Missouri S&T Athletics

2023-24: For the second straight year, Okekek was named to the All-GLVC second-team...was the only player to start in all 27 games for the Miners...led the team in scoring with 15.6 points per game with a 48% field goal percentage and 38% clip from the three-point line...his season high of 27 points came against Drury with 10 rebounds...recorded four double-doubles throughout the season...averaged 6.1 rebounds per game, good for second on the team...tallied the most defensive rebounds with 138...in the GLVC, he was 11th in scoring, 15th in rebounds, 19th in field goal percentage, 12th in free throw percentage and 14th in blocks...he collected 47 assists, 19 steals and 19 blocked shots. 

2022-23: Named to the All-GLVC second-team...led the Miners in scoring with an average of 15.4 points per game while shooting 52 percent from the field and 30.2 percent from three-point range...scored a career-high 30 points against Rockhurst...had seven games with at least 20 points, including a 25-point showing in a win over Lewis and a 24-point effort in his S&T debut against Lake Superior State...recorded a double-double with 22 points and 11 rebounds against Principia...reached double figures in 23 of S&T's 28 games and finished seventh in the conference in scoring...was also fifth in the GLVC in field goal percentage...added 57 assists, four blocked shots and 21 steals during the season.

PRIOR TO MISSOURI S&T: Okeke played two seasons at Northern Oklahoma-Enid and one at the University of Central Missouri where he averaged five points and 3.3 rebounds per game.  Okeke scored in double figures on four occasions during the 2021-22 campaign, led by a 13-point effort against Lincoln and a 12-point outing against Missouri Western.  Okeke made 39.8 percent of his field goal attempts and 64 percent of his tries at the foul line during the 2021-22 campaign...at Northern Oklahoma-Enid in the 2020-21 season, Okeke earned Region 2 honors after averaging 11.1 points and 4.9 rebounds per game while also dishing out 51 assists and blocking nine shots...shot 41.1 percent from the floor and 79.5 percent at the free throw line for a team that finished the season with a 17-5 record...S&T assistant coach Darreon Reddick was on the coaching staff at the school during that season.

PERSONAL: Son of Adaora Okeke...attended Romeoville High School...majoring in business at Missouri S&T.