PROFILER- Meet Josh Akognon

Meet Josh Akognon

Joshua Emmanuel Akognon (born February 10, 1986) is an American-Nigerian professional basketball player who last played for Henan of the Chinese National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for Washington State and Cal State Fullerton. Standing at 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), he plays at the point guard position.

Akognon was a McDonald's All-American Team nominee at Casa Grande High School in Petaluma, California. Akognon along with European standout Angelo Tsagarakis led Casa Grande to the best season in school history in 2003, forming one of the best duos in Northern California basketball history. He was recruited to play for the Cougars of Washington State University, who were then coached by Dick Bennett.

Akognon was part of the Nigeria national basketball team that competed in the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan. He also played at the 2016 Summer Olympics and was one of the team's leaders with averages of 10.6 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game.