Yvonne Uju Ejim[1] (born April 9, 2002) is a Canadian college basketball player for the Gonzaga Bulldogs of the West Coast Conference.

[8] In February 2019, Ejim took part in a Basketball Without Borders Global Camp at the NBA All-Star Weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina.

[14][15] In 2018, she averaged 14.4 points and a tournament-high 8.8 rebounds per game to lead her team to a fourth-place finish at the 17U National Championships and again earned second-team all-star honours.

[13] Finally, in 2019, Ejim averaged 13.8 points and 6.3 rebounds per game to guide Team Alberta to the silver medal at the 17U National Championships, earning second-team all-star honours for the third time.

[20] Gonzaga reached the WCC tournament championship game in March, where she recorded a season-high 13 points and nine rebounds to lead her team to a 43–42 win over AP No.

[24] At the end of the regular season, Ejim was named the WCC Sixth Woman of the Year and earned second-team all-WCC honors.

[34] Two days later, Ejim scored 16 points, including her first career three-point shot, and had a season-high four steals in a 91–38 victory over Southern Utah.

[35][45] Ejim registered a double-double in each of her next two games, recording 15 points and 12 rebounds in a 63–52 victory over San Francisco on January 5, 2023, followed by a 16-point, 12-rebound performance in a 78–61 win over Santa Clara two days later.

[35][50] In her next game, on February 4, Ejim recorded 16 points and nine rebounds, and hit a buzzer beater at the end of the first quarter from beyond half-court, in a 78–56 win over San Francisco.

[51] On February 18, she scored 25 points and grabbed eight rebounds in their final home game of the season, a 65–51 victory over Saint Mary's.

[56] On March 6, Ejim recorded 21 points, 11 rebounds, a season-high five assists, three steals, and two blocks in a 79–64 victory over BYU in the semifinals of the WCC tournament.

[58] On March 17, Ejim led her team with 19 points and eight rebounds in a 71–48 loss to Ole Miss in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

[60][61] On November 6, 2023, Ejim made her senior season debut, recording 17 points, eights rebounds, and a season-high five assists in an 83–70 win over Montana.

[64] In her next game, on November 15, Ejim posted 20 points, eight rebounds, three assists, three steals and two blocks in a 83–55 win over North Florida.

[62][66] Ejim was named the WCC Player of the Week on November 27 after averaging 18.7 points on 75 percent shooting in three games at the Betty Chancellor Classic, including back-to-back 23-point scoring efforts against Alabama and AP No.

[62][75] In her next game, on December 22, Ejim scored 22 points on nine-of-11 shooting to lead Gonzaga to a 67–54 win over New Mexico in the regular season finale.

[81] Ejim was voted the WCC co-Player of the Week for her performances against Santa Clara and San Francisco, sharing the award with Zeryhia Aokuso of Saint Mary's.

[84][85] On February 17, she put up a season-high 28 points, along with nine rebounds and four assists, in a 91–78 win over Pacific to clinch the WCC regular season title.

[62][86] On February 22, Ejim announced that she would be returning for a fifth season of eligibility, granted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, immediately prior to scoring 20 points and grabbing six rebounds in a 74–48 victory over San Francisco.

[94] However, the Bulldogs suffered a 67–66 defeat to Portland in the championship game; Ejim posted 17 points and 11 rebounds in the loss and was named to the all-tournament team.

[102]  In the San Diego game on January 30, 2025, Ejim made history by becoming the first WCC women's basketball player to score 2,000 points and grabbing 1,000 rebounds in their career.

[9][12] Later that year, she played at the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Women's World Cup in Minsk, Belarus, where she averaged 6.9 points, 6.9 rebounds, and 1.7 assists in seven games.

At the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup in Bangkok, Thailand, Ejim averaged 0.7 points and two rebounds per game in a limited role as Canada finished in sixth place.

[12] Two years later, she played in the 2021 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup in Debrecen, Hungary, where she averaged 13.4 points and 9.4 rebounds in seven games and guided Canada to a fifth-place finish.

[4] During her senior season at Gonzaga, Ejim convinced her coaching staff to allow her to take a few weeks off to represent Canada at their Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Hungary in February 2024.

[109] During her junior year at Gonzaga, Oren Weisfeld of Sportsnet described her as "an undersized big who uses her long arms to poke the ball free and her athleticism to out-leap similar-sized players for rebounds.

"[111] Two months into her senior season, Charlie Creme of ESPN ranked her as the 25th best player in college basketball, and remarked that her "elite footwork and quick moves, using either hand, allow her to regularly outmaneuver taller defenders in the post, where she does her best work.

"[112] As her college career came to an end, Seth Sommerfeld of Inlander opined that despite being officially listed as a forward, Ejim was "actually a slightly undersized center" who took advantage of her "athleticism, touch, drive and footwork" to outmaneuver her opponents.

[113][114] In the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd and the resulting protests, Ejim and her Gonzaga teammates participated in "a pregame video that called for social and racial justice.