Biography
CAREER: Afriyie scored 1,203 points for the maroon and gray, which ranks second in the DI era and ninth all-time at NCCU. She also became the DI era record holder with 955 career rebounds (third all-time at NCCU) and 129 career blocks. Other NCCU leaderboards Afriyie can be found ranked in include 126 career steals (5th DI era), 123 career assists (tied for 9th DI era), 8.0 career rebounding per game average (3rd DI era), 10.1 career scoring per game average (6th DI era), 289 total rebounds in 2019-20 (1st DI era single-season record; 6th all-time) and 9.6 rebounds per game average in 2019-20 (1st DI era single-season average record).
2019-20: MEAC Tournament canceled on March 12, 2020, due to Coronavirus threat ... NCCU Female Student-Athlete of the Year ... BOXTOROW Division I Women's Basketball All-America Team ... First Team All-MEAC ... NCCU Women's Basketball Team MVP ... NCCU Women's Basketball Debra Saunders-White Leadership Award ... MEAC Player of the Week three times (Dec. 31, Jan. 7, Feb. 25) ... MEAC Defensive Player of the Week two times (Feb. 11, Feb. 25) ... NCCU Student-Athlete of the Month (January 2020) ... Played and started in all 30 games ... Averaged 14.5 points, 9.6 rebounds, 1.5 steals, 1.4 assists and 1.2 blocks per game ... Totaled 435 points, 289 rebounds, 44 steals, 41 assists and 36 blocks ... 14 double-doubles ... Registered 1,000th career point in a road game at Bethune-Cookman (Jan. 18, 2020) ... Per the final NCAA Statistics Report, Afriyie topped the MEAC with 14 double-doubles (26th nationally). She also ranked second in rebounds per game (9.6), third in the conference in field goal percentage (50.5%), fourth in points per game (14.5), seventh in blocks per game (1.13), eighth in free throw percentage (70.8%) and 15th in steals per game (1.5) ... Season-high marks of 25 points (at Long Island), 16 rebounds (at Maryland Eastern Shore), five assists (vs. Washington Adventist), four steals (at South Carolina St.) and four blocks (vs. Florida A&M)
2018-19: Third-Team All-MEAC ... NCCU Women's Basketball Team MVP ... MEAC Commissioner's All-Academic Team ... NCCU Players Choice Award ... MEAC Defensive Player of the Week (Dec. 18) ... Played and started in all 29 games ... Averaged 13.1 points, 9 rebounds, 1.2 blocks, 1.5 assists and 1.2 steals per game ... Totaled 414 points, 275 rebounds, 46 assists, 37 blocks, 39 steals ... 11 double-doubles ... Season-high marks of 25 points (vs. Wilberforce), 17 rebounds (vs. Savannah State), 5 blocks (vs. Wilberforce), 5 steals (at Savannah State) ... MEAC rankings included fourth in rebounding (9), seventh in field goal percentage (.434), seventh in blocking (1.19) and tied for 11th in scoring (13.4)
2017-18: NCCU Team MVP ... MEAC Commissioner's All-Academic Team ... NCCU Student-Athlete of the Month (January) ... Two-time MEAC Defensive Player of the Week (Jan. 9, Jan. 16) ... Played in all 30 games, including 24 starts ... Averaged 9.7 points, 7.9 rebounds, 1.3 blocks, 1.1 assists and 1.0 steals per game ... Totaled 291 points, 237 rebounds, 38 blocks, 32 assists and 29 steals ... Eight double-doubles ... Season-high marks of 22 points (at Delaware State), 17 rebounds (vs. Delaware State), four blocks (vs. Norfolk State), three assists (x3) and three steals (x3) ... MEAC rankings included third in field goal percentage (.475), sixth in rebounding (7.9), 10th in blocking (1.3) and tied for 26th in scoring (9.7)
2016-17: Played in 28 games as a freshman and started five games ... Averaged 2.3 points, 5.5 rebounds, 0.6 blocks and 0.5 steals per game ... Totaled 63 points, 154 rebounds (one shy of team high), 18 blocks (team high), 14 steals and 3 assists ... Season-high marks of 6 points (x3), 13 rebounds (at North Carolina A&T), four blocks (vs. Bethune-Cookman), two steals (x3) and one assist (x3) ... Improved as the season progressed, averaging a team-high 7.3 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game in MEAC play
HIGH SCHOOL: Averaged 20.7 points and 15.9 rebounds per game at Herbert H. Lehman High School ... MVP and all-star for a conference championship team ... Merit Roll
PERSONAL: Daughter of Owusu and Kendra Afriyie ... Born on November 26, 1998 ... Majoring in biology at NCCU with a concentration in pre-med ... Enjoys video games , studying, bike riding, food, Don Q, Dave East and A Boogie, superheros, math ... She is half Ghanian
