2026-27 Men's Basketball Roster
Biography
›› YORK UNIVERSITY (2025-26):
Played in 21 games and started all 21, averaging 19.7 points a game, good for fourth in the OUA ... Those 19.7 points a game ranked ninth in the nation ... Shot 38.4% from the field, 29.3% from three-point range and 70.7% from the free throw line .... Led the OUA in steals with 48, which was also good for third in the country ... Scored in double figures in 20 of the 21 games in which he dressed, including a season-high 29 on Jan. 10 vs. TMU and on Feb. 13 vs. Guelph ... Won the York men’s athlete of the week for the period ending Feb. 15 after he rounded out the season with that 29-point effort against the Gryphons and a 21-point performance in the season finale at Laurier ... Put up his lone double-double on Nov. 21 at Nipissing when he scored 25 points and grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds ... Was named the Team MVP ...
›› EDWARD WATERS:
Spent two seasons at Edward Waters University in Jacksonville, Fla., a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) in the NCAA (DII) ... Played in 43 games and made 32 starts in his two seasons with the Tigers ... Averaged 8.4 points per game and shot 40.2% from the field, 35.1% from beyond the arc and 71.0% from the foul line ... Put up a career-best 23 points in his final game at EWU on Feb. 26, 2025 vs. Fort Valley State ...
›› HIGH SCHOOL
Grew up in Toronto and attended North Florida Educational Institute in Jacksonville, Fla. ... Valedictorian ...
›› MISCELLANEOUS
Son of Benedicta Nketiah and James Akwaboah … Born August 29, 2004 ... Applied liberal Studies major ... His career ambition is to become a successful entrepreneur ... Lists his mother and father as his biggest sports influences "because I've seen them build a successful life from the ground up, so I can use sports to build one for myself" ... Enjoys watching movies and TV series, playing chess, and listening to music.
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