The 6-foot-1 senior forward had led the Wolves to 26-1 and a berth in the Class 5A state final at the time of her selection. Onyenwere averaged 20.5 points and 8.6 rebounds per game while shooting 60 percent from the floor entering the state title game. She is the state's two-time returning Gatorade Girls Basketball Player of the Year, a 2017 McDonald's All-American Game selection and is ranked the nation's No. 10 recruit in the Class of 2017 by espnW HoopGurlz.
Onyenwere has maintained a 3.35 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball on scholarship at UCLA this fall.
A devoted parishioner in her church community, Onyenwere has volunteered locally on behalf of the Special Olympics and as a youth basketball referee. "Michaela Onyenwere is an amazing player, competitor and leader," said Chris Curneen, head coach at Cherry Creek High. "She is a classy person and has always been intense and very athletic. She has great sportsmanship and I don't know of any other coach or player that has ever had anything negative to say about her."
