Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe began her university basketball career at Simon Fraser University as an all-rookie nominee and a CIS national championship title.
The 6-2 Clan forward finished her tenure as one of the best women’s basketball players to ever play in the NCAA Division II.
Despite just three years of eligibility in the NCAA, Raincock-Ekunwe broke the Great Northwest conference all-time record with 49 double-doubles in her final year.
Earlier in the season, she also set a new conference record with 24 rebounds in one game.
Raincock-Ekunwe helped SFU to the program’s first-ever appearance in the NCAA sweet 16 West Region final. She was later named a second team All-American, one of many post-season accolades for the fifth-year senior.
In her final season with the Clan, Raincock-Ekunwe was named the Great Northwest women’s basketball player of the year. Her field goal average of 66.1 per cent led the nation.
She finished the year, averaging a conference third-best 16.9 points per game and a Great Northwest-leading 12.7 rebounds a game.
Raincock-Ekunwe earned first team all-conference honours for a third straight season – just the second-ever player in history to do so.
Her unoffical 63 career double-doubles are also the third-best all-time in NCAA Div. II, but cannot be recognized because SFU only became an official member of the national athletic association in the 2012/13 season.
Raincock-Ekunwe set a new conference record for double-doubles in her first season in the NCAA and broke that mark the following year with 24.
Later in the year, Raincock-Ekunwe earned a spot on the Canadian women’s national basketball team.
