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2020-2021 Men's Basketball Roster

23 Manel Ayol

23 Manel Ayol

  • Position:
    Forward
  • Height:
    6-7
  • Weight:
    185
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Melbourne, Australia
  • Prev School:
    Western Wyoming College

Summary

Biography

2020-21:
  • Appeared briefly in two games.
  • Played three minutes in season opener vs. Hawai‘i Pacific.
  • Scored two points and grabbed a rebound against Hawai‘i-Hilo.

Prior to UH:
  • Played two seasons at Western Wyoming College in Rock Springs, Wyo.
  • An NJCAA second-team All-American.
  • Also earned Region IX Player of the Year honors after averaging 16.3 points, 8.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists as a sophomore.
  • Shot 51.6 percent from the field and almost 40 percent from 3-point range.
  • Helped lead Western Wyoming to its best season in school history, recording 30 wins and its first NJCAA Region IX title in nearly a decade.
  • The Mustangs earned a bid to the 16-team NJCAA national tournament that was ultimately canceled due to COVID-19.
  • Averaged 12.2 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game as a freshman for the Mustangs.

Prep:
  • A 2017 graduate of Notre Dame Catholic School in Ottawa, Canada.
  • Played for Canada Top Flight Academy.
  • Helped CTA capture a national title in the inaugural National Preparatory Association (NPA) Tournament.  
  • Named to the all-NPA first team.
  • Also played for Taylor Made Prep Academy in Canada.
  • Prior to moving to Canada, played at Far Northeast High School in Denver, Colo., where he averaged 16 points and eight rebounds per game for the Warriors.


Personal:
  • Born in Khartoum, Sudan.
  • Nickname is “Nels.”
  • Major is undeclared.
  • Close friends with current UH guard Junior Madut, who like Ayol was born in South Sudan and raised in Melbourne, Australia.
  • Mother is Nyakur Nyok of Melbourne, Australia.
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