2008-09 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Femi Akinpetide
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Sydney, Australia
- High School:
- Monteverde Academy (Fla.)
2008-09 -- Played in 27-of-31 games with one start... averaged 1.2 points and 0.9 rebounds in 6.3 minutes per game... shot .385 (10-26) from the floor, .333 (1-3) from three-point land and .647 (11-17) from the free throw line... made his first career start against Florida (11/30)... netted a career-high seven points in 17 minutes at Southern Utah (2/7)... went 2-of-2 from the floor and 3-of-3 from the charity stripe against the T-Birds... followed it up with five points on 2-of-3 shooting at North Dakota State (2/12)... UMKC Scholar Athlete honoree... named to The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic all-League team.
High School -- Attended Monteverde Academy in Monteverde, Fla... averaged 8.4 points and 5.0 rebounds per game as a senior for a squad that was nationally-ranked for much of the season... team captain as a senior... played all three forward positions throughout his career... member of the HoopsUSA.com 2007 National Championship team... squad finished the year with a perfect 30-0 record... helped the Eagles win at least 21 games in each of his three seasons at the school... won a total of 75 during his career - 21 as a sophomore, 30 as a junior and 24 as a senior... started 60 straight games to close out his career... three of his teammates - Dashan Harris (Texas A&M), Steve Tschiengang (Vanderbilt) and Marcus Capers (Washington State) - have all signed on with BCS schools... prep school coach was Kevin Sutton... received the piano theory 1/2 award in 2006-07 and the piano III award in 2007-08... also received the good citizenship award from 2005-08... member of FCA, school spirit club, bible studies, school perfect and was a judicial council member.
Personal -- Full name is Olufemi Akintomide Akinpetide... born on Oct. 6, 1988... son of Joshua and Olatunde Akinpetide... has four siblings - Segun, Tomilayo, Tolulope and Martin... brother, Martin Iti, played college basketball at New Mexico State... majoring in biology.
CAREER HIGHS
Points: 7 at Southern Utah, 2/7/09
Rebounds: 3 vs. Richmond, 11/25/08
FGM: 2 (three times)
FGA: 4 vs. Oral Roberts, 2/21/09
3FGM: 1 at Oakland, 2/28/09
3FGA: 1 (three times)
FTM: 3 at Southern Utah, 2/7/09
FTA: 3 at Southern Utah, 2/7/09
Assists: 1 (twice)
Steals: --
Blocks: 1 at Florida Gulf Coast, 11/26/08
Minutes: 17 at Southern Utah, 2/7/09
