Is Rena Wakama Married? Wikipedia, Parents, & Net Worth

Rena Wakama is the first Nigerian female basketball national team head coach and is currently a director of basketball operations at Manhattan College based in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Besides, she is also a former Division 1 athlete, former professional athlete, personal trainer, and Verizon Wireless corporate sales representative. Since her young age, she has loved basketball and she was inspired by her cousin, Onimisi Aiyede.

Rena Wakama's Biography

Who Is Rena Wakama? Wikipedia Details

Former player and now Nigerian basketball head coach Rena Wakama was born to her parents on 11 April 1992 in Raleigh, North Carolina. She is the proud daughter of Okrika, Rivers State, Nigeria native parents, father, Johnson Wakama, and mother, Rosana Oba. Her parents raised her along with her two sisters, Yonne Wakama and Mina Wakama. Besides their name, she hasn't disclosed their details information.

As of August 2024, the first female head coach Rena Wakama is thirty-two years old and she celebrates her birthday yearly on the 11th of April with friends and family. So, according to her birthday, her zodiac or sun sign falls under Aries. Meanwhile, Raleigh native Rena is an American of black ethnicity and follows the religious path of the Christian religion.

Regarding her physical appearance, head coach Rena Wakama stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches/1.70 m tall and weighs around a decent body weight.

Concerning her academic qualifications, Wakama completed high school with good grades. After high school, she attended Western Carolina University in 2010 to study Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc) in therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy. Then after four years at Western Carolina University, she received her B.A.Sc's degree. After graduation, Rena joined the Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Manhattan College.

Is Rena Wakama Married?

Recently, Rena Wakama is a single woman. She confirmed it in one of her Interviews where she confessed she is currently single and not married yet. Also, she stated that she doesn't want to talk more about her personal life and never mentioned anything about her past relationship and dating life.

Wakama is more focused on her professional career and never disclosed anything related to her private life. Also, she never confirmed whether she had a boyfriend or dated anyone. 

Net Worth & Career

With years of working experience as a head coach and player, Rena Wakama has an estimated net worth of around $1 million to $5 million. She earned a decent sum from her professional career as a head coach and basketball player. Hence, from her career, she affords a lavish lifestyle from her earnings. 

According to her LinkedIn profile, Rena Wakama began her career as a professional athlete at FIBA in October 2014, based in the United Kingdom. Then, after working for eight months at FIBA, she joined Fiba Africa as a professional athlete in Nigeria. From August 2015 to December, she served at Fiba Africa for 5 months.

Currently, Rena Wakama has been working as a Director of Basketball Operations at Manhattan College since October 2017 based in the Greater New York City Area. She used to manage and oversee; the women's basketball yearly budget and expenses and administrative operations of the women's basketball program.

Besides, Wakama is also a former player who played for the Western Carolina Catamounts for four years and left college to join D'Tigers where she played at the 2015 Women's Afrobasket tournament in Cameroon. Also, she represented Nigeria's First Bank at the FIBA Africa Champions Cup.