Stan Okoye Stanley " Stan " Okoye ( born 1991 ) is a Nigerian American professional basketball player . He is a 6 ' 6 " , 215 - pound small forward - power forward who was named the 2012 – 13 Big South Conference Men ' s Basketball Player of the Year , while playing for Virginia Military Institute ( VMI ) . He averaged 21 . 5 points , 9 . 4 rebounds , and 2 . 6 assists per game , en route to winning the award . High school career . Okoye , a native of Raleigh , North Carolina , attended Knightdale High School from 2005 – 06 through 2008 – 09 . During his four - year varsity career he scored over 1 , 300 points and grabbed over 550 rebounds , both of which are school records . Okoye also scored a single game record 42 points during a Class 4A playoff game . Knightdale won 73 games during his tenure . Despite this production on the court , only two NCAA Division I schools offered him basketball scholarships – Campbell University and VMI . Campbell rescinded their offer one day after proposing it , however , leaving Okoye with VMI as his only Division I opportunity , which he then accepted . College career . Okoye enrolled in fall 2009 at VMI to play for the Keydets . He had initial struggles coping with college life , especially at a military school where upperclassmen put mental and physical pressures on freshmen . At one point he contemplated dropping out before having played in a single college basketball game , but Okoye stuck with it because of support from his teammates . He said , " I stuck it out because of the other guys . I figured if they could take it , I could too . " In 2009 – 10 , Okoye led all Big South Conference freshmen in scoring and field goal percentage in overall games . In conference games , he led all freshmen in scoring , field goal percentage and blocks . For the season he averaged 14 . 2 points , 6 . 6 rebounds and 1 . 5 blocks per game and was named to the Big South All - Freshman Team . As a sophomore in 2010 – 11 , Okoye improved his averages in points , rebounds , assists and steals per game . His blocks per game dipped slightly from his freshman season , however . Okoye finished his second year with 933 career points . Okoye followed a sophomore year with a junior season that saw him claim a Second Team All - Conference selection . In Big South games he averaged 19 . 5 points and 8 . 2 rebounds per game , which were second and fourth , respectively , within the league . He led the Keydets to the Big South Tournament championship game , but they lost to UNC Asheville 80 to 64 . Okoye had a breakout senior season in 2012 – 13 in which he 21 . 5 points , 9 . 4 rebounds and 2 . 6 assists per game . He was named the preseason conference player of the year , an honor he would then garner at the conclusion of the season as well . His scoring and rebounding averages led the Big South and was named its Player of the Week five times throughout the season . VMI lost to Charleston Southern in the conference tournament , thus ending VMI ' s hopes of a postseason tournament bid . Okoye finished his collegiate career with 2 , 146 points , 962 rebounds , 212 assists , 152 steals and 103 blocks . Professional career . After going undrafted in the 2013 NBA draft , Okoye signed with Ikaros of the top Greek League . Nigerian national team . Okoye has also been a member of the senior men ' s Nigerian national basketball team . He played at the 2013 FIBA Africa Championship .