Pronounced.....ee-frumEE-CAN-um

ACADEMIC NOTES:Plans to study health science and become a physical therapist.

2011-12 (JUNIOR):Saw action in all 28 games with 16 starts...Averaged 5.6 points and3.9 rebounds per game...Notched double figures six times, includingfour games in Big Sky play...Grabbed six or more rebounds ninetimes...Reset single-game season-high for points four times...Had acareer-high 15 points against Eastern Washington...Posted 14 pointsagainst Portland State...Scored 11 points against ArizonaChristian...Had season-high eight boards against Pepperdine andPortland State.

PRIOR TO NAU: Atransfer from Irvine Valley College…Played for JerryHennandez…Averaged 8.3 points and 6.1 rebounds during the2010-11 season…Was an honorable mention all-Orange EmpireConference selection after starting all 31 of Irvine Valley’sgames and helping the Lasers go 23-8 and make the SouthernCalifornia Playoff Regional finals…Also averaged 9.8 pointsand 8.3 rebounds and shot 59.3 percent during conferencegames…Ranked second in the Orange Empire Conference in fieldgoal percentage at 55.2 percent…Scored a season-high 23points in win at Orange Coast during conference play and had 19points in a win at Fullerton…Also grabbed a season-best 14rebounds in an early-season win over Cuyamaca.

HIGH SCHOOL: A2009 graduate of Ontario Christian…Played for ScottBrummel…Averaged 11.9 points and 10.3 rebounds as asenior…Played with Durrell Norman at Irvine Valley.

PERSONAL: BornEphraim I. Ekanem on May 19, 1991 in Los Angeles, Calif.…Sonof Patrick and Catherine Ekanem…Has one sister, Doris, andone brother, Marquis.