Manix Auriantal

Manix Auriantal
Pagé Dynamo
Position Guard
League Ligue Élite de Basketball Québec
Personal information
Born (1980-11-08) November 8, 1980
Montreal, Quebec
Nationality Rwandan / Canadian
Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Career information
High school Lucien-Pagé (Montreal, Quebec)
College Dawson (2000–2001)
Globe Tech (2001–2002)
NYIT (2002–2004)
NBA draft 2004 / Undrafted
Playing career 2005–present
Career history
2005–2006 Montreal Matrix (ABA)
2008–2009 BC Körmend (Hungary)
2012–2013 Montreal Jazz (Canada)
2013–present Pagé Dynamo (Canada)
Career highlights and awards

Manix Auriantal (born November 8, 1980) is a Rwandan-Canadian professional basketball player who currently plays for Pagé Dynamo of the Ligue Élite de Basketball Québec (LBQ) in Canada. A native of Montreal, Quebec, Auriantal has played for several teams from his hometown since graduating from the New York Institute of Technology in 2004. He has represented Rwanda in international competition, and played for them at the AfroBasket 2007.[1]

Collegiate career

Auriantal first attended Dawson College in Westmount, Quebec, like his brother Ralph. He then transferred to the Globe Institute of Technology in New York City in the United States. After one year, he began attending NYIT in the same city, where he played his final two seasons of basketball.[2]

Professional career

Auriantal played with the Montreal Matrix of the American Basketball Association (ABA) from 2005 to 2006. On February 4, 2006, he was named ABA Player of the Week.[3] Later that month, he was named to the 2006 All-Star Game along with former NBA All-Star Tim Hardaway.[4] Auriantal began competing for BC Körmend of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A in Hungary in 2008. On October 18, he made his debut and scored a season-best 17 points vs EnterNet-NTE.[5] The guard moved to the Montreal Jazz of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL) for the 2012–13 season. He posted a season-high 36 points in a loss to the London Lightning on December 7, 2012 and, by the end of the season, led the league in steals, averaging 2.15 per game.[6][7]

Personal

Auriantal studied business while at the New York Institute of Technology for his final two years of college. However, he returned to Montreal after graduating. His mother, Emilie Louissaint, said, "He wanted to come home to his mother."[4] Manix has three brothers that have also played professional basketball at a relatively high level. Ralph, Hennssy, and Rodwins, all played college basketball on a scholarship in the United States and earned a degree, like Manix. He said, "I'd say Hennssy was the best, then Ralph would come second, then Rodwins and me last. They just didn't have the chances I had, that's all. But at a physical level, the level of understanding of the game, they were all better than me."[4] Hennssy attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison and played with the Badgers for four seasons and was named Academic All-Big Ten Conference.[4] He is currently a member of the coaching staff with the NCAA Division I team Jackson State.[8] Outside of the three brothers, Manix also has a brother Kintz and two sisters, Fleurette and Mirlyne.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Manix Auriental Player Profile". RealGM. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Manix Auriantal basketball profile". USBasket.com. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Arceneaux and Auriantal named ABA Players of the Week". OurSportsCentral.com. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "First family of hoops". Canada.com. Postmedia News. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  5. ↑ "Manix AURIANTAL Season 2008/2009". FIBA. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Manix AURIANTAL Season 2012/2013". FIBA. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "2014-15 NBL Canada Postseason Media Guide" (PDF). NBL Canada. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Hennssy Auriantal". JSUTigers.com. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
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