Cynthia Ezeja

Photo by: Alex Mowrey/Pitt Athletics

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-3
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
High School:
20th High School of Athens
Hometown:
Athens, Greece

2021-22: Appeared in 19 games for the Panthers during her redshirt sophomore season… Finished the season averaging 10.8 mpg, 2.0 ppg and 3.9 rpg… Posted a career-high eight points and added eight rebounds in 14 minutes against Syracuse (1/30/22)… Grabbed 10 boards at home against Boston College (1/13/22)… Set her career high with three blocks on the road against #3 Louisville (1/6/22) and matched it two weeks later against Virginia Tech (1/20/22)… Played 15+ minutes five times … Scored 5+ points twice… Tallied 5+ rebounds eight times… Ranked third on the squad with 17 blocks.

2020-21: Appeared in 17 games while making four starts for the Panthers… Finished the season averaging 16.9 mpg, 2.9 ppg, 5.9 rpg and 1.1 bpg while shooting 48.9% from the floor… Ranked sixth in the ACC in offensive rebounds per game (2.82 orpg) while also leading the Panthers with 48 offensive boards on the year… Posted a team-high three games with 11+ rebounds… Made her first career start at Florida State (12/20) and posted four points, 11 rebounds (five offensive) and two blocks across 25 minutes… Scored a season-high seven points and four rebounds in 17 minutes against Delaware (12/6)… Played a career-high 26 minutes while adding a career-high 13 rebounds and two blocks at Georgia Tech (2/28)… Snagged 11 rebounds including a career-high seven offensive rebounds to go along with four points in a win over Clemson (12/13)… Had 12 games with 5+ rebounds and six games with multiple blocks… Ranked second on the squad with 18 blocks while adding eight steals including two games with multiple thefts and eight assists… Played double digit minutes in 16 of 17 games including in each of her final 11 games of the season… Had four games with 20+ minutes played.

2019-20: Redshirted during her first season with the Panthers.

Prior to Pitt: Attended 20^th High School of Athens after moving from Nigeria to Greece as a child… led her team to a second place finish at the National Championships as a senior… appeared in the five games for Greece during the 2019 FIBA U18 Women’s European Championships and led her team to a second place finish… finished off a win over Slovakia in the opening game with 12 points, nine rebounds (six offensive) and two steals across 19 minutes of work… played for the top club team in Greece, Panathinaikos AC Athens for head coach Giorgos Kantzilieris.

Personal: Born on September 7, 2001… daughter of Rita and Dan Ezeja… has three siblings, Williams, Chisom and Emmanuel… her favorite athlete is Liz Cambage… enjoys eating sushi and pasta… her favorite TV show of all-time is Wild n’out… majoring in business administration at Pitt.