BeeJay Anya

Position: Forward/Center
Height: 6-9 / 206 kms
Weight: 275 lbs / 125 kgs
School: DeMatha Catholic High School ‘13
Hometown: Gaithersburg, Maryland

USA Basketball Notes

• Gold Medal: 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship.
  
• Member of the 2012 USA U17 World Championship Team that compiled an 8-0 record en route to earning the FIBA U17 World Championship gold medal in Kaunas, Lithuania; averaged 6.3 ppg. and 3.8 rpg. in fewer than 12 minutes a game.
• Helped the U.S. U17 squad claim a pair of exhibition victories over Australia and Latvia in Las Palmas, Canary Islands; averaged 3.5 ppg. and 3.5 rpg.
  
• Participated in the 2011 USA Developmental National Team training camp, held Oct. 15-16 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
  
• Participated in the 2011 USA Developmental National Team training camp, held June 10-12 in Colorado Springs, Colo.
  
• Named to the 2011-12 USA Developmental National Team on March 24, 2011.

College Notes:

• Lists Duke, Georgetown, Indiana Kansas, North Carolina NC State, Ohio State, Texas, Virginia, Virginia Tech and West Virginia among his college choices.

High School Honors

• Washington Post All-Met first team (2012).
  
• All-Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) first team (2011, 2012).
  
• All-county first team (2012).

High School Notes

• Attends DeMatha Catholic High School (Md.), where as a junior in 2011-12, he shot 66.0 percent from the field and averaged 13.3 ppg., 10.5 rpg. and a school-record 6.8 bpg.; aided DeMatha to a 30-5 record, a No. 1 final national ranking by USA Today and the 2012 Alhambra Catholic Invitational Tournament championship.
  
• As a sophomore in 2010-11 helped lead his team to a 29-7 and a state championship; started all 36 games and averaged 10.0 ppg., 11.0 rpg. and 6.3 bpg.
  
• As a freshman in 2009-10, aided DeMatha to a 32-4 slate and the state championship; played in all 36 games and averaged 5.7 ppg., 5.1 rpg. and 1.6 bpg.
  
• Compiled 546 points, 579 rebounds and 254 blocked shots in first two years of varsity play.
  
• Lists single-game bests of 28 points, 18 rebounds and 11 blocked shots.
  
• Competes for Team Takeover and won the 2010 Peach Jam.
  
• Teamates at DeMatha with 2012 USA U18 National Team members Jerami Grant and James Robinson.

Personal Notes

• Chukwunonso Beejay Nduka-Anya was born in Cheverly, Md., on March 9, 1995.
  
• Son of Oby and Ben Anya; has three sisters, Stephanie, Renee and Brooke.

The Inside Scoop

• Post-basketball career ambitions: becoming a coach.
  
• Has held a job as a: coach and counselor at the DeMatha basketball camp.
  
• Favorite class: English.
  
• Least favorite class: biology.
  
• Is learning: Spanish.
  
• Favorite meal to make at home: fried rice.
  
• If not for basketball, would want to be a standout in: football.
  
• When he was five, wanted to be: a police officer.
  
• If he could live in any city in the world, it would be: Los Angeles.
  
• Next big purchase will be: shoes.
  
• Favorite magazine: ESPN Rise.
  
• Favorite Twitter account: @BadLuckBrian.
  
• Piece of clothing he can’t live without: shoes.
  
• Most prized possession: his sisters.
  
• Favorite sport other than basketball: football.
  
• Favorite basketball player of all time: Kobe Bryant.
  
• Favorite non-basketball Olympian: Usain Bolt.
  
• Strangest place ever played hoops: I.C. Norcum High School.
  
• Best player ever faced: Carmelo Anthony.
  
• Would like to go one-on-one against: Dwight Howard.
  
• Favorite basketball announcer: Dick Vitale.
  
• Away from the court, enjoys: hanging with friends.
  
• Most people don’t know: he’s the only boy in his family.
  
• If he weren’t playing basketball, he would be doing this after high school: going to college.
  
• This right-hander wears No. 21 because it’s his dad’s  birthday.
  
• Superstitions: listens to the same song before every game.
  
• First overseas trip: was to Nigeria when he was two years old.

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