Former Scarlet Knight chosen as UCLA’s 2023 Commencement Speaker
Former Rutgers men’s basketball center Myles Johnson was chosen as UCLA’s 2023 Samueli Engineering Commencement Student Speaker.
The event is scheduled for Sunday, June 18.
Johnson received his Master of Science degree in electrical and computer engineering at the University of California in March. Johnson enrolled in UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering in 2021, finishing his degree two years later.
The 6-foot-11 255 pounds former center attended Rutgers from 2017 to 2021 and was a big part of the rebuild of the Scarlet Knights. While at Rutgers, Johnson averaged 6.8 points per game in 90 career games. He recorded 613 points, 138 blocks, 662 rebounds, and 87 assists for his career. The former Scarlet Knight entered his final season (2020-21) with a career-high field goal percentage of 58.3 percent, ranking second all-time at Rutgers.
I’m honored and excited to announce that I have been chosen as UCLAs 2023 Samueli Engineering Commencement Student Speaker for Sunday, June 18!!! Can’t wait to share my journey and insights with you all. 🎓🎙️
— Myles Johnson (@MylestheMonster) May 22, 2023
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Johnson was a three-time Big Ten All-Academic honoree (2020-21, 2019-20, and 2018-19) and got named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Honors Court in 2020.
Johnson joined the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), which traveled to Puerto Rico in the summer to benefit Soles4Souls, a global not-for-profit dedicated to fighting poverty. Also, Johnson was the student-athlete spokesperson for the RWJBarnabas Health Athletic Performance Center while attending Rutgers.
The California native from Long Beach, CA, established BLKdev, an initiative to inspire minority youths to participate in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics).
