Dame Adelekun

Dame Adelekun (born March 2, 2001) is an American college basketball player for the Dartmouth Big Green and Loyola-Chicago Ramblers.

Early life and high school basketball
Dame Adelekun was born in New York City. He played at Highland Tech and Gaston Day School in Gastonia, North Carolina. His basketball career began at Highland Tech during his freshman year where he also received an academic achievement award in mathematics. At Gaston Day School, the team had three-year consecutive advancement to the state playoffs. Adelekun earned all-conference distinctions. He received all-state recognition during his senior year with averages of 20.0 points, 13.3 rebounds, and 3.4 blocks. Adelekun concluded with a total of 1,650 points.

College career
Adelekun committed to playing basketball at Dartmouth in 2019. In his freshman year at Dartmouth, the season was limited to only nine games due to the COVID pandemic's cancellation. Unfortunately, the subsequent season saw the Ivy League as the first and only conference to cancel both men's and women's basketball teams due to COVID. Returning to Dartmouth as a junior after a year off from collegiate basketball, Adelekun was both in the starting lineup and came off the bench. He had an average of 7.8 points, 6.4 rebounds and averaged less than 20 minutes per game. Adelekun earned Second Team All-Ivy League honors, with an average of 13.8 points and 7.2 rebounds per game. Adelekun chose to transfer to Loyola University Chicago in the Atlantic 10 conference in March 2023.

Personal life
Adelekun is the son of Temidayo and Patricia Adelekun and has three siblings.