Arinze Onuaku

Infobox NCAA Athlete
name = Arinze Onuaku
college = Syracuse
sport = Basketball
position = Center
class = Sophomore
career_start = 2005
jersey = 21
height_ft = 6
height_in = 9
weight_lb = 255
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1987|7|13
birth_place = Lanham, Maryland
highschool = Episcopal High School

Arinze Onuaku (born July 13, 1987) is a 6-9, 225 lb. center from Lanham, Maryland on the Syracuse Orange basketball team.

High School

Onauku was Episcopal High School's William Caskie Watts MVP Award in his senior season. Onauku was ranked the 13th best center of his year by Scout.com. [http://www.suathletics.com/roster.asp?playerid=1967&sport=176&roster=194&path=mbasket]

College

Onauku averaged 2.0 points and 2.8 rebounds his freshman year, appearing in 29 games as the team's primary backup to starter Darryl Watkins. The center was named as a Big East Academic All-Star.

As a sophomore, Onauku did not appear in a game after having surgery on his left knee in October 2006. [http://www.suathletics.com/roster.asp?playerid=1967&sport=176&roster=194&path=mbasket]

On October 19, 2007 Onuaku broke a backboard dunking at Manley Field House during Syracuse's Midnight Madness event. [http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=61d6b29d-d518-4393-9ede-44a178bbcfdb&rss=112] He would go on to start every game of Syracuse's 2007-08 season, finishing with averages of 12.7 points and 8.1 rebounds per game while ending ninth in the nation in field-goal percentage (.628). Among his performances was a 14 point and a 16 rebound effort in a 73-60 win over Tulane. [http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=273350183]

Personal

*Arinze has three siblings: Ify, Chuk, and Michael. [http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/recaps/20051203/tacsci]

References

External links

1. [http://www.suathletics.com/roster.asp?playerid=1967&sport=176&roster=194&path=mbasket SUathletics.com Arinze Onuaku Profile]