Xavier University Athletics
Capturing the moment: Kanayo Offodile enters his second season as a Graduate Assistant
12.11.25 | Women's Basketball
CINCINNATI - Storytelling through photos and videos, Kanayo Offodile, Graduate Assistant for Creative Content, enters his second season with the Xavier Women's Basketball program. Returning to the Musketeers has allowed Offodile to step further into a role that blends creativity, collaboration, and program identity-building.
"It's been a really cool, interesting experience…. because this is a new program," Offodile said. "This is like the third year of Coach [Billi] Chambers' tenure. So it's cool, in addition to being able to help broadcast the change in culture here, and help show that it's a new era here. It's a new way [of] basketball being done in Cintas."
Offodile oversees video, photography, and creative practices for the program. Additionally, he helps produce everything from game-day photo galleries to behind-the-scenes pieces that highlight the personalities of players and coaches for other programs at Xavier, too. Growing as a leader, Offodile expressed that working so closely with the staff is the biggest difference from his work in undergrad, something he learned this past season.
"This team has helped me grow a lot as a person and as a leader, as an individual," Offodile said. "Before I got here, I was just a photo person, just a camera person, but now I have more of a role here and more responsibilities. I have to send stuff to NBC and other TV companies… We have managers, and we also have other student photographers whom I have to help."
Offodile's path to creative content was not linear. His experience began at Miami University, Ohio, where he initially wanted to be a game designer. After discovering that coding was not the right fit, his interest in athletic creative content grew. Shooting photography for esports, Offodile was reminded of how much he enjoys taking photos.
"I was a game design major for two years, then I realized I can't code, can't do any of that," Offodile said. "[I] switched to a marketing major, and then I didn't get into sports media until my junior year of college… I realized I missed sports, still miss being active, so I still [wanted to] be part of that team atmosphere. So, I shot for every sport my last two years: field hockey, soccer, baseball, softball, basketball, [and] football."
Eventually, Offodile shot specifically for women's basketball in his senior year. Offodile described it as building that school's [Miami (Ohio)University] brand of basketball in his last semester. That experience, along with a connection between a former coach at Miami (Ohio) and Xavier's previous director of operations, led him to a meeting with Coach Chambers and to his current role.
Throughout last season, Offodile enjoyed showcasing the emotions of the players and coaches.
"I love in the moment capturing that emotion of a great basket, like a four-point play, three-point play," Offodile said. "Capturing that essence of, 'I'm actually doing what I love, and I'm doing well at it… I love coaching photos too."
This year, he aims to push his creativity further. While photography remains central to his work, Offodile plans to expand Xavier's video storytelling, bringing more cinematic style to the program's digital presence.
"Last year, I was strictly more photo and graphic…," Offodile said. "This year, I want to be more cinematic and be a better storyteller in my role, in what I do, because I've gotten better about telling the story of this team. For Coach Chambers' tenure here, I want to be able to tell more and more about the story of how this team goes."
As the Musketeers continue to grow under Chamber's leadership, Offodile is excited for the chance to capture more moments of raw emotion that the players are going to express throughout this season.
"[The team] is [able to] get people fired up," Offodile said. "And I feel like showing that emotion, and showing people who are our audiences from Cincinnati, Indiana, or whoever they are in the country or in the world, showing that we are a great team, we're gonna be good, will also be entertaining."
"It's been a really cool, interesting experience…. because this is a new program," Offodile said. "This is like the third year of Coach [Billi] Chambers' tenure. So it's cool, in addition to being able to help broadcast the change in culture here, and help show that it's a new era here. It's a new way [of] basketball being done in Cintas."
Offodile oversees video, photography, and creative practices for the program. Additionally, he helps produce everything from game-day photo galleries to behind-the-scenes pieces that highlight the personalities of players and coaches for other programs at Xavier, too. Growing as a leader, Offodile expressed that working so closely with the staff is the biggest difference from his work in undergrad, something he learned this past season.
"This team has helped me grow a lot as a person and as a leader, as an individual," Offodile said. "Before I got here, I was just a photo person, just a camera person, but now I have more of a role here and more responsibilities. I have to send stuff to NBC and other TV companies… We have managers, and we also have other student photographers whom I have to help."
Offodile's path to creative content was not linear. His experience began at Miami University, Ohio, where he initially wanted to be a game designer. After discovering that coding was not the right fit, his interest in athletic creative content grew. Shooting photography for esports, Offodile was reminded of how much he enjoys taking photos.
"I was a game design major for two years, then I realized I can't code, can't do any of that," Offodile said. "[I] switched to a marketing major, and then I didn't get into sports media until my junior year of college… I realized I missed sports, still miss being active, so I still [wanted to] be part of that team atmosphere. So, I shot for every sport my last two years: field hockey, soccer, baseball, softball, basketball, [and] football."
Eventually, Offodile shot specifically for women's basketball in his senior year. Offodile described it as building that school's [Miami (Ohio)University] brand of basketball in his last semester. That experience, along with a connection between a former coach at Miami (Ohio) and Xavier's previous director of operations, led him to a meeting with Coach Chambers and to his current role.
Throughout last season, Offodile enjoyed showcasing the emotions of the players and coaches.
"I love in the moment capturing that emotion of a great basket, like a four-point play, three-point play," Offodile said. "Capturing that essence of, 'I'm actually doing what I love, and I'm doing well at it… I love coaching photos too."
This year, he aims to push his creativity further. While photography remains central to his work, Offodile plans to expand Xavier's video storytelling, bringing more cinematic style to the program's digital presence.
"Last year, I was strictly more photo and graphic…," Offodile said. "This year, I want to be more cinematic and be a better storyteller in my role, in what I do, because I've gotten better about telling the story of this team. For Coach Chambers' tenure here, I want to be able to tell more and more about the story of how this team goes."
As the Musketeers continue to grow under Chamber's leadership, Offodile is excited for the chance to capture more moments of raw emotion that the players are going to express throughout this season.
"[The team] is [able to] get people fired up," Offodile said. "And I feel like showing that emotion, and showing people who are our audiences from Cincinnati, Indiana, or whoever they are in the country or in the world, showing that we are a great team, we're gonna be good, will also be entertaining."
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