B. Hawk Okpokwasili IV

Class:
Freshman
Position:
LB
Height:
6-1
Weight:
225
Hometown:
Jersey City, N.J.
High School:
Deerfield Academy (Mass.)
Concentration:
Economics

Before Brown: Played football and basketball at Deerfield Academy…All-NEPSAC selection as a linebacker and winner of Deerfield’s Frank Dahowski Award, given to the player who has a love for the game, is the most emotionally invested in the team, and leads by hard work, determination, and grit…Honored with the Princeton Prize in Race Relations certificate of accomplishment.

Personal: Son of Nora Winge Simonsen and Bertram Okpokwasili III…Has a sister Sophia and brother Nathaniel…His uncle Nkem Okpokwasili played linebacker at Columbia.

Why Brown?: “I believed Brown would continue to allow me to grow and be the best version of my full self. I am not and have never been a one-dimensional person. I have always played football, done theatre, and wrote poetry. Not once have I put myself in a box, and at Brown, I will be able to chase fulfillment in everything I do. Not only this, but after visiting Brown, I have realized that it is a special place, and has the professors, coaches, people and opportunities for me to be successful; and I want to be successful.”