down six rebounds in a win that sealed the Storm’s playoff spot. Two weeks before, she steadied the team against New York with clutch mid-range buckets when the offense stalled. Night after night, it was the same story: when the Storm needed a lift, Ogwumike delivered. This isn’t the same player who once relied only on power around the rim. Ogwumike has reshaped her game over the years. First it was the mid-range jumper. Now it’s the three-point shot. She connected on 3