SPOKANE, Wash. – Michael Ajayi, a transfer from Pepperdine, signed a financial aid agreement to attend Gonzaga University and will join the men's basketball team for the 2024-25 season.
 
"Michael is a great addition," GU Head Coach Mark Few said. "He is a driven worker with high character, that will be a great fit with our guys."
 
Ajayi, a Kent, Wash., native, led the West Coast Conference in scoring this past season at 17.1 points per game. As a junior, he was second in the WCC grabbing 9.9 rebounds per outing. He made 46.7 percent from the field, including 47 percent from behind-the-arc. He earned First Team All-Conference honors following the season.
 
Ajayi scored at least 20 points 11 times this season and hit 30 twice. In the two games against Gonzaga, he averaged 10 points and 8.5 rebounds.
 
Ajayi spent two years at Pierce Community College, where he was named the 2022 Northwest Athletic Conference West Region's Most Valuable Player and the West Region's Freshman of the Year after putting up 20.4 points and 11.3 rebounds per game.