43 Chioma Nnamaka Class: Senior Hometown: Uppsala, Sweden High School: Fryshusets Kunskaps Centrum Height: 6-0 Position: Guard Birthdate: 06/15/1985

General: Came to Tech as an experienced international player that would add depth to the backcourt, but quickly became one of the most lethal scoring threats on the team ... Has a pure shot and can take the defense off the dribble, but is an unselfish player that involves the rest of the team ... The top three-point shooter on the team that ranks in the top five in the Georgia Tech career annals in three-point field goals made and attempted, as well as three-point percentage, scoring average and free-throw percentage ... Started a school-record 120 games in her four-year career at Tech ... A 2005 Freshman All-ACC honoree ... Earned Co-Offensive Player of the Year honors at the end-of-year team celebration in 2006 ... Named to the 2006 Swedish National Team ... 2006-07 recipient of the Five Star Women's Basketball Scholarship Endowment.

2007-08: Named Honorable Mention All-ACC ... Invited to participate in the 2008 ESPN College Slam Dunk and Three-Point Shooting Contest ... Finished career as the most prolific three-point shooter in Tech history with 269 made from beyond-the-arc ... Until an injury caused her to sit out of the Dec. 30, 2007 game against Kennesaw State, she had played and started 101 straight games ... Holds the school record for most games started with 120 games in her career ... Just the 16th player in Tech history to score 1,000 points and grab 500 rebounds in a career ... Scored 24 points and was 6-of-8 from 3-point range at Virginia (3/2) ... Career-best 7 3-point field goals on her way to 27 points in senior day win over Virginia Tech (2/29) ... Finished with a team-high 22 points and tied a then career-high 6 3-point field goals in win over Northwestern (11/21) ... Led all scorers with a season-high 28 points and grabbed 7 rebounds at Tulane (11/13)Scored in double-figures 22 times this season ... Ranks fifth all-time in scoring with 1,593 points ... Finished the season averaging 14.8 points and 3.9 rebounds ... Team Co-Captain.

2006-07: Selected as Co-Captain by her teammates prior to the start of the season ... Started all 33 games ... Scored 20 points or more in five games ... Scored in double figures in all but seven games this season ... Lifted Tech to first NCAA Tournament win in program history with 14 points and a career-high 11 rebounds vs. DePaul ... Went 4-for-5 from behind the arc with 12 points in ACC Tournament win over Miami ... Hit at least five 3-pointers in five games ... Moved into second place in school history for 3-pointers made in a single season with 81, helping the 2006-07 team to 147 treys in the single season, a new Tech record ... Earned her 1,000th career point in loss at Florida State becoming only the seventh Yellow Jacket to reach the scoring milestone before her senior season ... Third on the team in scoring with 13.0 points per game and second on the team in rebounding with 4.7 per game ... Tied for team lead in minutes played averaging 30.0 minutes per game.

2005-06: Competed for the Swedish National Team during the summer ... Led the Jackets in scoring, averaging 12.4 points per contest ... Scored in double-figures in 20 contests, and had five games in which she scored over 20 points ... Tech's top three-point threat, connecting on 57-of-156 (.365) from three-point range ... Fourth on the team in rebounding, with 150 on the season (5.2 pg) ... Recorded the first double-double of her college career with 22 points and 10 rebounds at Georgia State ... Also scored 22 points in the season opener, when she went 9-for-11 (.818) from the field while pulling down seven rebounds ... Recorded a season-high of 25 points at Boston College, where she was 11-for-18 (.611) from the field ... Matched her season high of 25 points two games later against Virginia Tech, shooting .474 from the field while connecting on 6-of-10 from three-point range ... Named to the all-tournament team for the Georgia Tech/Atlanta Marriott NW Holiday Invitational after averaging 16.5 points and five rebounds per game against Alabama State and UMass ... Held scoreless in just two contests all season ... Shot over 50 percent from the field in nine games during the season ... Hit at least one three-pointer in 25 of 29 games during the season.

2004-05: Named to the Freshman all-ACC team ... Second on the team in scoring with 12.7 points per game ... Ranked sixth in the Tech record books for most points by a freshman (344) ... Named the ACC Rookie of the Week for Dec. 27 ... Had a breakout game in the conference opener at Florida State, scoring 30 points on 12-of-19 shooting while pulling down seven rebounds ... Scored 21 points and had five rebounds, three steals and two assists in Tech's win over Samford ... Shot over 35 percent from beyond the three-point arc against ACC opponents ... Had a game-high 20 points while adding eight rebounds and an assist against Clemson ... One of three Yellow Jackets to score in all 27 games during the season.

Prep: Helped her teams win the Swedish Championship on three occasions, first in Uppsala in 1998, then with 08 Blackeberg in 2003, and finally with 08 Stockholm HR in 2003 ... Named the "Scania Queen" in the Nordic Championships in 2003 ... MVP of the Swedish Championship Game in 2003 ... Also named to the all-star team for the 2003 Swedish Championships ... Played in a pair of all-star games for the Damligan League (highest league in Sweden) in 2004, winning the three-point competition ... Attended Fryshusets Kunskaps Centrum in Stockholm.

Personal: Chioma Mathilda Nnamaka was born June 15, 1985 ... Parents are Jonathan and Ann-Katrin Nnamaka ... Older brother Oluoma played basketball at Marquette and currently plays professionally in Italy ... Older sisters Azuka and Ifeanyi play basketball in Sweden's highest league ... Lists winning the Swedish Championship with 08 Stockholm HR in 2003 as her most memorable athletic accomplishment ... Would like to work in law enforcement after graduation ... Dean's list student majoring in international affairs at Georgia Tech.

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