Butler University Athletics

2025-26 SEASON: Began the season with six consecutive double-doubles...the last Bulldog to have five or more consecutive double-doubles was Gordon Hayward (with five between Feb. 11-March 6, 2010)...named BIG EAST Player of the Week Dec. 15 after leading the Bulldogs with 28 points and 15 rebounds as Butler opened the BIG EAST portion of the schedule with a 113-110 double-overtime win over Providence Dec. 13...earned both BIG EAST Player of the Week and USBWA Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week honors Nov. 24 after averaging 16.0 points, 14.0 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game in Butler's two wins at the Greenbrier (against South Carolina and Virginia)...he is the first Bulldog since Kamar Baldwin in 2019-20 to receive the BIG EAST Player of the Week honor twice in the same season...led Butler with 19 points and a career-high 20 rebounds against Northwestern in the Dec. 20 Indy Classic win..he is the first Bulldog with 20 rebounds in a game since Tim Haseley, Nov. 26, 1983 against DePauw.

Transferred to Butler prior to the 2025-26 season.

* 2023-24 All-West Coast Conference First Team 

2024-25 SEASON at GONZAGA: Played in 34 games, making 13 starts…averaged 18.8 minutes per game…finished second on the team in rebounding at 5.4 rebounds per game…added 6.5 points per game…scored in double figures nine times, including a season-high 20 points at Portland Jan. 25…had four games with double-digit rebounds…posted two double-doubles…had 15 points and 10 rebounds against Oregon State Jan. 28.
 
2023-24 SEASON at PEPPERDINE: Earned First Team All-West Coast Conference honors following the season…led the West Coast Conference in scoring at 17.2 points per game…second in the WCC, grabbing 9.9 rebounds per outing…made 46.7 percent of his attempts from the field, including 47 percent from three-point range...scored at least 20 points 11 times and hit 30 twice…scored in double figures in 28 of his 33 games…had 19 games with double-figure rebounds, contributing to 17 double-doubles on the season…pulled down a season-high 17 rebounds twice, including alongside 30 points at Pacific Feb. 21…scored a season-best 31 points Nov. 17 against UNLV.
 
AT PIERCE COLLEGE (WASH.): Named the 2022 Northwest Athletic Conference West Region's Most Valuable Player and the West Region's Freshman of the Year...the team's leading scorer and rebounder at 20.4 points and 11.3 rebounds in 23 games...had back-to-back games with a season-high 40 points against Highline (one shy of the school record) and 38 against South Puget Sound...grabbed 26 rebounds in a game against Centralia...had a double-double in all 14 league games.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: As a 2020-21 high school senior at Kentwood, in his only year on the varsity, averaged 10.7 points and 8.8 rebounds.

PERSONAL: Son of Ayo and Funmi Ajayi...his sister, Jessica, plays basketball for the University of San Diego.