New Jersey Institute of Technology Athletics

2023-24: America East All-Academic Team...playing in 13 games, making 10 starts before suffering season-ending injury at Binghamton (2/1)...scored 18 points, all after halftime, to lead NJIT back from 22-point halftime deficit at UMBC (1/27)...converted a put-back with two seconds left to lead the Highlanders to an upset win at Fordham (12/6)...12 points, 11 rebounds in 17 minutes for first-career double-double against Medgar Evers (12/22)...made all 10 free throw attempts and blocked a career-high seven shots in win vs. Morgan State (12/31)...finished the seasons 10-for-26 (38.5%) from three-point range and 49-for-58 (84.5%) from the foul line. 

2022-23: America East All-Academic Team...One of four team members to play in all 30 games, making nine starts...scored 10+ points seven times, including 16 twice...one of those 16-point efforts came in an overtime victory at Maine where he hit four three-pointers and played 33 minutes...pulled down a season-high eight boards in a home win vs. Maine (2/11). 

2021-22: Played in 20 games after missing the beginning of the season due to injury...scored a season-high eight points in a 2OT win at Lafayette (12/5) where he played 35 minutes...

2020-21: Played in 18 games, making seven starts...scored a season-high eight points on two occasions (at Albany 1/17; vs. UMBC, 1/31)...pulled down career-best nine rebounds (five offensive) in 30 minutes of action vs. Binghamton (2/21).

2019-20:
Played first nine games of the season before suffering an injury in practice and missing the remainder of the 2019-20 campaign...started one game, where he scored 13 points and grabbed five rebounds in a career-high 38 minutes of action at Rutgers...scored 11 points at Army West Point...made 12-of-14 FT attempts including all six in a one-point victory at Cornell.

2018-19:
• Appeared in 26 of 35 games as freshman, including two starts

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• 3/28 vs. Hampton (CIT Quarterfinals): Started second consecutive game and tied career-high 5 rebounds in 20 M
• 3/18 vs. Quinnipiac (CIT First Round): Earned first career start and played career-high 26 minutes; 8 points (2-4 3FG, 2-2 FT)
• 2/25 at Lipscomb: Career-high 9 points on 3-4 three pointers in 24 M
• 1/24 at Stetson: Hit 2-3 three pointers and one free throw for 7 points
• 1/21 at UNF: Totaled 6 points (1-2 3FG, 3-4 FT) and career-high 5 rebounds
• 1/16 vs. Lipscomb: Knocked down a three pointer and snatched 2 rebounds
• 11/17 vs. Cornell: Scored 5 pts (2-3 FG, 1-1 3FG) with first NCAA three-pointer; added 3 rebounds
• 11/14 vs. Kean: Drained his first career NCAA field goal; finished with 2 points, 4 rebounds in 11 M

Prior to NJIT: De Graaf, a 6-foot-10 native of Rotterdam, Netherlands, played for the Canarias Basketball Academy in Gran Canaria, Spain. ... The Academy, considered the top prep school in Europe both academically and athletically, has sent over 80 players to Division-I schools in recent years. .. averaged 14.5 points per game and 7.2 rebounds per game while shooting 45-percent from three-point territory for the Elite A Team.  ... spent his first two years of high school at The Thornbecke Voortgezet Ondrewijsin (Holland) ... played on the Netherlands Junior National Team since he was 14 years old and was a member of the 14u European Championship team in 2013.

Personal: Kjell De Graaf... recieved undergraduate degree in chemical engineering in May, 2022.