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Jersey Number 30
Tobe Awaka
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-8
- Weight:
- 250
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Hyde Park, N.Y.
- Prev School:
- Tennessee
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2025-26 (Senior)
Big 12 Sixth Man of the Year
Honorable Mention All-Big 12
2024-25 (Junior)
Honorable Mention All-Big 12
Named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Feb. 10)
PRIOR TO ARIZONA
@t0b3awaka._2025-26 (Senior)
Big 12 Sixth Man of the Year
Honorable Mention All-Big 12
- His 353 total rebounds were tied for eighth nationally despite coming off the bench in 36 of 39 games
- Career-high 25 points on 8 of 11 shooting against Arizona State (1/14)
- Second double-double of the season with 12 points and 16 rebounds against Denver (11/24)
- Went 4 of 4 at the free throw line in the final six seconds of the four-point win at No. 3 UConn (11/19)
- Finished with eight points, 10 rebounds, three assists vs. No. 15 UCLA (11/14)
- 12 points and career-high 18 rebounds vs. Utah Tech (11/7)
- Just the third player in the country over the last 30 years to grab 18 rebounds in less than 20 minutes of action off the bench
- Named to Big 12 Winter All-Academic Team
2024-25 (Junior)
Honorable Mention All-Big 12
Named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Feb. 10)
- Played in all 37 games, appearing in the starting line up 36 times
- Averaged 8.0 points, 7.8 rebounds and shot 64.6% from the floor overall
- Ranked fifth in the Big 12 in rebounding
- Had 12 games with double digit rebounds
- Was fourth in the Big 12 with nine double-doubles on the year
- In Big 12 play, his scoring increased to 8.8 points and 8.0 rebounds
- Grabbed a total of 289 rebounds - 106 offensive and 183 defensive
- Added 21 blocked shots and 16 steals
- Went 2 of 5 from the 3-point line on the season
- Against Oregon in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament, he finished with 12 points and 14 rebounds in the win
- Scored a season-high 18 points and grabbed 15 rebounds against Old Dominion (11/9)
- Had seven offensive rebounds and seven defensive rebounds at Texas Tech (1/18)
PRIOR TO ARIZONA
- Played his first two seasons of college basketball at the University of Tennessee
- In those two years, he played in 69 games and averaged 4.2 points, 4.2 rebounds and shot 59.1% from the floor
- As a sophomore, he averaged 5.1 points, 4.6 rebounds, scoring in double figures five times
- In the second round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament against Texas, he registered 10 points, five rebounds and a blocked shot in 11 minutes
- His top game as a Volunteer came against Missouri, when he tallied 18 points and 10 rebounds
- In the Summer of 2023, Awaka was a member of USA Basketball's FIBA Men's U19 World Cup team that played in Debrecen, Hungary
- He started six of the seven games with Team USA and was one of three players in the tournament to average a double-double at 11.6 points and 10.6 rebounds
- He also paced all players in the tournament with four double-doubles and his 18.1 FIBA efficiency rating was the fifth-best of the entire tournament
- As a freshman at Tennessee, his numbers were modest – 3.2 points and 3.8 rebounds – but his impact on the glass was profound. He averaged 1.83 offensive rebounds per game in SEC play despite ranking ninth on the Vols in minutes played in conference play.
- Awaka was born in Poughkeepsie, New York and attended Cardinal Hayes High School in the Bronx, New York
- He was the 2022 New York Gatorade Player of the Year after averaging 19.2 points and 13.9 rebounds
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