Northern Kentucky University Athletics

2024-25

• Played in all 33 games, starting 32
• Averaged 7.3 PPG while ranking second on the team with 5.5 rebounds per game
• Ranked among nation's leaders in blocked shots, swatting 53 on the season
• Notched a pair of double-doubles
• Career-high 14 rebounds against Cleveland State (1/15)
• 10 games in double figures scoring
• Career-high five blocks vs. IU Indy in Horizon League opener (12/7)

2023-24

• Played in 21 games, making 19 starts, averaged 25.1 minutes
• Shot a blistering 69.4% from the floor
• Averaged 8.0 points and 4.9 rebounds per game
• Season-high 19 points vs. Youngstown State (1/4/24)
• 13 point, 10 rebound double-double vs. Oakland (2/8/24)

PRIOR TO NKU
- A native of Knightdale, N.C., Itejere joins the Norse by way of Marquette where he was part of a Golden Eagles squad that won the Big East Conference Championship and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament this past season.
- The 6' 9" forward was one of the most athletically gifted student-athletes in the Big East and around the nation, as he held the Marquette program record for standing vertical leap at 36.5 inches.
- Itejere makes his way to Highland Heights following two years in the Golden Eagles program. He redshirted the 2021-22 season and appeared in 13 games in 2022-23. This past year, he made all five of his shot attempts, all dunks, and posted seven rebounds and one block in 31 minutes of action.
- Prior to Marquette, Itejere was ranked as a three-star prospect by both Rivals (23rd center overall) and the 247 Sports Composite system (202nd ranked student-athlete overall). The GRACE Christian School product was also given a four-star diction by ESPN.
- At GRACE, Itejere racked up averages of 11 points, eight rebounds, three blocks and 2.0 assists per game in his final campaign with the program. He was an All-Eastern Plains Independent Conference selection his senior year and was a member of multiple conference championship squads with the Eagles. He guided GRACE to the 3A NCISAA quarterfinals on two separate occasions.
- Itejere is a freak of a student-athlete when it comes to his athleticism, extremely special for an athlete who didn't start playing competitive basketball until his freshman year of high school. He has also added 25 pounds of mass since his redshirt freshman year at Marquette.