2025-26 Women's Basketball Roster

Nkiru Awaka #22 F

  • Position:
    Forward
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Highschool:
    Franklin D. Roosevelt Senior High School
  • Hometown:
    Hyde Park, N.Y.

Summary

Biography

Freshman (2023-24)
  • Named ECC Rookie of the Year
  • Earned All-ECC Third Team honors
  • Appeared in all 27 games
  • Earned All-MET Third Team Honors
  • Averaged 12.3 points, 8.8 rebounds, and 1.7 steals per game
  • tallied seven double-doubles on the year with a career-best 29 points (vs. Wilmington 12/13), 19 rebounds (vs. STAC 2/3), three blocks (vs. Caldwell 11/21), & four steals (vs. Felician 11/25)
Before Queens College
  • Attended Franklin D. Roosevelt Senior High School
  • Finished fifth in her class | Earned University of Rochester Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Award| MHALS All Star (2022, 2023)
  • Named BCANNY All-Star (2022, 2023) | 2022 & 2023 Mid-Hudson Athletic League Scholar Athlete
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt High School Robert Dederer Award | 2023 Lady Raiders Holiday Classic Tournament MVP
  • Three Year Varsity Athlete
Personal
  • Daughter of Henrietta & Sunny Awaka
  • Siblings Somto, Kamsi & Tobe Awaka
  • Brother Tobe Awaka played College Basketball at University of Tennessee and University of Arizona.

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Season:
2025-26
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Historical Player Information

  • 22

    2023-24Freshman

    Forward
    6'0"
    22
  • 22

    2024-25Sophomore

    Forward
    6'0"
    22
  • 22

    2025-26Junior

    Forward
    6'0"
    22