Stan Okoye

Stanley Onyekachukwu Okoye (born April 10, 1991) is a Nigerian professional basketball player who last played for MoraBanc Andorra of the Liga ACB. A 6'6" swingman, he was named the 2012–13 Big South Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year while playing for Virginia Military Institute (VMI).

High school career Okoye, a native of Raleigh, North Carolina, attended Knightdale High School from 2005 to 2006 through 2008–09. During his four-year varsity career he scored over 1,300 points and grabbed over 550 rebounds, both of which are school records. Okoye also scored a single-game record 42 points during a Class 4A playoff game. In conference games, he led all freshmen in scoring, field goal percentage and blocks.

As a sophomore in 2010–11, Okoye improved his averages in points, rebounds, assists and steals per game. VMI lost to Charleston Southern in the conference tournament, thus ending VMI's hopes of a postseason tournament bid. Okoye finished his collegiate career with 2,146 points, 962 rebounds, 212 assists, 152 steals and 103 blocks. He left Ikaros before playing in a game for them, and on October 27, 2013, he signed with Barak Netanya of Israel for the rest of the season. In November 2013, he left Netanya after appearing in just four games.

On February 6, 2014, Okoye signed with the Perth Redbacks for the 2014 State Basketball League season. He made his debut for the Redbacks in the team's season opener on March 14, recording 30 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals in a 96–93 win over the Rockingham Flames. On May 15, he was named the SBL Player of the Week for Round 9. He appeared in all 30 games for the Redbacks in 2014, averaging 28.0 points, 11.2 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.0 blocks per game.

On August 16, 2014, Okoye signed with Pallacanestro Varese for the 2014–15 Lega Basket Serie A season. In 23 games for Varese, he averaged 5.4 points and 3.9 rebounds per game. On August 17, 2015, Okoye signed with Bawer Matera of the Serie A2 Basket. In February 2016, he left Matera and signed with Pallacanestro Trapani for the rest of the season. On May 27, 2017, Okoye signed with his former club Pallacanestro Varese.

In July 2018, Okoye played for the Denver Nuggets during the 2018 NBA Summer League. On July 28, Okoye signed a one-year deal with Tecnyconta Zaragoza of the Liga ACB. On July 31, 2019, Okoye signed a one-year deal with Herbalife Gran Canaria. He averaged 6.8 points per game. Okoye re-signed with the team on July 18, 2020.

On 13 July 2021, Okoye signed with Zaragoza of the Spanish Liga ACB.

On July 27, 2022, he has signed with SIG Strasbourg of the French LNB Pro A.

On December 6, 2022, he signed with Scafati Basket of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).

On July 11, 2023, he signed with MoraBanc Andorra of the Liga ACB.

National team career Okoye has been a member of the senior men's Nigeria national basketball team, representing them at the AfroBasket tournaments in 2013, 2015 and 2025, as well as at the 2019 World Cup.