Awak Kuier

Awak Kuier
	Awak Kuier with the Dallas Wings in 2021.
Personal information
Born	19 August 2001; Cairo, Egypt
Nationality	Finnish
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Career information
High school	Helsinki Basketball Academy; (Helsinki, Finland)
WNBA draft	2021: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
	Selected by the Dallas Wings
Position	Forward
Career history
2016–2017	Peli-Karhut
2017–2020	HBA-Märsky
2020–2022	Virtus Eirene Ragusa
2021–2023	Dallas Wings
2022–present	Reyer Venezia
Career highlights and awards
	FIBA U18 Women's Euro Championship Division B MVP (2019); Naisten Korisliiga Most Improved Player (2019);
Basketball
Representing Finland
FIBA Under-18 European Division B Championship

Awak Sabit Bior Kuier (born 19 August 2001) is a Finnish basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), but she'll be skipping the 2024 WNBA season, and the Finnish national team. Kuier also plays for Italian team Reyer Venezia in LBF and EuroCup. Selected by the Wings with the second overall pick in the 2021 WNBA draft, she was the second Finnish player in the history of the league after Taru Tuukkanen to be drafted, and she became the first Finnish player to play in the WNBA in May 2021.

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