Akoy Agau

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-8
Weight:
240
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
South Sudan
Prev School:
SMU
High School:
Omaha Central (Nebraska)

Senior Year at Louisville:

Scored a career-high 11 points and added five rebounds off the bench against No. 5 Tennessee.
Name is pronounced uh-KOY uh-GOW; like cow with a “G”
One of two players in the nation in 2018-19 that made four stops at three schools. Agau’s path of Louisville to Georgetown to SMU and back to Louisville is similar to Mike Gilmore, who went from VCU to Miami (Fla.) to Florida Gulf Coast and back to VCU.
Was productive off the bench, scoring and grabbing at least two rebounds in six of his 19 appearances.
Totaled a UofL career high of seven rebounds vs. Southern in his first UofL game since Dec. 5, 2014, a span of 1,439 days. Scored a career high 11 points against Tennessee.
Before returning to UofL, he averaged 5.0 points, 3.6 rebounds and shot 51.2 percent from the field while appearing in 27 games for SMU.

Collegiate Career:

Returned to Louisville -- where he started his collegiate playing career -- for his final season after playing a year each at Georgetown and SMU.
Last season, he averaged 5.0 points, 3.6 rebounds and shot 51.2 percent from the field while appearing in 27 games for SMU.
Started eight of the last nine games for the Mustangs and scored a career-high 21 points with three rebounds and three assists in the American Athletic Conference Tournament first round against Connecticut.
In his lone season at Georgetown, Agau averaged 4.5 points and 4.3 rebounds while playing in 32 games, including eight starting assignments.
Produced his first double-double with 12 points and a season-best 12 rebounds at Providence, and scored a season-high 14 points against Howard.
Graduated from Georgetown with a double major in English and anthropology.
As a freshman at UofL during the 2013-14 season, Agau played in 19 games in a reserve role, including eight conference games, while averaging 0.9 points and 1.1 rebounds.
Played in three games early in the 2014-15 UofL season after recovering from a sports hernia in late July, and transferred to Georgetown following the 2014 fall semester.
Has one season of competition available after obtaining waivers to participate and plans to work on a master’s degree in business. An NCAA waiver was approved to extend his eligibility clock to a sixth year and he obtained a transfer residency waiver so he could play immediately, since he transferred twice previously. He had two medical hardship waivers approved when he was an undergraduate.
Scored hs first collegiate points against Missouri-Kansas City as a freshman at UofL while also grabbing a season-high five rebounds in the game.
Scored four points against Houston (1/16/14) and USF (1/22/14) as a freshman for his top scoring efforts at Louisville.
Participated as a member of a Big East Conference Student-Athletes Advisory Committee while at Georgetown.
Name is pronounced uh-KOY uh-GOW; like cow with a “G”
Has a 7-4 wingspan and can speak three languages (Dinka, Arabic and English). He did not speak English until his arrival in the U.S. when he was 10.

High School:

Helped Omaha Central win four straight Nebraska Class A state championships, averaging 12.8 points and 6.1 rebounds and blocked 81 shots as a senior.
Produced a triple-double in the 2012 state title game against Omaha South as a junior with 16 points, 14 rebounds and 13 blocked shots.
Born in Juba, Sudan during the Second Sudanese Civil War, Agau moved to Cairo, Egypt when he was seven years old before coming to the United States in 2002.
Was the first Class A player in Nebraska history to start for four state title teams.
A three-time all-state selection, Agau averaged 11.6 points and 6.8 rebounds and blocked 92 shots as a junior.
Ranked 75th as a high school senior n the ESPN 100 and was 87th by Rivals.com.
Also played tight end and defensive end at Omaha Central and participated in the high jump, triple jump and long jump it track & field. He played soccer in his younger days and started playing basketball in middle school after moving to Nebraska.
Produced a triple-double in the state championship game as a junior with 16 points, 13 rebounds and 14 blocked shots against Omaha South. As a freshman, he totaled 18 points, 15 rebounds and nine blocked shots against Norfolk in the state title game.
Narrowed his collegiate choices to Georgetown, Baylor, Memphis, West Virginia and Nebraska before signing with the Cardinals.

Personal

Born Nov. 28, 1994 ... Son of Madut Agau and Adaw Makeir ... Oldest of six children in his family (Magay, Aguir, Achol, Atong, Akol, Achan) ... Working on a master’s degree in business administration (MBA).
Best moment of his athletic career to date was reaching the NCAA Sweet 16 as a freshman at Louisville.
Personal goal at UofL is to earn his MBA and to win a national championship.
Enjoys reading, watching movies, napping and hanging with friends in his spare time.
Chose to attend UofL because of “its basketball tradition and family atmosphere.”
Best basketball advice given to him was to “never stop.”
Most proud of “starting to complete my MBA.”
Wearing uniform number 0 this season because it was his high school number.
If you walked into his dorm room, the first thing you would notice is how neat it is.
Few people know that he has five middle names.
Best thing about being a Cardinal is “it’s the best tradition in college basketball.”
When playing basketball as a kid, he pretended he was Lebron James.
Would most like to meet Lebron James.
What impresses him the most about Coach Mack is his attention to detail.
Best athlete ever faced is Andrew Wiggins.