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Josephine Owino (born 28 August 1983, in Kenya) is a Kenyan professional basketball player in the WNBA, formerly playing for the Washington Mystics.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2009 WNBA Transactions )〕 Owino is from Mombasa and she went to the Mombasa High School and then played for Kenya Commercial Bank in the Kenyan league,〔Daily Nation, 1 April 2009: (Kenya’s Owino joins top USA basketball team )〕 before moving to the US she also played briefly for Kenya Ports Authority.〔Daily Nation, 2 April 2009: (Dribbling to the American dream )〕 She played for Union University, Jackson, Tennessee from 2003 to 2009. The team participated that participate in the NAIA's TranSouth Athletic Conference (Division 1). She was selected NAIA's player of the year in 2008 and 2009. She has played for the Kenyan national team, debuting in 2000.〔(Union University Profile )〕 She was selected by Washington Mystics in the 2009 WNBA Draft and became the first Kenyan player in WNBA.〔 She was waived by the Mystics three games into the season when a replacement needed to be signed for the injured Marissa Coleman. ==References== *(WNBA Player Profile ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Josephine Owino」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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