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Jersey Number 22
ND Okafor
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-10
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Dundalk, Ireland
- Prev School:
- California
- High School:
- NBA Academy Latin America
- Pronunciation:
- OAK-uh-FORE
WASHINGTON STATE CAREER
RS-Junior (2025-26) – Started all 32 games for WSU, leading the Cougars in blocks with 46, while finishing second with 5.7 rebounds per game and third in scoring with 11.0 points per game…earned All-WCC Honorable Mention after finishing second in the conference in blocked shots and 11th in rebounding…led WSU with a 58.3 field goal percentage, 11th in the Conference…delivered his first-career double-double with 11 points and a career-high 12 rebounds against Seattle U (Dec. 30) and a second-career double-double in the regular-season finale at Pepperdine (Feb. 28)…led the Cougars in rebounding 11 times and blocked shots in 21 games…scored a career-high 27 points against Southern Utah, one of 21 double-digit games, finishing 12-of-14 from the floor, the best single game percentage by a Coug with as many field goal attempts since at least 1996…also eclipsed 20 points with 21 at San Diego (Jan. 21).
RS-Sophomore (2024-25) – Played in all 32 games and averaged 5.6 points, 2.7 rebounds…finished fourth in the WCC in blocks per game averaging 1.6…finished the season with a 62.3 shooting percentage, the fifth-best single-season percentage by a Coug in program history and the best since 2016.
CALIFORNIA CAREER
RS- Freshman (2023-24) – Played in Cal’s first nine games of the season as a sophomore…suffered a leg injury at Butler (Dec. 9) and did not play the remainder of the season…averaged 1.9 points & 1.7 rebounds in 7.8 minutes off the bench.
Freshman (2022-23) – Played in 30 games & made a pair of starts in a promising freshman season with the Golden Bears…averaged 3.7 points & 2.5 rebounds in 13.2 minutes played per game…led Cal in blocks (21) & had six multi-block games…shot 43.4% from the floor for the season (46 of 106).
NBA ACADEMY LATIN AMERICA
Played two seasons (2020-21, 2021-22) at the NBA Academy in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
IRISH NATIONAL TEAM (FIBA)
Averaged 16 points, 14 rebounds and five blocks for Ireland at the U16 European Championship in 2019.
PERSONAL
Full first name is Ndonwawanne…born March 2003 in Lagos, Nigeria to Elizabeth Okafor…relocated to Dundalk, Ireland with family at one year old…brother JJ and younger sister Joanne…left Ireland when he was 15 and played basketball in Canada, Dallas, and San Luis Potosí, Mexico before college…rated as a Top-75, four-star player in the class of 2022 by ESPN NBA Draft analyst and DraftExpress.com co-owner Jonathan Givony.
RS-Junior (2025-26) – Started all 32 games for WSU, leading the Cougars in blocks with 46, while finishing second with 5.7 rebounds per game and third in scoring with 11.0 points per game…earned All-WCC Honorable Mention after finishing second in the conference in blocked shots and 11th in rebounding…led WSU with a 58.3 field goal percentage, 11th in the Conference…delivered his first-career double-double with 11 points and a career-high 12 rebounds against Seattle U (Dec. 30) and a second-career double-double in the regular-season finale at Pepperdine (Feb. 28)…led the Cougars in rebounding 11 times and blocked shots in 21 games…scored a career-high 27 points against Southern Utah, one of 21 double-digit games, finishing 12-of-14 from the floor, the best single game percentage by a Coug with as many field goal attempts since at least 1996…also eclipsed 20 points with 21 at San Diego (Jan. 21).
RS-Sophomore (2024-25) – Played in all 32 games and averaged 5.6 points, 2.7 rebounds…finished fourth in the WCC in blocks per game averaging 1.6…finished the season with a 62.3 shooting percentage, the fifth-best single-season percentage by a Coug in program history and the best since 2016.
CALIFORNIA CAREER
RS- Freshman (2023-24) – Played in Cal’s first nine games of the season as a sophomore…suffered a leg injury at Butler (Dec. 9) and did not play the remainder of the season…averaged 1.9 points & 1.7 rebounds in 7.8 minutes off the bench.
Freshman (2022-23) – Played in 30 games & made a pair of starts in a promising freshman season with the Golden Bears…averaged 3.7 points & 2.5 rebounds in 13.2 minutes played per game…led Cal in blocks (21) & had six multi-block games…shot 43.4% from the floor for the season (46 of 106).
NBA ACADEMY LATIN AMERICA
Played two seasons (2020-21, 2021-22) at the NBA Academy in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
IRISH NATIONAL TEAM (FIBA)
Averaged 16 points, 14 rebounds and five blocks for Ireland at the U16 European Championship in 2019.
PERSONAL
Full first name is Ndonwawanne…born March 2003 in Lagos, Nigeria to Elizabeth Okafor…relocated to Dundalk, Ireland with family at one year old…brother JJ and younger sister Joanne…left Ireland when he was 15 and played basketball in Canada, Dallas, and San Luis Potosí, Mexico before college…rated as a Top-75, four-star player in the class of 2022 by ESPN NBA Draft analyst and DraftExpress.com co-owner Jonathan Givony.
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