Former Cast of VH1 show 'Basketball Wives'

Suzie Ketcham | Biography

Former Girlfriend of Ex-NBA Player Michael Olowokandi

• By Yunil Tamrakar
• Original : December 24, 2021

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Suzie Ketcham is a reality television personality best known for her work on the VH1 show Basketball Wives.

How Old is Suzie Ketcham?

Suzie Ketcham was born in Summit, NJ, on 20 February 1978. As of December 2021, her age is 43. She went to Pepperdine University.

Her father was an American of Caucasian ethnicity, and her mother was of Chinese descent. Her father died of pancreatic cancer when she was young.

Short Bio

Ketcham rose to prominence following her appearance on VH1’s show Basketball Wives. The show highlights the lives of the girlfriends, wives, and ex-wives of professional basketball players from the United States.

In addition to that, Ketcham launched a real estate career after leaving Basketball Wives and focused her attempts on the luxury real estate market in Miami.

‘Basketball Wives’

Ketcham was a member of the original cast of the series Basketball Wives. Because of her appearance as a socialite and partying lifestyle, she was known as “the mayor of Miami.”

She left the series after season 5 and hasn’t been in the limelight since then.

Suzie Ketcham Arrest 

Ketcham was arrested during the filming of a reunion of the stars of Basketball Wives for throwing a bucket of water at Sandra from the show in 2010. With Sandra being injured after running and slipping, paramedics were called by the production staff, and Ketcham was arrested and taken into custody by police for questioning. And as Sandra was being taken offset, she asked to call her Lawyer, possibly hinting she would file assault charges.

Suzie Ketcham and Michael Olowokandi

Ketcham dated Michael Olowokandi, a former NBA basketball player for ten years. The pair first met while both were students at Pepperdine University and began dating soon after. 

Unfortunately, Ketcham and Olowokandi broke up in 2001 after accusing him of assaulting her. However, she later took the accusations back and said, “I was the aggressor,” “I was extremely jealous when I saw Michael with the other girl.” 

When later asked why she accused him in the first place, she replied, “How would you feel if you saw someone you had been with for two years with someone else? Where you lived for two years? I went crazy. I went bananas. I lost control. I was so emotional that I wanted to hurt Michael.” 

However, Ketcham would address the abuse allegations in later episodes of the show Basketball Wives and stated that they were true.

Kids

Ketcham became pregnant with her and Olowokandi’s first child during her senior year of college and later gave birth to a second child. 

She now lives with her kids in Miami and has stepped away from the spotlight to spend time with them. 

After the show Basketball Wives permanently moved to L.A., Ketcham decided to focus on her family. 

“We try for Suzie [to return], every year but her kids are in Miami, and it’s hard for her to just go away from them for three months at a time, if she had a TV show all the way in LA, so it’s logistics with her,” executive director Shaunie O’Neal disclosed to VH1 in 2016.

Did You Know?

According to Celebritynetworth, Ketcham's estimated net worth is $2 million.