University of Detroit Mercy Athletics

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Career Stats

2013-14:
Appeared in 10 games – all off the bench – as a senior … averaged 0.3 points and 0.5 rebounds per game … scored three points with two rebounds and one blocked shot against U-M Dearborn (11/11) ... also grabbed one rebound against UConn (11/14), Florida Atlantic (11/22) and Indiana Tech (12/23) … a member of the Detroit Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

2012-13:
Appeared in seven games – all off the bench – as a newcomer … averaged 0.6 points and 0.6 rebounds per game … scored two points and grabbed two rebounds while dishing out one assist at Youngstown State (1/10) ... also scored two points with one rebound against UIC (1/19) … a member of the Detroit Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.

PRIOR TO DETROIT:
An imposing center who comes to Detroit by way of Arkansas Baptist College in Little Rock, Ark. ... averaged 8.2 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1.6 blocked shots per game as a sophomore ... played an abbreviated season as a freshman due to injury but managed to grab a half-dozen rebounds per game in the second half of the campaign ... was named to the Presidents list for Academic  Achievement after maintaining a perfect 4.0 GPA over two years at Arkansas Baptist.

PERSONAL:
Full name is Akinyemi Olumide Solanke ... son of Abel and Abike Solanke of Lagos, Nigeria ... has two siblings Leke and Olusola ... major is Economics.