Ovie Soko

Ovie Soko
	Soko taking a free throw for UAB
Free agent
Position	Small forward
Personal information
Born	7 February 1991 (age 34); Worcester Park, England
Listed height	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight	220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school	Bethel; (Hampton, Virginia); Hampton Roads Academy; (Newport News, Virginia);
College	UAB (2009–2012); Duquesne (2013–2014);
NBA draft	2014: undrafted
Playing career	2014–present
Career history
2014–2015	Boulazac Dordogne
2015–2016	Trikala Aries
2016	Enel Brindisi
2016–2019	Murcia
2019–2020	London Lions
2020–2021	Le Mans Sarthe
2021–2022	Shiga Lakestars
2022–2023	London Lions
Career highlights and awards
	French Basketball League Best Five (2021); All-Champions League First Team (2018); All-Champions League Second Team (2019); Third-team All-Atlantic 10 (2014);

Ovie Soko (born 7 February 1991)^[1] is a British professional basketball player for the London Lions of the British Basketball League (BBL). Soko played college basketball for the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Duquesne University. He entered the 2014 NBA draft but he was not selected in the draft's two rounds.

In 2019, he joined the fifth series of British reality show Love Island.^[2] He placed third in the show.