2024-25 | JUNIOR SEASON (Cornell)

• Played in 29 games making 28 starts
• Shot .595 from the floor, .321 from 3-point range and .793 from the free-throw line
• Led the Ivy League and ranked 18th nationally in field goal percentage
• posted a 2.18 assist-to-turnover ratio
• started 28 of the team’s 29 games and averaged 25.7 minutes per contest
• Had 23 double-figure scoring games, including five contests with at least 20 points
• Ranked in the top 20 in the Ivy League in scoring (13th, 14.3), rebounding (20th, 4.2), assists (fourth, 4.1), blocks (sixth, 1.1), steals (eighth, 1.2), field goal percentage (second, .625), free-throw percentage (ninth, .778), 3-point percentage (2nd, .458) in conference play despite sitting outside the top 25 in minutes played
• Career-best eight assists in a win at Iona
• Earned Ivy League Player of the Week honors after recording 24 points, six rebounds, three assists, three steals and three blocked shots in the Big Red’s win at Cal, its first victory over an ACC school in nearly 60 years
• Scored a career-high 30 points at Ivy champ Yale, adding seven assists and four rebounds
• Chosen to the All-Tournament team at Ivy Madness after averaging 23.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 3.0 steals and 2.5 blocks while shooting 67 percent from the floor and making all 10 free-throw attempts
• Scored 25 points with nine rebounds, four assists, four steals and four blocks in the semifinal victory over Dartmouth and followed with 22 points, eight rebounds, five assists, two steals and a block in the championship game vs. Yale

2023-24 I SOPHOMORE SEASON (Cornell)

• Averaged 7.1 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists on 56-32-82 shooting
• Saw action in 30 contests with two starts
• Had nine double figure scoring efforts
• Posted 11 points with three rebounds and two assists in the season-opening win at Lehigh
• Made 10 consecutive shots over a three-game stretch, the fifth-longest streak in school history
• Posted a then career-high 18 points in a win at Penn
• Averaged 10.5 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.0 assists while shooting 80 percent from the floor (8-of10) and 67 percent from beyond the arc (2-of-3) in two starts

2022-23 I FRESHMAN SEASON (Cornell)

• Played in four contests as a reserve, scoring two points with two rebounds and an assist in six minutes of action
• Made his collegiate debut against SUNY Delhi, ripping down two rebounds
• Scored his first collegiate point and added an assist in the win over Lehigh
• Joined the team as a walk-on

HIGH SCHOOL

• Okereke earned third-team all-state honors as a senior at Clovis North HS
• Averaged 22.3 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game as a senior
• Two-time captain and team MVP
• Named the school’s Male Athlete of the Year in his final season
• Spent a prep year at Golden State Prep

PERSONAL

• Akachi Onyedika Okereke is the son of Ken and Odira Okereke
• Has an older sister, an older brother and two younger brothers he is enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
• Holds a bachelor’s degree from Cornell