Melvin Ejim

Melvin Ejim
	Ejim playing for Canada in 2023
No. 3 – Unicaja
Position	Small forward / power forward
League	Liga ACB
Personal information
Born	March 4, 1991 (age 33); Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality	Canadian / Nigerian
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	St. Mary's Ryken; (Leonardtown, Maryland); Brewster Academy; (Wolfeboro, New Hampshire);
College	Iowa State (2010–2014)
NBA draft	2014: undrafted
Playing career	2014–present
Career history
2014–2015	Virtus Roma
2015–2016	Erie BayHawks
2016–2017	Reyer Venezia
2017–2019	UNICS
2019–2020	Unicaja
2020–2021	Budućnost
2021–2022	Cedevita Olimpija
2022–present	Unicaja
Career highlights and awards
	FIBA Intercontinental Cup champion (2024); FIBA Champions League champion (2024); Italian League champion (2017); Montenegrin League champion (2021); Montenegrin Cup winner (2021); Slovenian Cup winner (2022); Italian League Finals MVP (2017); BCL Star Lineup Best Team (2017); Second-team All-American – AP, USBWA (2014); Big 12 Player of the Year (2014); First-team All-Big 12 (2014); Third-team All-Big 12 (2013); First-team Academic All-American (2014);
Men's basketball
Representing Canada
FIBA World Cup
FIBA AmeriCup
Pan American Games

Melvin Obinna Ejim (born March 4, 1991) is a Nigerian-Canadian^[1] professional basketball player for Unicaja of the Liga ACB. He played college basketball for Iowa State University before playing professionally in Italy, Russia and Spain, as well as the NBA G League.

^ Halsted, Alex (June 7, 2012). "Home court advantage: Ejim seeks Olympic opportunity in Nigeria". IowaStateDaily.com. Archived from the original on February 26, 2018. Retrieved August 10, 2015.