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Ugonna
Onyenson
Freshman Forward • 6-11 / 225 HOMETOWN : Owerri , Imo State , Nigeria HIGH SCHOOL : Putnam Science Academy NBA Academy Africa
PERSONAL
Born Sept . 25 in Owerri , Imo State , Nigeria … Parents are Martins and Lilian Chinyere … Has four siblings , Ikenna , Chiwendu , Chidinma and Queen … Major is marketing … His mom is his life ’ s greatest influence … Enjoys listening
to music and playing video games away from the court … His pregame playlist consists of Lil Durk and Lil Baby … Superpower he most wishes he had is the ability to teleport … Giannis Antetokounmpo is his favorite basketball player and Anthony Davis is
40 - 2022-2023 College Basketball Season Preview his favorite former UK player … Lists his most memorable moment as a basketball player as helping his high school win a national championship … Chose Kentucky over the University of Oklahoma , Oklahoma State and Kansas .
HIGH SCHOOL :
Reclassified to the 2022 class … Ranked as a top-25 prospect in the 2023 class by all of the major scouting services … Spent his senior season at Putnam Science Academy in Connecticut , the same program that former
Wildcat Hamidou Diallo hailed from … Joined Putnam in January and the squad was a perfect 20-0 with Onyenso on the roster , including winning a national championship … Averaged 11.4 points , 9.0 rebounds and 5.7 blocks per game … Also shot 64.4 % from the floor and had five games with at least 10 blocked shots … Had a 24-point , 11-rebound and 11-block triple-double … Playing at the NBA Academy Games in the summer of 2022 , he scored in double figures in each of the six games he appeared