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About Ohemaa Nyanin
Ohemaa Nyanin is the first-ever General Manager of the Golden State Valkyries, the WNBA's first expansion franchise since 2008, where she oversees all of basketball operations.
Born in Maryland to parents from Ghana, Nyanin grew up living in five different countries before earning her bachelor's in international relations and a master's in justice and public policy from American University. She spent five years as assistant director of the women's program at USA Basketball — including the 2016 Olympics and the 2018 FIBA World Cup — then five years with the New York Liberty as Director of Basketball Operations and later Assistant General Manager, a stretch in which she was widely credited as instrumental in recruiting Breanna Stewart, Courtney Vandersloot and Jonquel Jones to New York. Hired to launch the Valkyries, she built the roster, hired the coaching staff and set the franchise's culture from scratch.
Fun facts
- She is the first general manager in Golden State Valkyries history, hired to build the franchise from nothing.
- Before the WNBA she spent five years at USA Basketball, working at the 2016 Olympic Games and the 2018 FIBA Women's World Cup.
- She grew up spending time in five countries — the Philippines, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Chile and the United States — and is of Ghanaian heritage.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohemaa_Nyanin
- https://valkyries.wnba.com/news/gm-ohemaa-nynain-plans-to-establish-winning-culture-with-valkyries-20240517
- https://valkyries.wnba.com/news/valkyries-general-manager-ohemaa-nyanin-named-to-san-francisco-business-times-most-influential-women-in-bay-area-business-list