Arike Ogunbowale

Later that week, she was the fifth overall pick in the 2019 WNBA draft, joining the Dallas Wings for her rookie professional season.

In her junior season, Ogunbowale helped the Fighting Irish win the 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, making game-winning baskets in the semifinal against UConn and in the final against Mississippi State. Shortly after the end of the 2017–18 school year, the Atlantic Coast Conference named her as its female Athlete of the Year across all sports, sharing honors with men's winner Lamar Jackson of Louisville football.

In April 2018, Ogunbowale was announced as one of the celebrities who would compete on season 26 of Dancing with the Stars. She was partnered with professional dancer Gleb Savchenko. Ogunbowale and Savchenko were eliminated from the competition on May 7, 2018, placing 7th.

Ogunbowale played high school basketball at Divine Savior Holy Angels High School in Milwaukee. In the 2014-2015 season, the team won the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division I title, with Ogunbowale averaging 27.2 points per game. Ogunbowale was named 2015 Wisconsin Miss Basketball and was a McDonald's High School All-America selection.

From 2009 to 2012, Ogunbowale was part of four Wisconsin State Cup-winning soccer teams.

Arike Ogunbowale (born March 2, 1997) is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, before being drafted by the Wings with the fifth overall pick of the 2019 WNBA Draft. She was the Most Outstanding Player of Notre Dame's 2018 national title run, hitting game-winning baskets in both the semi-final and championship game. Arike has a Nigerian root and her name means “a child that is pampered, loved and treasured” among the Yorubas in Nigeria - where her father comes from.