2017-18 Men's Basketball Roster

22 Kingsley Okoroh

  • Position Center
  • Height 7-1
  • Weight 267
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Derby, England
  • Last School(s) Westwind Prep

Biography

Career Highlights:
- Third all-time at Cal and Top 10 in the Pac-12 for career blocked shots (201)
- Pac-12 All-Defensive Honorable Mention (2017)
- Cal’s Single-Season Blocked Shots Leader (74 blocks, 2017)
- Third for Single-Season Blocked Shots (66, 2018)
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Watch List candidate (2018)

As a Senior (2017-18): Finished his collegiate career ranked third all-time among Cal’s blocked shots leaders, and among the Pac-12’s top 10, with 201 career blocks, including 66 in his final season…His 66 blocks are good for third among Cal’s single-season record holders, giving Okoroh possession of two of the top three records (2017 – 74, 2018 – 66)…Appeared in all 32 contests for the Golden Bears, with 17 starts…Averaged a season-best 5.7 points plus 5.4 rebounds and 2.1 blocks…Recorded five games with 5+ blocks, and four with double-digit rebound totals…Tied the school single-game record for blocks twice this season, first with 7 blocks against UC Riverside and again against Portland State; Okoroh became just the second player in school history to record 7 blocks in game…Turned in five blocks against Stanford in the Pac-12 Tournament…First collegiate double-double came with 14 points and 12 rebounds against Oregon State on Senior Day; Okoroh also recorded 5 blocks in the game…Pulled down 14 boards at UCLA…Set a career-high 15 points against Cal Poly…Opened the season with a career-best 18 rebounds against UC Riverside alongside his 7 blocks…Had a triple-double in the exhibition over Providence, logging 14 points, 10 rebounds and 10 blocks…Named to the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Watch List
 

As a Junior (2016-17): Pac-12 All-Defensive Honorable Mention…Eclipsed David Kravish to become Cal’s single-season blocked shots leader in the NIT First Round game against CSU Bakersfield, bringing his season total to 74 blocks…Recorded four or more blocks in six outings, averaging 2.2 blocks per game…Averaged a career-best 4.6 points and 5.5 rebounds...Started 24 games and appeared in all 34 contests of the season…Tallied a game-high four blocks in just nine minutes in his season debut against South Dakota State…Pulled down nine rebounds and added six points against San Diego State…Set a career-high five blocks against Wyoming… Recorded then-career-high point (10), rebound (9) and assist (3) totals against Southeastern Louisiana… Posted then-career-best totals for rebounds (12), assists (4) and blocks (5) against LA Tech….11 rebound performance vs. Cal Poly… Pulled down a career-best 13 boards at No. 4 UCLA…10 points in Cal’s Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinal win over Utah

As a Sophomore (2015-16): Missed just three games as a sophomore, appearing in 31 contests with 17 starts…Second on the team with 33 blocks, averaging 1.1 bpg to rank among the Pac-12 leaders…Shot 60.6 percent with 20 field goals in 33 attempts… Started every game since Arizona State at home (4 points, 3 rebounds, 4 blocks) to end the season with 16 consecutive starts… Blocked a pair of shots and scored two points with three rebounds against UC Santa Barbara in 8 minutes of action… Totaled a career-best 4 blocks in just nine minutes vs. Davidson and matched the total vs. Colorado and again vs. Arizona State… Registered 16 blocks over a seven-game stretch from Coppin State through Oregon State with at least one block in each game…Had his most productive game vs. Colorado with career bests for points (10) and blocks (tied, 4) in 22 minutes…Earned his first start of the season at Oregon State (1 block in 8 minutes)...Finished with 7 points (3-3 FG, 1-1 FT) in 10 minutes vs. Oregon State at home…Played 22 minutes (5 rebounds) at Washington - tying for his high this season…Matched his career high in rebounds with 6 at Arizona…Played 14 minutes in Cal’s NCAA Tournament game vs. Hawai’i, scoring three points while pulling down two rebounds

As a Freshman (2014-15): Appeared in all but three games as a freshman, earning three starts during the year … averaged 2.0 points and 2.2 rebounds in 13.1 minutes per game … made his collegiate debut in the season opener against Alcorn State, playing 13 minutes … recorded his first collegiate start in Cal’s 15th game at USC, posting a career-best six rebounds and matching a career-high with four points in 22 minutes … played a career-long 24 minutes with four rebounds and two points at No. 11 Utah … posted a career-best three blocks in 15 minutes at No. 7 Arizona.

High School: First signee of the Cuonzo Martin era at Cal … native of Derby, England … played senior season at Westwind Preparatory Academy in Phoenix, Ariz. … averaged 16 points, 12 rebounds, six blocks and four assists per game as a senior … originally attended Findlay Prep in Henderson, Nev., before traveling back home to England to complete high school … ranked as the fifth-best prospect in Europe by ESPN’s recruiting services … one of 40 elite European players to receive an invitation to the Jordan Brand Classic event in Surrey, England … has four years of international playing experience as a member of England’s junior national team … averaged 8.9 points, 8.0 rebounds and 2.2 blocks in 29.8 minutes per game in nine contests at the 2013 U18 European Championship (Division A) in Latvia … earned All-Tournament Team honors after leading the tournament in both rebounding (11.4 rpg) and blocks (4.3 bpg) at the 2011 U16 European Championship (Division B).

Personal: Born April 24, 1995 ... son of Michael and Florence ... has two brothers, Francis and Ugo, and a sister, Janet

Major: Double Major in Political Science and Legal Studies

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    2014-15Freshman

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    2015-16Sophomore

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    2016-17Junior

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    2017-18Senior

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