Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Olumiye "Miye" Oni was born on August 4, 1997, in Los Angeles, CA. He is a guard/forward in the NBA.

He played college basketball for the Yale Bulldogs. Oni was named Ivy League Player of the Year in 2019 and is a three-time All-Ivy League selection.

Oni, who is of Nigerian descent, grew up in Northridge, Los Angeles and began playing high school basketball at Viewpoint School, where he was named the divisional player of the year. He was lightly recruited at Viewpoint and committed to Williams College of the NCAA Division III. After drawing more interest as a senior at Viewpoint, he committed to Yale, but admissions rules forced him to play an additional season of prep basketball at Suffield Academy before college.