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Jersey Number 55
Chuka Mekkam
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Portland, Ore.
- High School:
- Jesuit
2020-21 / Junior
Sat out the 2020-21 season…was named to the CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll for the 2020 fall term.
At Vincennes University
Played for two seasons at Vincennes University in Indiana…averaged eight points per game in his final season…was second on the team in assists and had a better than 4-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio…shot 37 percent from long-range and made 44 three-pointers…was a member of the 2019 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national championship team.
Background
Spent a year at Bridgton Academy in Maine before attending Vincennes…was named the Corey Smith Memorial Team Most Valuable Player...selected All-NEPSAC and was also given the Charles H Gould award selected by faculty and classmates at the end of the year...graduated from Jesuit High School in Portland, Ore…named captain as a senior...was named to defensive player as both a junior and a senior...was the leader of the Diversity Club as a senior and was a member of the Starfish Club, which gives back to the local community.
Personal
Son of Charlie and Margaret Mekkam…one of four children…plans to major in business.
Sat out the 2020-21 season…was named to the CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll for the 2020 fall term.
At Vincennes University
Played for two seasons at Vincennes University in Indiana…averaged eight points per game in his final season…was second on the team in assists and had a better than 4-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio…shot 37 percent from long-range and made 44 three-pointers…was a member of the 2019 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national championship team.
Background
Spent a year at Bridgton Academy in Maine before attending Vincennes…was named the Corey Smith Memorial Team Most Valuable Player...selected All-NEPSAC and was also given the Charles H Gould award selected by faculty and classmates at the end of the year...graduated from Jesuit High School in Portland, Ore…named captain as a senior...was named to defensive player as both a junior and a senior...was the leader of the Diversity Club as a senior and was a member of the Starfish Club, which gives back to the local community.
Personal
Son of Charlie and Margaret Mekkam…one of four children…plans to major in business.
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