Queen Egbo

Queen Egbo
	Egbo with Baylor in 2021
Las Vegas Aces
Position	Center
League	WNBA
Personal information
Born	June 29, 2000 (age 24); Houston, Texas, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school	Travis (Richmond, Texas)
College	Baylor (2018–2022)
WNBA draft	2022: 1st round, 10th overall pick
	Selected by the Indiana Fever
Career history
2022–2023	Indiana Fever
2023	Washington Mystics
2024	Fujian Zoten
2024	Connecticut Sun
2024	Los Angeles Sparks
2024–present	Las Vegas Aces
Career highlights and awards
	WNBA All-Rookie Team (2022); NCAA champion (2019); Big 12 Sixth Player of the Year (2020); McDonald's All-American (2018);
	Stats at Basketball Reference
Women's basketball
Representing the United States
FIBA Under-19 World Cup

Queen Kamsiyochukwu Egbo (born June 29, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She also previously played in the WNBA for the Indiana Fever, Washington Mystics, Connecticut Sun and Los Angeles Sparks. She played college basketball at Baylor. She represented the United States at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup and won a gold medal.

Early life

Egbo attended Travis High School in Richmond, Texas. During her freshman year in 2015, she averaged 14.2 points, and 13 rebounds per game and 150 total blocks. She also had two triple-doubles and 19 double-doubles during her first varsity season.^[1] During her sophomore year in 2016, she averaged 14.8 points, 11.3 rebounds, 2.3 steals and 4.6 blocks per game.^[2]

During her junior year in 2017, she averaged 18.8 points, 13.1 rebounds, 4.1 blocks, and 2.1 steals per game. She also had 21 double-doubles in 33 regular season games for the Lady Tigers'. Following an outstanding season she was named district MVP.^[3]^[4] During her senior year, she averaged 17.3 points, 12.4 rebounds, 5.0 blocks and 3.9 steals per game. She was named a McDonald's All-American in 2018.^[5]^[6]

College career

During the 2018–19 season, in her freshman year, she averaged 5.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and 0.9 blocks in 35 games for Baylor. During the 2019–20 season, in her sophomore year, she averaged 10.8 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.1 blocks and 0.9 steals per game in 30 games.^[7] Following the season, she was named the Big 12 Sixth Player of the Year.^[8]

During the 2020–21 season, in her junior year, she ranked tenth in the Big 12 in rebounds per game (7.2), fourth in offensive rebounds (3.1), and seventh in blocks per contest (1.2). She averaged 10.9 points in just 19.9 minutes per game and led the team in field goal percentage at a .504.^[7] She was named a top-five finalist for the Lisa Leslie Award.^[9] During the 2021–22 season, in her senior year, she averaged 11.0 points and 8.4 rebounds per game, and was named a top-ten finalist for the Lisa Leslie Award.^[10]

On March 27, 2022, Egbo renounced her extra year of eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic and declared for the 2022 WNBA draft.^[11]

Professional career

On April 11, 2022, Egbo was drafted in the first round, 10th overall, by the Indiana Fever in the 2022 WNBA draft.^[12]

On July 4, 2023, Egbo was traded to the Washington Mystics in exchange for Amanda Zahui B.^[13]

On May 7, 2024, Egbo was traded to the Connecticut Sun in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2025 WNBA draft, and the rights to Bernadett Határ.^[14]^[15] On June 5, 2024, Egbo was waived by the Sun. She appeared in three game for Connecticut during the 2024 WNBA season, logging two points and two rebounds in seven minutes of action.^[16]

On June 22, 2024, Egbo signed a hardship contract with the Los Angeles Sparks.^[17] On June 29, 2024, her birthday, she was waived by the Sparks.^[18]

On September 2, 2024, Egbo signed a seven-day contract with the Las Vegas Aces.^[19]

National team career

Egbo was named to the 2018 United States women's national under-18 basketball team, however, she withdrew due to school commitments.^[20] Egbo represented the United States at the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup, where she averaged 7.9 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, and won a gold medal.^[21]

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career best	°	League leader

*	Denotes season(s) in which Egbo won an NCAA Championship

WNBA

Regular season

Stats current through end of 2024 season

WNBA regular season statistics^[22]
Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2022	Indiana	33	31	21.8	.442	—	.645	6.3	0.9	0.9	1.2	1.9	7.2
2023	Indiana	16	0	8.9	.400	—	.647	4.0	0.1	0.1	0.5	0.7	2.9
2023	Washington	21	0	15.8	.544	—	.633	4.4	0.4	0.6	0.7	1.1	6.2
2024	Connecticut	3	0	2.3	.000	—	1.000	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7
	Los Angeles	2	0	2.0	1.000	—	.000	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0
	Las Vegas	3	0	6.0	.667	—	—	1.7	0.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	2.7
Career	3 years, 5 teams	78	31	15.7	.464	—	.648	4.8	0.5	0.6	0.8	1.3	5.5

Playoffs

WNBA playoff statistics
Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG
2023	Washington	2	4.5	.000	—	—	0.5	0.0
2024	Las Vegas	1	3.0	—	—	—	1.0	1.0
Career	2 years, 2 teams	3	4.0	.000	—	—	0.7	0.3

College

NCAA statistics
Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2018–19*	Baylor	35	0	10.1	.453	.000	.506	4.2	0.3	0.6	0.9	1.0	5.1
2019–20	Baylor	30	8	18.5	.604	.000	.488	6.8	0.4	0.9	1.1	1.7	10.8
2020–21	Baylor	30	30	24.9	.500	.000	.639	8.6	0.9	1.2	1.9	2.5	11.1
2021–22	Baylor	35	35	23.9	.498	.000	.702	8.4	0.9	0.9	1.8	1.9	11.0
Career		130	73	19.1	.517	.000	.594	7.0	0.6	0.9	1.4	1.8	9.5