Tom Wamukota Explained

Tom Wamukota
Number:14
Position:Center
Height M:2.11
Weight Kg:105
League:Rwanda Basketball League
Team:APR
Birth Date:1993 9, df=y
Birth Place:Bungoma, Kenya
College:
Draft Year:2016
Career Start:2016
Years1:2016–2017
Team1:PAEEK
Years2:2017–2018
Team2:Eko Kings
Years3:2018
Team3:Águilas Doradas de Durango
Years4:2018–2019
Team4:MAS Fes
Years5:2019–2020
Team5:US Monastir
Years6:2020
Team6:JS Kairouan
Years7:2020–2022
Team7:Patriots
Years8:2021–2022
Team8:Cobra Sport
Years9:2022–present
Team9:APR
Highlights:
  • NBL / RBL champion (2020, 2023)
  • NBL Rwanda Best Center (2021)

Tom "Bush" Wamukota (born 28 September 1993) is a Kenyan professional basketball player for APR of the Rwanda Basketball League. He has played for the Kenya national team.

College career

Wamukota played two years with the Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team.[1] He was the first Kenyan player to ever play in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament.[2]

Professional career

In the summer of 2018, he played for Águilas Doradas de Durango in Mexico. In the 2018–19 season, he played with Moroccan club MAS Fes.

In 2019, Wamukota played in Tunisia for US Monastir and later JS Kairouan.[3]

In September 2020, Wamukota joined Rwandan side Patriots BBC.[4] He won the national championship later that year, before extended his contract until 2023 in January.[5]

In December 2021, Wamukota joined South Sudanese club Cobra Sport to strengthen the team for the second round of the 2022 BAL qualification.[6] He was on Cobra Sport's roster for the primary BAL tournament, however, he was unable to play due to injury.

In 2022, Wamukota rejoined Patriots BBC for the Rwandan domestic league. He was named in the 2022 All Star Team.[7]

In December 2022, Wamukota signed a one-year contract for APR.[8] On May 4, 2024, Wamukota made his debut in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) with one point and four rebounds in a overtime win against US Monastir.[9]

National team career

Wamukota plays with the Kenya national basketball team and has represented the team at AfroCan 2019, where have averaged 10.5 points. He was named to the tournament's All-Star Five.[10]

He has been part of Kenya's national team at the AfroBasket 2021 in Kigali, Rwanda.[11]

BAL career statistics

|-|style="text-align:left;"|2021|style="text-align:left;"|Patriots| 6 || 3 || 21.8 || .213 || .143 || .500 || 6.3 || 1.2 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 4.2|-|style="text-align:left;"|2024|style="text-align:left;"|APR| 5 || 0 || 8.4 || .125 || .000 || .500 || 2.6 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 0.0 || 0.8

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tom "Bush" Wamukota - Men's Basketball . Wichita State Athletics . 8 May 2021 . en.
  2. Web site: Bush Wamukota, 1st Kenyan ever in NCAA sweet 16 . Kenya Page . 19 May 2021 . 2015-03-28.
  3. Web site: Tom Wamukota joins US Monastir . Afrobasket.com . 8 May 2021.
  4. Web site: Wamukota joins Rwanda's Patriots with Basketball Africa League title in mind . FIBA.basketball . 8 May 2021 . en.
  5. Web site: Wamukota extends Rwandese stay . Michezoafrika.com . 8 May 2021 . en.
  6. News: Kenya's Wamukota joins South Sudan's Cobra Sport for second BAL appearance . 5 December 2021 . FIBA.basketball . en.
  7. https://www.ktpress.rw/2022/09/sauti-sol-expected-in-kigali-today-for-all-star-game/
  8. News: Sikubwabo . Damas . Basketball: Bush Wamukota completes move to APR . 11 December 2022 . The New Times . 9 December 2022 . en.
  9. Web site: Obadiah inspires resilient APR in overtime win over US Monastir . 2024-05-05 . The BAL . en.
  10. Web site: Tom Wamukota . 8 May 2021.
  11. News: Kenya - FIBA AfroBasket 2021. 24 August 2021 . FIBA.