Career Accolades
NCAA South Region All-Tournament Team (2024)
All-SSC Defensive Team (2023-24)
SSC Player of the Week (Jan. 29, 2024)
SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll (2024)
NABC Honors Court (2024)

AS A GRADUATE (2023-24)
Competed and started all 33 games … guided Florida Southern to the NCAA South Region Championship game … finished the season with 447 points (13.5 ppg), 278 rebounds (8.4 rpg), 55 blocks, 36 steals, and 28 assists … concluded his lone season in a Moccasin uniform with a 54.5-shooting percentage (186-341), 38.8-three-point shooting percentage (19-49), and a 64.4% clip from the free throw line (56-87) … had 23 double-digit scoring performances with 8 20-plus point performances and a career-high 37 point game against Saint Leo on 2/14/24 … registered 10 double-doubles on the season

Transfer from the University of Nebraska Omaha
2021-22 (Sophomore at University of Nebraska Omaha)
Appeared in 29 games making 18 starts for Omaha... averaged 5.4 points per game and a team-leading 4.9 rebounds per game... shot 49.6 percent from the field... scored double-figures on six occasions all of which were 10-point performances... scored 10 for the first time vs. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi (12/11)... scored 10 at Denver (1/22), vs. Oral Roberts (1/27), at Western Illinois (2/24), at St. Thomas (2/26), and vs. South Dakota State (3/5)... crashed the glass for double-figure boards in three different games... grabbed a career-high 13 vs. Oral Roberts to notch his first career double-double... tallied 10 rebounds vs. St. Thomas (12/20) and vs. Denver (2/17)... tallied 19 blocks this season to tie sixth on the Summit League leaderboard with 0.7 bpg.

2019-20 (Freshman at University of Nebraska)
Began his collegiate career with two seasons as a Husker (2019-21)...Redshirted in 2020-21 after a surgical procedure and appeared in 21 contests off the bench as a true freshman in 2019-20...Played in at least 20 minutes of NU's final three games that year, including the Big Ten Tournament.
 
Creighton Prep
Three-time all-state selection under coach Josh Luedtke at Creighton Prep...Tabbed the top senior prospect in the state of Nebraska in 2019...Teammate of current Maverick guard Kyle Luedtke...Finished his Junior Jay career with 1,268 points, 733 rebounds and 162 blocked shots, three state tournament appearances and a state championship in 2018...Earned the 2019 Gatorade Nebraska Player of the Year award after averaging 19.4 points, 10.9 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game as a senior with 19 double-doubles…Three-star prospect by ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports.
 
Played AAU ball for the Omaha Sports Academy, averaging 12.4 points per game.
 
Personal
Born Dec. 1, 2001 in Egypt before his family moved to the United States in 2003...Parents are Arop and Aleuliny Arop...Has two sisters -- Achol and Athiang -- and six brothers -- Arop, Ajang, Makoor, Aguek, Deng and Jacob...Aguek plays basketball at San Diego State...Majoring in business administration.