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    Nneka Ogwumike has vision to help WNBA reach new fans

    by By Tyler Blint-Welsh, Los Angeles Times Aug 18, 2017 3 minutes

    In just six seasons, Sparks star Nneka Ogwumike already has amassed a career's worth of WNBA accomplishments. In the last year alone, she won a most valuable player award and drained a championship-clinching shot in the Finals.

    This season she is tops in scoring (18.7 points), shooting percentage (55.8) and free-throw percentage (88.3) for the playoff-bound Sparks.

    But what lies ahead, beyond the playoffs, is her biggest challenge yet: elevating the WNBA in prominence.

    A Stanford graduate who contemplated a career in medicine, Ogwumike was unanimously elected president of the Women's National Basketball Players

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