2019 Indoor Season: First team All-Sun Belt Conference selection after finishing first in the 200 meters (21.41) and third in the 60 meters (6.79) at the Sun Belt Championships (Feb. 19) with a new PR in the 60, tied for fifth in program history ... Posted two of the top-10 60 meter times in program history ... Notched three of the top-10 times in the 200 meter dash with a season-best time of 21.15 in the prelims of the conference meet ... Placed second in the 200 meters at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 2) with a time of 21.31 ... Finished fifth in the 200 meters at the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener (Dec. 1 - 21.59) ... Won the 400 meter dash at the ASU Invitational (Jan. 25) with a mark of 48.75 ... Member of the 4x400 relay team that placed seventh at the conference meet (3:20.36). 

2018 Outdoor Season: Earned Second Team All-American honors for the 4x100 at the NCAA Championships... Earned All-Sun Belt Conference Third Team honors... Member of Little Rock's first-ever relay team at the NCAA Championships... Helped Little Rock finish 12th at the NCAA Championships in the 4x100 with a school record of 39.31 seconds... Helped Little Rock win the NCAA West Preliminary in the 4x100 with a school record time of 39.35 seconds... Medaled at the Sun Belt Championships (May 13) with a third-place time of 40.08 in the 4x100... Was a USTFCCCA Honorable Mention for placing 20th in the 200 at the NCAA Championships... Was a two-time Sun Belt Conference Track Athlete of the Week winner... Became the first individual Trojan to race at the NCAA Championships since 2005 and was the first to compete in the 200 at the NCAA Championships since 1997... Qualified for the NCAA Championships by placing eighth in the 200 at the NCAA West Preliminary with a time of 20.77... Placed fourth in the 200 at the Sun Belt Championships with a time of 20.69 seconds... 100 time of 10.42 at the UCA Open (April 14) tied for the sixth-fastest mark in program history... Put up the fourth-fastest 200-meter time in program history with a mark of 20.63 seconds at the Red Wolf Open (April 20)... Posted the 10th-best 400 time in program history with a winning mark of 48.60 seconds at the Rhodes Invitational (March 17)... Helped put up the sixth-fastest 4x400 time in program history with a mark of 3:13.70 at the Memphis Tiger Invitational (April 28).

2017-18 Indoor Season: Earned All-Sun Belt Third Team honors and medaled after finishing third in the 200 at the Sun Belt Championships (Feb. 20) with a time of 21.37 seconds... Named the Sun Belt Track Athlete of the Week (Jan. 24)... Posted the third-best 55-meter time in program history with a mark of 6.31 seconds at the A-State Kickoff Klassic (Dec. 3)... Time of 6.82 seconds at the Sun Belt Championships tied for the fifth-fastest time in program history... Won the 200 at the Jaguar Invitational (Feb. 4) with the fourth-fastest time in program history at 21.29 seconds... Helped put up the fourth-fastest 4x400 time in program history at the A-State Invitational (Jan. 27) with a mark of 3:15.80.

Before Little Rock: Ran for two seasons at Middle Tennessee...Had collegiate bests of 21.48 in the 200 and 10.57 outdoors at MTSU...Lifetime personal best of 10.48 in the 100, 21.24 in the 200...Part of the winning 4x400 and 4x100 relays at the Austin Peay Invitational in April 2017...Placed fourth in the 4x400 relay at the Conference USA Outdoor Championship in 2016.

Personal: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Okonji...Has two brothers, Frank and Emmanuel...Has two sisters, Perpetual and Cynthia.

OKEZE'S PERSONAL-BESTS
55 Meters: 6.31 - A-State Kickoff Classic (Dec. 3, 2017)
60 Meters: 6.79 - Sun Belt Indoor Championships (Feb. 19, 2019)
100 Meters: 10.42 - UCA Open (Apr. 14, 2018)
200 Meters: 20.69 - Sun Belt Outdoor Championships (May 13, 2019)
400 Meters: 48.60 - Rhodes Invitational (Mar. 17, 2018)