New Jersey Institute of Technology Athletics

Rookie post player is likely to come off the bench at power forward and center in his freshman year … played a similar offense in high school to the one NJIT runs.

2010-11: Appeared in 16 games. ... first collegiate game scored a career-high 7 pts vs. NYU-Poly (11/15). ... career-best six rebounds vs. Marywood (1/8). ... two blocks vs. Lehigh (1/4) and at Longwood (1/18).

Prior to NJIT: A 2010 graduate of Travis High School in Richmond, TX … Onyebuchi, who was injured for part of his senior year in high school, was nonetheless regarded as one of the top players in the Greater Houston area, which is a hotbed for young basketball talent … One recruiting web site, houstonpreps.net, ranked him 30th in the Houston area Class of 2010, and another, rcssports.com, listed him 32nd among Greater Houston seniors … Hoop Scoop Online rated him 83rd in the state of Texas Class of 2010, while Texas Roundball.com rated him 95th among Lone Star seniors … ESPN U’s basketball recruiting site assigned him a 72 rating on its scale of 100. That places him in the lower part of its third-highest grouping of college prospects as a player who can “contribute significantly as a freshman at the mid-major level” … Travis was 25-10 and advanced to the second round of the state playoffs in his junior year when he averaged about 8 points, 8 rebounds and two blocks per game … As a senior, helped lead Travis (22-10) back to the playoffs, despite the 2009 graduation of Ray Penn, who started 15 games for Oklahoma State as a freshman in 2009-10. Onyebuchi’s last game was a 71-69 overtime loss to top-ranked Bellaire (35-1 at the time) in the Region III-5A semifinal. … Onyebuchi, who averaged around 12 points and 10 rebounds as a senior and was named all-area by the Fort Bend Herald, added another honor when, in early May this year, he played in the Houston Area Basketball Coaches All-Star Game as a member of the South team.

Personal: Drew I. Onyebuchi ... son of Anita and Okeke Onyebuchi ... business major … born 11/6/92 in Houston.