University of California, Santa Barbara

High School
Okolie earned four varsity letters at Denis O'Connor High Schoolunder Coach Mike Orsag ... Led the Chargers to conferencechampionships in 2007 and 2009 ... Reached the conferencechampionships three consecutive years from 2007-2009 ... Earned atrip with the Chargers to the British Columbia ProvincialChampionships in 2009 ... Earned MVP, Team Captain, and RegionalAll-Star honors during her tenure at Denis O'Connor .. .Averaged 20points, 13 rebounds, and 5 blocks as a senior ... Adaeze earned"Athlete of the Year" honors four times for the Chargers...Duringher senior season, Okolie set single-game career highs in points(28), blocks (15), and rebounds (15) ... Played club basketball forthe Advantage Titans under Head Coach Chris Smalling...Earned aspot on the "Toronto Star Academic Honour Roll" ... Was a two-time"News Advertiser's 'Face of the Future.'"

Personal
Adaeze Okolie was born December 27, 1992 in Toronto, Ontario,Canada ... Name is pronounced "Uh-DEZ Oh-ko-LEE" ... The daughterof Mary and Andrew Okolie ... Has two siblings: Agunwa, 15, andObi, 14 ... Is an Economics major ... Aspires to earn her Economicsdegree and attend law school in hopes of becoming a business lawyer... Her most memorable moment in sports was recording 24 points, 15rebounds, and 15 blocks to help her team win the LeagueChampionship her senior season ... Her hobbies include listening tomusic and spending time with family ... Her favorite athlete isLebron James...Was also recruited by the University of Toronto,Queens University, York University, NYIT, and Pace ... Also earnedMVP and team captain honors in Soccer and Volleyball while in highschool.