Kanu Aja

Height:
6-9
Weight:
245
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Baltimore, Md.
Prev School:
City College of San Francisco

Career Notes
Transferred to ECU prior to the 2014-15 season after spending two years at the the City College of San Francisco ... Played two seasons at ECU averaging 2.5 points, 2.3 rebounds and 10.8 minutes per game in 59 career contests.

As A Senior (2015-16)
Game-By-Game Statistics
Saw action in 30 games and made 16 starts ... Averaged 2.9 points, 2.9 rebounds and 13.2 minutes per game ... Shot .468 (36-77) from the field and .366 at the free throw line (15-41) ... Made his first career start Dec. 13 against North Carolina A&T ... Scored 12 points and pulled down nine rebounds against JMU in a career-high 31 minutes ... Posted nine points and grabbed eight rebounds against College of Charleston ... Nearly posted his first career double-double at Tulsa, finishing with nine points and 11 rebounds ... Scored eight points and grabbed five rebounds in 19 minutes at USF.

As A Junior (2014-15)
Game-By-Game Statistics
Played in 29 games, averaging 8.2 minutes per game ... Averaged 2.1 points and 1.6 rebounds per game ... Scored double figures once, netting 11 points at Florida Atlantic on 5-of-7 shooting from the floor ... Second-highest scoring game of the year was eight points against Virginia University of Lynchburg, while also grabbing a season-high six rebounds ... Credited with five rebounds against N.C. Wesleyan and Florida Atlantic ... Shot 41.9 percent from the field ... Played more than 20 minutes in consecutive games against Florida Atlantic (25) and North Carolina (20).

Junior College
Two-year letterman at City College of San Francisco ... Averaged 6.6 points and 4.5 rebounds per game as a sophomore ... Recorded one double-double ... Team finished with a 29-2 record, including a 12-0 record in conference play, advancing to the quarterfinals of the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) state championships ... As a freshman he helped CCSF post a 28-0 record during the regular season and advance to the CCAA final four, finishing 31-1 overall ... Coached by Justin Labaugh.

High School
Attended Towson Catholic and Cardinal Gibbons High School before the Archdiocese of Baltimore closed the schools in 2009 and '10 ... Graduated from Princeton Day Academy in 2011 ... AAU team was Nike Baltimore Elite.

Personal
Full name is Kanu Uchenne Aja ... Born May 2, 1992 in Columbia, Md. ... Son of Martha Okwara ... Has one sister, Adama, who was a four-year letterman on the volleyball team at Hofstra ... Has two younger brothers, Johnson and Richard ... Received his undergraduate degree in communication.