This in from UConn:
STORRS, Conn. – Junior Nnamdi Amilo (New Fairfield, Conn.), who spent last season as a walk-on player, has been awarded a scholarship for the 2014-15 season, men’s basketball coach Kevin Ollie announced Monday.
Amilo, a 6-3, 225-pound forward, saw action in two games last season, scoring two points and grabbing two rebounds. His work against the UConn big men daily in practice, however, proved invaluable as the Huskies prepared for games on their way to the 2014 National Championship.
“Nnamdi is a terrific young man who we’re proud to have as part of our family,” Ollie said. “He’s a hard worker on the court, doing whatever we need him to do to make his teammates better, he’s an outstanding student in the classroom, and he’s a young man of the highest character. I’m very happy to be able to give him a scholarship.”
Amilo, a molecular cell biology major with plans of a career in medicine, is also a resident adviser on the Storrs campus. He graduated from Avon Old Farms in 2012 as the top scholar in his class and a member of the Cum Laude Society. Amilo played three years of varsity basketball at Avon, under coach Tim Roller.
Amilo’s scholarship bring the total number of scholarship players on the 2014-15 Huskies to 12.
Originally signed to an AHL contract July 17, 2013, Malcolm, a second-year man out of Yale University, saw action in six games with the Wolf Pack last season. The 25-year-old Lethbridge, Alberta native went 1-3-0 in those six appearances, with a 2.85 goals-against average and an 88.8% save percentage. In 27 games with the Wolf Pack’s ECHL affiliate, the Greenville Road Warriors, Malcolm was 13-9-0, with a 2.90 GAA and a 91.2% save percentage.
Executive Vice President/General Manager Ben Cherington made the announcement.