Year No Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown 12-13 50 C 7-1 290 Fr * Lagos, Nigeria 13-14 50 C 7-1 292 So * Lagos, Nigeria 14-15 50 C 7-1 292 Jr * Lagos, Nigeria 15-16 50 C 7-1 304 Sr Lagos, Nigeria 16-17 50 C 7-1 304 Sr-R * Lagos, Nigeria
| Michael Ojo |
Full Name: Michael Ojo
Born: January 5, 1993, Lagos, Nigeria
Died: August 7, 2020, Belgrade, Serbia
School: Tennessee Temple High School in Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Year No Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown 12-13 50 C 7-1 290 Fr * Lagos, Nigeria 13-14 50 C 7-1 292 So * Lagos, Nigeria 14-15 50 C 7-1 292 Jr * Lagos, Nigeria 15-16 50 C 7-1 304 Sr Lagos, Nigeria 16-17 50 C 7-1 304 Sr-R * Lagos, Nigeria |
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Former FSU basketball player Michael Ojo dies of heart attack at
27. Curt Weiler, Tallahassee Democrat The Florida State men's basketball program lost one of its recent fan favorites Friday morning. Michael Ojo, a former center for the Seminoles from 2012 through 2017, passed away Friday morning at 27. Initial reports, according to Eurohoops.net, indicate he suffered a heart attack during a practice for Partizan, a professional basketball in Belgrade, Serbia. Ojo is most well remembered for his 7-foot-1, over 300-pound frame which stood out in a crowd and his size 21 shoes that had to be custom-made by Nike. A gentle giant But to those who had conversations with him, they were struck by his gentle giant nature, his strong sense of humor and how he embodied the FSU ideals. "In all of my years of coaching, I've never been around a person who captivated the emotions of everybody he came into contact with like Michael," FSU head coach Leonard Hamilton said in a statement released to the Democrat. "He had to be the most popular person in Tallahassee, and, certainly at Florida State University. Michael Ojo was a wonderful, wonderful human being. He was a great teammate and really represented what the Seminole spirit is all about. He was one of the purest Seminoles that I have ever been around; he will be missed tremendously by the whole Seminole nation." Ojo is one of Hamilton's more recent examples of discovering a player with minimal basketball background and turning him into quite the basketball player. He wasn't introduced to basketball until a few years before he enrolled at FSU. He was discovered while playing soccer in Lagos, Nigeria and after some introduction to basketball moved to the United States to play at Tennessee Temple Academy in Chattanooga. From there, Hamilton and his staff discovered Ojo, got him to come on an official visit and landed his commitment over Vanderbilt and Tennessee Chattanooga. It took some time, but Ojo grew into quite the basketball player during his time with the Seminoles. He went from averaging 0.7 points and 1.0 rebound per game as a true freshman in 2012-13 to 4.9 points and 3.3 rebounds per game as a redshirt senior in 2016-17. That final season, he helped FSU reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time in his career. The most notable storyline of his senior season came from the improbable strides he made at the free-throw line. Behind hours of work, he went from a 36.4% free-throw shooter as a freshman to a team-high 80.6% as a senior. As news of Ojo's passing spread, so did an outpouring of sadness from people across FSU Athletics. "This definitely a tough one man.. One of the best dudes I done came across," former FSU point guard Trent Forrest posted on Twitter. "Was the first to welcome me to FSU and was nothing short of a big brother my freshman year and even after.. it's crazy to think we was just talking about life last week.. Gone miss ya fasho O!!" John Lata, FSU's former director of the Student Services staff in athletics, posted on social media that "my heart is aching" upon hearing the news of Ojo's death. "One of my favorite student-athletes of all time passed away far too young," Lata posted on his Facebook page. "He always had a smile, was magnificent with kids and was always begging to do more community service, and the kids loved to see him. He always stopped by my office when he came back to Tally to check in on me. RIP Michael Ojo. Life is too short." After his FSU career, Ojo moved to Belgrade to pursue his professional basketball career. As a member of Crvena Zvezda, he won the ABA SuperCup in 2018 as well as the ABA League and the Serbian League in 2019. Sam Lunt, former FSU associate director of sports medicine for men's basketball, said his family is "crushed" by the news. "He was one of the best humans I know," Lunt said. "Great student, funny, just a genuinely good person. Ag (Lunt's wife) and I feel like we lost a kid and our kids lost a brother."
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Year GP GS Min FGM FGA PCT FGM FGA PCT FTM FTA PCT PTS AVG OFF DEF TOT AVG PF DQ AST TO BLK STL
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12-13 27 9 136 7 24 .292 0 0 .000 4 11 .364 18 0.7 7 20 27 1.0 24 0 3 9 7 3
13-14 36 14 428 35 64 .547 0 0 .000 20 47 .426 90 2.5 36 72 108 3.0 72 1 9 32 25 5
14-15 33 21 292 27 50 .540 0 0 .000 17 44 .386 71 2.2 24 54 78 2.4 44 0 6 28 16 5
16-17 35 34 426 57 101 .564 0 0 .000 58 72 .806 172 4.9 55 57 112 3.2 71 0 7 27 30 10
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Tot 131 78 1282 126 239 .527 0 0 .000 99 174 .569 351 2.7 122 203 325 2.5 211 1 25 96 78 23
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Game Statistics 2012-13 3 Point --REBOUNDS-- Date Opponent GP GS Min FGM FGA FGM FGA FTM FTA PTS OFF DEF TOT PF AST TO BLK STL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 9 South Alabama 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 12 Buffalo 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Nov 16 Brigham Young 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Nov 21 North Florida 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 Dec 2 Mercer 1 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 Dec 9 Maine 1 9 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 Dec 17 Louisiana-Monroe 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Dec 22 UNC-Charlotte 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Dec 29 Tulsa 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jan 5 Clemson 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 Jan 9 Maryland 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Jan 12 North Carolina 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Jan 19 Virginia 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jan 24 Clemson 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 Jan 27 Miami 1 11 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 Jan 30 Maryland 1 14 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 3 2 0 0 1 1 Feb 2 Duke 1 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Feb 9 Wake Forest 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Feb 13 Miami 1 c 17 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 Feb 16 Boston College 1 c 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Feb 19 North Carolina State 1 c 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 Feb 24 Virginia Tech 1 c 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 Feb 26 Wake Forest 1 c 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 3 4 0 1 1 0 Mar 3 North Carolina 1 c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mar 7 Virginia 1 c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Mar 9 North Carolina State 1 c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Mar 14 Clemson 1 c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals 27 9 136 7 24 0 0 4 11 18 7 20 27 24 3 9 7 3 2013-14 3 Point --REBOUNDS-- Date Opponent GP GS Min FGM FGA FGM FGA FTM FTA PTS OFF DEF TOT PF AST TO BLK STL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 8 Jacksonville 1 13 2 3 0 0 0 2 4 3 2 5 2 0 1 2 0 Nov 13 Central Florida 1 12 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 6 4 0 4 0 0 Nov 17 Tennessee-Martin 1 12 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 6 3 0 2 1 0 Nov 21 VA Commonwealth 1 15 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 6 1 0 0 2 0 Nov 22 Michigan 1 15 3 4 0 0 2 4 8 2 4 6 4 0 1 0 0 Nov 24 Northeastern 1 9 0 2 0 0 1 4 1 2 2 4 3 0 1 1 0 Nov 29 Florida 1 14 3 3 0 0 4 7 10 2 4 6 4 0 1 1 0 Dec 3 Minnesota 1 17 1 2 0 0 4 6 6 0 5 5 2 0 2 2 1 Dec 8 Jacksonville State 1 17 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 2 5 7 2 0 1 2 0 Dec 17 UNC-Charlotte 1 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 2 0 3 1 Dec 21 Massachusetts 1 19 3 4 0 0 1 5 7 4 4 8 3 1 4 2 0 Dec 30 Charleston Southern 1 16 2 5 0 0 0 0 4 3 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 Jan 4 Virginia 1 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 2 0 2 2 0 Jan 9 Clemson 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 Jan 12 Maryland 1 16 2 3 0 0 3 3 7 2 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 Jan 15 Miami 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jan 18 Virginia 1 10 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 Jan 21 Notre Dame 1 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 Jan 25 Duke 1 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 Jan 29 North Carolina State 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 Feb 1 Clemson 1 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 3 2 2 1 0 0 Feb 5 Virginia Tech 1 c 19 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 Feb 8 Maryland 1 c 13 4 6 0 0 0 0 8 3 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 Feb 10 Miami 1 c 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 Feb 15 Wake Forest 1 c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Feb 17 North Carolina 1 c 13 1 1 0 0 3 4 5 2 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 Feb 23 Pittsburgh 1 c 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 Mar 2 Georgia Tech 1 c 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 Mar 4 Boston College 1 c 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 Mar 9 Syracuse 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 Mar 13 Maryland 1 c 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 Mar 14 Virginia 1 c 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 Mar 18 Florida Gulf Coast 1 c 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Mar 24 Georgetown 1 c 9 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 Mar 26 Louisiana Tech 1 c 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Apr 1 Minnesota 1 c 16 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 6 0 1 0 0 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals 36 14 428 35 64 0 0 20 47 90 36 72 108 72 9 32 25 5 2014-15 3 Point --REBOUNDS-- Date Opponent GP GS Min FGM FGA FGM FGA FTM FTA PTS OFF DEF TOT PF AST TO BLK STL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 15 Manhattan College 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Nov 18 Northeastern 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 Nov 22 Providence College 1 15 3 4 0 0 1 5 7 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 Nov 23 Massachusetts 1 10 2 4 0 0 0 2 4 3 2 5 2 0 0 1 0 Nov 25 Citadel 1 20 2 4 0 0 1 3 5 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 Nov 28 Charleston Southern 1 11 1 2 0 0 2 2 4 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 Dec 1 Nebraska 1 9 1 1 0 0 1 4 3 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 Dec 6 Central Florida 1 13 1 1 0 0 1 3 3 0 3 3 4 0 2 0 0 Dec 13 Notre Dame 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dec 17 North Florida 1 c 10 2 4 0 0 0 1 4 1 2 3 2 1 1 3 0 Dec 20 South Florida 1 c 10 1 3 0 0 4 7 6 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 0 Dec 22 Stetson 1 c 11 2 2 0 0 1 4 5 1 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 Dec 30 Florida 1 c 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 Jan 2 Mississippi State 1 c 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 Jan 6 Virginia Tech 1 c 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 Jan 11 Syracuse 1 c 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 Jan 14 Pittsburgh 1 c 7 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 4 1 0 0 0 Jan 17 North Carolina State 1 c 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Jan 19 Clemson 1 c 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 4 0 2 0 0 Jan 24 North Carolina 1 c 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 4 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 Jan 28 Wake Forest 1 c 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 Feb 1 Miami 1 c 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 Feb 4 Clemson 1 c 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 Feb 7 Virginia Tech 1 c 12 2 3 0 0 0 1 4 1 3 4 0 0 3 2 0 Feb 9 Duke 1 c 21 0 1 0 0 1 3 1 3 6 9 3 1 3 3 1 Feb 14 Georgia Tech 1 c 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 Feb 18 Boston College 1 c 12 0 2 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 4 1 1 1 0 0 Feb 22 Virginia 1 c 7 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 Feb 25 Miami 1 c 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 Feb 28 Louisville 1 c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Mar 7 Pittsburgh 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 Mar 11 Clemson 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Mar 12 Virginia 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals 33 21 292 27 50 0 0 17 44 71 24 54 78 44 6 28 16 5 2016-17 3 Point --REBOUNDS-- Date Opponent GP GS Min FGM FGA FGM FGA FTM FTA PTS OFF DEF TOT PF AST TO BLK STL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov 12 Charleston Southern 1 c 10 1 2 0 0 2 2 4 0 3 3 0 0 2 1 0 Nov 15 Iona College 1 c 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 Nov 18 Winthrop 1 c 13 2 4 0 0 9 12 13 4 6 10 4 0 1 1 0 Nov 20 Detroit-Mercy 1 c 14 2 4 0 0 0 1 4 2 5 7 1 0 0 1 0 Nov 24 Temple 1 c 10 2 2 0 0 2 2 6 2 2 4 1 1 1 1 0 Nov 25 Illinois 1 c 22 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 6 3 0 0 1 0 Nov 28 Minnesota 1 c 17 3 4 0 0 6 9 12 3 2 5 4 0 1 1 0 Dec 4 George Washington 1 c 12 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 2 2 4 3 0 0 2 0 Dec 6 Southern Mississippi 1 c 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 6 4 0 0 2 0 Dec 8 Nicholls State 1 c 16 5 5 0 0 0 0 10 1 1 2 3 0 2 3 0 Dec 11 Florida 1 c 16 1 4 0 0 6 6 8 4 3 7 3 1 0 1 0 Dec 17 Manhattan College 1 c 9 3 3 0 0 1 2 7 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 Dec 19 Samford 1 c 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 Dec 28 Wake Forest 1 c 10 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 Dec 31 Virginia 1 c 17 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 0 0 2 0 0 Jan 7 Virginia Tech 1 c 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 Jan 10 Duke 1 c 13 4 5 0 0 1 1 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 Jan 14 North Carolina 1 c 14 2 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 Jan 18 Notre Dame 1 c 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 0 Jan 21 Louisville 1 c 15 2 5 0 0 6 7 10 2 4 6 1 1 0 1 1 Jan 25 Georgia Tech 1 c 7 1 2 0 0 3 3 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 Jan 28 Syracuse 1 c 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 Feb 1 Miami 1 c 18 1 1 0 0 3 3 5 1 1 2 3 0 2 1 3 Feb 5 Clemson 1 c 10 2 4 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 Feb 8 North Carolina State 1 c 21 4 7 0 0 3 4 11 4 2 6 2 3 0 1 2 Feb 11 Notre Dame 1 c 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 Feb 18 Pittsburgh 1 c 12 3 4 0 0 2 4 8 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 Feb 20 Boston College 1 c 11 2 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 Feb 25 Clemson 1 c 10 2 3 0 0 4 4 8 3 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 Feb 28 Duke 1 c 10 1 5 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 Mar 4 Miami 1 c 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 2 0 1 1 0 Mar 9 Virginia Tech 1 c 8 3 5 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 Mar 10 Notre Dame 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 Mar 16 Florida Gulf Coast 1 c 11 3 4 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 2 4 0 2 2 1 Mar 18 Xavier 1 c 15 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals 35 34 426 57 101 0 0 58 72 172 55 57 112 71 7 27 30 10 |