2022-23: Santa Barbara Beach Classic All-Tournament Team … Big West All-Academic Team member of The Big West Regular Season Co-Championship team and Big West Championship team that made it to March Madness … started in 24 of the 25 games he appeared in … had his best performance of the season against his former school, Pacific (Dec. 3), when he put up 22 points while going 8-for-12 from the field and snagging three steals … his 14-point performance against North Alabama (Nov. 23) solidified his spot on the all-tournament team at the Santa Barbara Beach Classic … had a season-high six rebounds on two occasions – against Appalachian State during the Jerry Colangelo Classic (Dec. 21) and at Cal Poly (Jan. 7).
2021-22: Played in 22 games this season, starting in 17 of them ... averaged 10.2 points, 26.5 minutes per game, 2.9 assists, 2.7 rebounds and 1 steal per game in his second season playing for UC Santa Barbara ... scored a career high 29 points at UC San Diego (Dec. 30), shooting 11-21 from the field, including 4-8 from three ... scored double-digit points for the Gauchos 10 times this season.
2020-21: The Big West Sixth Player of the Year ... played in 25 games and averaged 24 minutes per game in his first season with the Gauchos ... averaged 10.9 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 1.7 assists off of the bench ... notched double-digit points in 14 games and put together a six-game stretch of scoring 11 or more early in the season ... scored a season-high 22 points on at UC Davis (Jan. 30) ... made 42 total threes on the year shooting 39.3 percent from deep ... contributed at least one three in all but four games while notching a season-high five triples at Pepperdine (Dec. 19).
2019-20: Sat out the 2019-20 season as a redshirt.
PRIOR TO UC SANTA BARBARA: Played his freshman season of college basketball at the University of the Pacific ... played in 20 games for the Tigers, earning starts in his final 12 appearances ... averaged 8.6 points, 1.4 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game ... scored a season-high 32 points, including 7-of-11 from three-point range, in an overtime loss at Fresno State ... added 23 points when he went 8-for-16 from the field overall and 3-for-5 from outside the three-point arc in a win over Big West Champion UC Irvine ... was named West Coast Conference Player of the Week after the game against UCI ... scored 15 or more points five times while registering double-figures eight times ... drained 29-of-75 three-point attempts to shoot at 38.7 percent from three ... made at least one three 11 times in his 20 appearances.
HIGH SCHOOL: Averaged 25 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.5 steals per game across his career at Clear Lake High School, helping his team to the state playoffs each season ... averaged 23.1 points, 4.8 rebounds and 4.5 assists as a senior ...averaged 26.9 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game as a junior ... scored a career-high and school record 44 points in a win over Alvin HS during his junior season ... named the District Newcomer of the Year as a sophomore in 2014-15 ... received 6A Offensive Most Valuable Player for his performance in the 2016-17 season ... received First Team All-Region honors in 2016-17 ... was unanimously selected as District MVP and All-State honoree in 2017-18 ... played for Coach Tommy Penders.
PERSONAL: Ajare Sanni was born Februtary 24, 2000 in Houston, Texas ... son of Vanessa and Jarvis Sanni ... also competed in soccer, football and baseball.
