University of South Carolina Aiken Athletics

2021-22: Played in 26 games, earning 24 starts … Averaged 12.9 points and 8.0 rebounds a game … Had 76 blocks on the season … PBC Player of the Week on Jan. 3 … Posted a game-high 20 points to go along with nine rebounds and four blocks at Lenoir-Rhyne … Tallied two points, four rebounds and two blocks against No. 21 Carson-Newman … Garnered four points, three rebounds and a block in the win at Emmanuel … Recorded 16 points, eight rebounds and two blocks at Winston-Salem State … Scored 16 points and had 10 boards for a double-double in the victory over Shaw …Totaled 10 points and five rebounds in the win at Claflin … Accounted for 16 points and five rebounds at St. Augustine’s … Had seven points and two rebounds against Georgia Southwestern … Accounted for 13 points, 17 rebounds and eight blocks in the win over Kentucky State … Netted 31 points and had nine rebounds at Flagler … Netted 14 points, had eight rebounds and four blocks in the win at Georgia College … Had eight rebounds and two blocks at Georgia Southwestern … Notched 17 points, seven rebounds and three blocks in the win over Clayton State … Had a double-double with 10 points and 11 boards to go along with six blocks in the win over Young Harris … Posted 16 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks at Augusta … Had 13 points and six rebounds to go along with a block against No. 6 North Georgia … Registered 13 points and five rebounds at Columbus State … Tallied four points and five rebounds at No. 7 Lander … Posted 11 points, seven rebounds and three blocks at Clayton State … Accounted for 15 points, six rebounds and three blocks against Georgia College … Notched 16 points and 12 rebounds to go along with four blocks in the win over Flagler … Posted 24 points, 12 rebounds and eight blocks against Augusta … Added 17 points, eight rebounds and four blocks at Young Harris … Garnered four points and three blocks against Columbus State … Netted 16 points, had five rebounds and added three blocks at No. 11 North Georgia.                          

2020-21: Started all seven games … Averaged a team-high 7.4 rebounds a game … Chipped in 5.9 points per game … Led the team with 30 blocks … Posted a team-high seven rebounds to go along with a game-best four blocks against No. 16 North Georgia … Tallied eight points, seven rebounds and two blocks at Georgia College … Snagged six rebounds at Clayton State … Accounted for nine points, five blocks and five boards at Young Harris … Blocked a school-record 10 shots while totaling 11 rebounds and six points in the win over UNC Pembroke … Posted 12 points and nine boards in the win at Francis Marion … Pulled down seven rebounds and had two blocks against No. 2 Lander.                

High School: Attended Canyon H.S. … Two-time all-Foothill league honoree … Second-team all-area San Fernando Valley as a senior … SCV Newcomer of the Year as a junior … Averaged 16 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks as a senior … Scored a career-high 32 points against Hart her senior campaign … Snagged 22 rebounds against Village Christian as a senior … Swatted a career-best 12 blocks against Chaminade her junior campaign … Member of the National Honors Society.

Personal: Chidinma Nneka Okafor was born Dec. 1, 2002 in Northridge, Calif. … Daughter of Michael and Nneka Okafor … Has five siblings, Adaolisa, Chisom, Michael, Joshua and David … Majoring in pre-med.