Manix Auriantal

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Manix Auriantal
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Pagé Dynamo
Position Guard
LeagueLigue Élite de Basketball Québec
Personal information
Born (1980-11-08) November 8, 1980 (age 44)
NationalityHaitian / Canadian
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Career information
High schoolLucien-Pagé (Montreal, Quebec)
College
  • Dawson (2000–2001)
  • Globe Tech (2001–2002)
  • NYIT (2002–2004)
NBA draft 2004: undrafted
Playing career2005–present
Career history
2014–presentBasketball trainer, coach
2012–2013 Montreal Jazz
2009–2010 Ittihad Tanger (basket-ball)
2008–2009 BC Körmend
2007–2008 Union Olimpija
2007–2008 Quebec Kebs
2005–2006 Montreal Matrix
2004–2005 Ulriken Eagles
Career highlights

Manix Auriantal (born August 8, 1980) is a Canadian retired professional basketball player and is now actively dedicated to the next generation of Canadian athletes. He is of Haitian descent. He currently runs a basketball programme for Louis-Joseph Papineau high school in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Auriantal has played for several teams from his hometown since graduating from the New York Institute of Technology in 2004. He has represented Canada in international competition, and played for them at the AfroBasket 2007. [1]

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Collegiate career

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

Professional basketball 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]

Some honours:
Pagé DynamoTeam twice LBQ champion2013–2014
Kebs, CanadaAll-Star Team of ABA2008
Fiba EuroChallengeAverage of 20 points/match2008
Afrobasket, AngolaSecond best pointer of the tournament - 18.5 points/match2007
Afrobasket, AngolaSecond best rebounder of the tournament - 9.5 rebounds permatch2007
Matrix, Canada1st Canadian participating in the ABA All-Star team2006
Matrix, Canada1st team All-Star " of the ABA2006
NYIT, New YorkMVP of the All-Star game2004
NYIT, New YorkSecond team All-Star, NYCAC2004
NYIT, New York1st team All-Metro States2004
NYIT, New York1st team playoff All-Star2004
Collège DawsonTwice provincial champion1999–2000
Équipe du QuébecNew Jersey Showdown All Tournament Team1997
Équipe du QuébecThird position in the Canadian Championship1997
Lucien PagéMVP1997–1998
Team Reebok12 best players in the United States1996
Espoir MontréalWinning team of the " Jeux du Québec "1995

Personal

Auriantal studied business at the New York Institute of Technology for his final two years of college. However, he returned to Montreal after graduating. [4] Manix is from a family of seven children. He 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. [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 "First family of hoops". Canada.com. Postmedia News . Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  5. "Manix AURIANTAL Season 2008/2009". FIBA . Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  6. "Manix AURIANTAL Season 2012/2013". FIBA . Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  7. "2014-15 NBL Canada Postseason Media Guide" (PDF). NBL Canada. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  8. "Hennssy Auriantal". JSUTigers.com. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.