NIL Opportunities
2020-21 Senior Season
Appeared in all 27 games and made 26 starts...Averaged 9.9 points and 8.3 rebounds per game...Shot 45.5 percent from the field and 80.5 percent from the free-throw line...Scored in double figures 15 times and posted seven double-doubles...Record 10-or-more rebounds eight times...Set a Horizon League and YSU Division I single-game record with 24 rebounds against Robert Morris (2/6)...Also added 11 points against the Colonials...Ranked fifth in the Horizon League in rebounds per game...Scored a season-high 23 points with three 3-pointers and 13 rebounds against Purdue-Fort Wayne (2/12)...Poured in 18 points with 11 boards against Detroit Mercy (1/29).
2019-20 Junior Season
Appeared in all 33 games and made 29 starts...Scored 296 points with 202 rebounds, 21 assists, 23 blocks and 29 steals...Made 43 3-pointers...Scored in double figures 14 times...Had three double-doubles...Posted a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds against USC-Upstate (11/23)...Scored 14 points against Central Michigan (11/30)...Recorded a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds and had four 3-pointers against Oakland (1/9)...Scored 15 points on 6-of-12 shooting, including three 3-pointers, against IUPUI (2/1)...Had a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds against Cleveland State (2/8)...Posted 17 points against Green Bay (2/27).
2018-19 Sophomore Season
Appeared in 30 games and made one start...Averaged 4.0 points and 3.0 rebounds per game...Scored in double figures five times...Made a career-high four 3-pointers at Wright State (2/23)...Made 6-of-7 shooting from the floor, including two 3s, for 14 points against IUPUI (2/14)...Posted a career-high four blocks with six rebounds against Milwaukee (2/7)...Made three 3-pointers and scored 11 points and tied a career high with nine rebounds at Oakland (1.31)...Had three 3s at IUPUI (1/12)...Scored 11 points with three 3-pointers against Oakland (12/30)...Also had five boards against the Golden Grizzlies...Scored nine points off the bench with 3 rebounds against Pitt (11/6).
2017-18 Freshman Season
Appeared in 29 games and made two starts...Started against Franciscan (11/14) and at DePaul (12/2)...Scored a career-high 28 points with a career-high nine rebounds against Franciscan (11/14)...Posted 12 points with eight rebounds against Cleveland State (3/2)...Averaged 3.5 points per game.Â
Prior to YSU
Was a four-year letterwinner at St. Thomas Aquinas High School...Averaged 17 points, eight rebounds and five assists per game last season...Named Miami Herald All-Broward County Second-Team...Shot 40 percent from 3-point range...Finished with a 4.2 grade-point average.
Personal
Parents are Increase and Mary Akuchie...Has two brothers, Matthew and Andrew, and a sister, Desiree...Major is marketing management...Recipient of the 2021-22 Bill Dailey Scholarship.
