Arike Ogunbowale DSHA ‘15
Basketball: 4 year varsity starter 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15
2011-2012 | Helped the team to a 17-6 overall record and a second-place finish in the Greater Metro Conference. Led the team in points (399), rebounds (192), assists (82) and steals (44). Greater Metro Conference First Team All-Conference, Conference Player of the Year, First Team All-State, Journal-Sentinel All-Area First Team, USA Today All-USA Wisconsin First Team
2012-2013 | Helped the team to a 21-4 overall record and a second-place finish in the Greater Metro Conference. Led the team in points (510), rebounds (240), assists (112) and steals (77) WIAA Regional Championship, WIAA Sectional Runner-Up, Greater Metro Conference First Team All-Conference, Conference Player of the Year, First Team All-State, Journal-Sentinel All-Area First Team, Journal-Sentinel Area Player of the Year, USA Today All-USA Wisconsin First Team, AP Wisconsin Player of the Year, Gatorade Wisconsin High School Player of the Year
2013-2014 | Helped her team to a 20-5 overall record and a first-place finish in the Greater Metro Conference. Captain. Led the team in points (568), rebounds (307), assists (94), and steals (70) WIAA Regional Championship, Greater Metro Conference First Team All-Conference, Conference Player of the Year, First Team All-State, Journal-Sentinel All-Area First Team, Journal-Sentinel Area Player of the Year, USA Today All-USA Wisconsin First Team, AP Wisconsin Player of the Year, Gatorade Wisconsin High School Player of the Year
2014-2015 | Helped her team to a 22-2 overall record and an undefeated 14-0 first-place finish in the Greater Metro Conference. Captain. Led the team in points (763), rebounds (257), assists (77), and steals (70) WIAA Regional Championship, WIAA Sectional Championship, WIAA D1 State Championship (first in school history), WIAA State All-Tournament Team, Greater Metro Conference First Team All-Conference, Conference Player of the Year, First Team All-State, Journal-Sentinel All-Area First Team, Journal-Sentinel Area Player of the Year, USA Today All-USA Wisconsin First Team, AP Wisconsin Player of the Year, Gatorade Wisconsin High School Player of the Year, USA Today Wisconsin Player of the Year, Wisconsin Miss Basketball, WBCA All-American, Naismith Trophy second-team All-American, USA Today All-USA Second Team, Parade All-American, Finalist for the Morgan Wootten Award, McDonald’s High School All-American (just the third Wisconsin native ever to earn McDonald’s All-American status)
2014-2015 DSHA Sportswoman of the Year. In 2014-2015 held the All-Time DSHA Career Records for points scored (2,240), assists (365), rebounds (996), made 2-pointers (719-1379), made free-throws career (380-535), games played (99) and was second in All-Time DSHA Career Records for made 3-pointers (140-417), steals (261). Held the All-Time DSHA season records for points in a season (763) and rebounds in a season (307). Career per-game statistical averages of 22.2 points per game, 9.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.2 steals with .544 field goal percentage and .389 3-point percentage. In 2015 was ranked 6th in the State of Wisconsin for all-time scoring list (2,240) and 7th in the State of Wisconsin for total season points (763), posted eight 30-point games, including a school-record 55 points in the state semi-final win over Middleton.
Played Division 1 Basketball at the University of Notre Dame 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18,
2018-19 Notre Dame Women’s Basketball All-Time Leading Scorer (2,626), First Team All-ACC, NCAA All-Final Four Team, NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player, WBCA All-American, Two-Time Associated Press and espnW All-American, 2018 NCAA National Champion (hit the winning shot in the semi-final and championship games)
WNBA – Selected fifth overall in the 2019 WNBA draft by the Dallas Wings. 2019 WNBA All-Rookie, 2020 All-WNBA First Team, 2020 WNBA Scoring Champion, July 2021 WNBA Cares Community Assist Award, 2021 All-WNBA Second Team, 2021 WNBA All-Star Game MVP