Chisom Okpara

Career Highlights

  • CSC Academic All-District (2025)
  • Ivy League Player of the Week (Dec. 26, 2023)
  • Four-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week in 2022-23 (Nov. 14, Nov. 21, Dec. 26, Feb. 20)
  • Blue Ribbon Preseason Ivy League Rookie of the Year (2022-23)

As a Junior (at Stanford, 2024-25)

  • CSC Academic All-District
  • Appeared in 35 games with five starts
  • Averaged 6.5 points, 2.0 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game. Shot 50.3 percent from the floor and 46.2 percent from beyond the 3-point arc
  • 10 double-figure scoring performances, averaged 11.0 points per game at the ACC Tournament (March 12-13)
  • Scored a season-high 15 points against Boston College (Feb. 26)
  • Shot 63.2 percent (12-for-19) from 3-point range in ACC play
  • Averaged 6.7 points per game off the bench against ACC opponents, 10th-best in the conference
  • Improved to 8.5 points per game, on shooting splits of 61/56/77, over the final 13 games
  • Helped Stanford to its most wins (21) since 2015, a program record-tying 17 wins at Maples Pavilion, and school records as a team in 3-pointers (294), free throw percentage (.789) and fewest turnovers per game (10.5)
  • Transferred to Stanford prior to the 2024-25 season. First undergraduate transfer at Stanford since 2009, along with Derin Saran and Oziyah Sellers

As a Sophomore (at Harvard, 2023-24)

  • Ivy League Player of the Week (Dec. 26)
  • Named Harvard's Most Improved Player
  • Appeared in 26 games with 24 starts
  • Averaged 16.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game while shooting 47.9 percent from the field and 33.8 percent from 3-point range
  • Ranked second in the Ivy League in free throws made (111) and sixth in scoring, finishing in double figures 24 times.
  • Finished with a career-best 26 points against Holy Cross on Dec. 21.

As a Freshman (at Harvard, 2022-23)

  • Four-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week (Nov. 14, Nov. 21, Dec. 26, Feb. 20)
  • Blue Ribbon Preseason Ivy League Rookie of the Year
  • Appeared in 28 games with two starts
  • Averaged 7.4 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game while shooting 49.1 percent from the field and 32.5 percent from 3-point range
  • Scored a season-high 24 points against Siena (Nov. 20)

Before College

  • Four-star recruit out of La Lumiere School per ESPN, three-star signing from 247 Sports, Rivals and On3
  • Consensus top-seven player in Indiana and a top-25 small forward in the class of 2023
  • Started as a freshman at Brunswick High School, leading the team in scoring (18 ppg) and rebounding (11 rpg) en route to All-FAA first-team honors
  • Averaged 14 points, five rebounds and a NEPSAC AAA-leading seven free-throw attempts per game as a sophomore at Vermont Academy
  • Garnered 2020 All-NEPSAC AAA Honorable Mention accolades – the lone sophomore to be recognized – and was named team MVP
  • Started his junior and senior seasons at La Lumiere, leading the Lakers to a 21-5 record in 2021-22
  • Played with NY Renaissance where he contributed to his team’s final four appearance at Nike’s EYBL Peach Jam in the summer of 2021
  • Earned several All-Star and MVP accolades at elite camps, including the Pangos All-American Camp

Personal

  • Sister, Chidimma, transferred from Dartmouth to Stanford in women's tennis in 2023. Was a two-time All-Ivy League singles player at Dartmouth.