Manix Auriantal

Manix Auriantal (born August 8, 1981) is a Rwandan -Canadian retired professional basketball player and is now actively dedicated to the next generation of Canadian athletes. 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 Rwanda in international competition, and played for them at the AfroBasket 2007.[1]

Manix Auriantal
Pagé Dynamo
PositionGuard
LeagueLigue Élite de Basketball Québec
Personal information
Born (1980-11-08) November 8, 1980
Montreal, Quebec
NationalityRwandan / 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 draft2004 / Undrafted
Playing career2005–present
Career history
2014-presentBasketball trainer, coach
2012-2013Montreal Jazz
2009-2010Ittihad Tanger (basket-ball)
2008-2009BC Körmend
2007-2008Union Olimpija
2007-2008Quebec Kebs
2005-2006Montreal Matrix
2004-2005Ulriken Eagles
Career highlights and awards

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 Dynamo Team twice LBQ champion 2013-2014
Kebs, Canada All-Star Team of ABA 2008
Fiba EuroChallenge Average of 20 points/match 2008
Afrobasket, Angola Second best pointer of the tournament - 18.5 points/match 2007
Afrobasket, Angola Second best rebounder of the tournament - 9.5 rebounds permatch 2007
Matrix, Canada 1st Canadian participating in the ABA All-Star team 2006
Matrix, Canada 1st team All-Star " of the ABA 2006
NYIT, New York MVP of the All-Star game 2004
NYIT, New York Second team All-Star, NYCAC 2004
NYIT, New York 1st team All-Metro States 2004
NYIT, New York 1st team playoff All-Star 2004
Collège Dawson Twice provincial champion 1999-2000
Équipe du Québec New Jersey Showdown All Tournament Team 1997
Équipe du Québec Third position in the Canadian Championship 1997
Lucien Pagé MVP 1997-1998
Team Reebok 12 best players in the United States 1996
Espoir Montréal Winning 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. His mother, Emilie Louissaint, said, "He wanted to come home to his mother."[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, like Manix. Beside 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. "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. 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.
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