Pronunciation - Ade Adebayo
HONORS & AWARDS
• 2021 Big West Conference All-Academic Team
• 2022 Big West Conference All-Academic Team
• 2023 Big West Conference All-Academic Team
2022-2023: Started 28 games, registering career-highs in nearly every statistical category... Scored a career, and season-high 14 points against CSU Bakersfield on Jan. 26... Reached double-figure scoring five times and posted a team best .617 FG%... Second on the team in offensive rebounds with 47... Hauled in 10 rebounds with multiple game-saving defensive plays in the Aggies regular season finale win against Long Beach State on Mar. 4.
2021-22: Averaged career-highs in points and rebounds with career-high assist, steals, and minutes played totals...Scored season-high eight points in UC Davis' upset of Oregon State on Dec. 14...Posted a career-high three steals in Feb. 26 win over CSUN...Had a game-saving block on a Hawai'i three-point attempt with seven seconds left in a 68-65 win over the Rainbow Warriors on Feb. 5.
2020-21: Will not use a year of eligibility, and maintain his current status, due to the NCAA’s COVID-19 policy… During the Aggies’ 12-2 run late in the first half of their Big West Tournament quarterfinal, he single-handedly caused three of six CSU Bakersfield (3/11) turnovers during that four-minute block of action, leading up to halftime... Collected one rebound in each game played at Cal Poly (2/26 and 27)… Scored his first point of the season, on a free throw, vs. Idaho State (11/28) at the Bronco Invitational… Recorded one steal at Santa Clara (11/27).
2019-20: Finished with career highs in points (9), field goals made (3), free throws made (2) and hit his first three as an Aggie vs. Cal Poly (2/1)... Ended with a career-high three rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks vs. Holy Names (1/4)... Scored a season/career-high six points on on a perfect 3-for-3 shooting overall, another season/career high, throughout his season/career high 20 minutes played... Finished with three rebounds, two points and one blocked shots, all season highs, vs. LMU (12/16)... Hit one of his two field goal attempts to finish with two points vs. Northern Illinois (12/7)... Collected two assists at Cal (11/26)... Recorded one assist in his UC Davis debut at Loyola Chicago (11/5)... One of the Aggies’ seven newcomers and five true freshmen.
BARKING ABBEY SCHOOL '19: Competing alongside current Aggie Caleb Fuller the duo led Barking Abbey to consecutive Elite Academy Basketball League championships during the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons... Earned all-league first team honors by averaging 13.5 points, 4.9 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game... Spearheaded BA's third straight appearance in the EABL championship game... Won 40 of 43 games combined (.930 overall win percentage) and posted matching 17-1 league records (.944 league win pct.) during his last two seasons at Barking Abbey... Ended his senior year as one of the EABL's top players, thanks to his assists per game average, field goal percentage (.482), three-point shooting percentage (.383) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.0)... Earned Defensive Player of the Year and all-conference first team honors as a senior... Named Team MVP and Defensive Player of the Year as a junior.
PERSONAL: Earned a top-five ranking at the prestigious Deng Camp — a group of U19 talents, hand-selected by coaches and basketball affiliates, that represent the top 50 players in the United Kingdom... Received Most Valuable Player accolades at the Hoopsfix All-Star Classic after finishing with 18 points, six assists and five steals... Winning an EABL championship is his proudest personal accomplishment... Essex Basketball Court is his favorite facility that he competed at... Career plans include playing basketball at the highest possible level before pursuing his passion: engineering... Chose UC Davis because it was the best environment for him to thrive, and the coaching staff would bring out the best version of himself, both personally and as a basketball player.
