Mangisto Arop
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Position | Shooting guard / Small forward | |||||||||||||
League | ProA | |||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||
Born | Abyei, Sudan | October 1, 1990|||||||||||||
Nationality | South Sudanese / Canadian | |||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | |||||||||||||
Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) | |||||||||||||
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High school | Ross Sheppard (Edmonton, Alberta) | |||||||||||||
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NBA draft | 2014 / Undrafted | |||||||||||||
Playing career | 2014–present | |||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||
2014–2015 | Norrkoping Dolphins | |||||||||||||
2015-2016 | Finke Baskets | |||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Niagara River Lions[1] | |||||||||||||
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Mangisto "Manny" Arop (born October 1, 1990) is a South Sudanese-Canadian professional basketball player who last played for Finke Baskets of the ProA. He is a 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) tall small forward/shooting guard.
College career[]
Arop played college basketball at Indiana State University, from 2012 to 2014. He helped lead the Sycamores to a 2-yr record of 41-26 (.612); including 3 wins over "Power 5" conference schools[2] and 2 post-season NIT berths.
He currently ranks in the top 75 in career scoring (744 pts), 20th in career defensive rebounds (250), 25th in 3-pointers (78), 34th in blocks (28), 28th games started (63).[3][4]
Prior to the 2011–12 season; Arop spent two seasons at Gonzaga University; appearing in 59 games for the Bulldogs.[5]
Professional career[]
After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA Draft, Arop signed with the Swedish pro club, Norrkoping Dolphins. He started 39 games for the Dolphins, posting a 9.0 ppg average and 4.5 rbg average and helping them to a 3rd-place finish in the Basketligan; he scored 54 points (10.8 ppg) in the Basketligan playoffs. On July 7, 20125; following the Dolphins season, Arop signed with Finke Baskets of Germany.[6] However, he only played two official matches for the team before the two sides parted ways.[7]
FIBA career[]
Arop was a member of 4 Canadian National teams; Canadian University National Team (2013), Canadian Junior National Team (2011), Canadian U-19 National Team (2009) and the Canadian U-18 National Team (2008). He was named to the All-World Championships U-19 team (Honorable Mention) during the 2009 Championships.[8]
Awards and accomplishments[]
College[]
- Missouri Valley Conference Tournament All-Tournament Team: (2014)
- Missouri Valley Conference All-Conference Team (Honorable Mention): ()
- Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Finalist (2014)
- Missouri Valley Conference Regular Season Runner Up (2014)
- West Coast Conference Tournament Winner (2011)
- West Coast Conference Tournament Finalist (2010)
- West Coast Conference Regular Season Champion (2010)
Canadian National Team[]
- All World Championships U-19 Honorable Mention (2009)
- Nike Global Challenge All-Tournament Team (2009)[9]
References[]
- ^ http://www.riverlions.ca/p/14658/nr/100325/river-lions-announce-signing-of-canadian-talent-mangisto-arop
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-05. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Manny Arop College Stats".
- ^ "2010-11 Gonzaga Bulldogs Roster and Stats".
- ^ Manny Arop signs with Webmoebel Baskets
- ^ finke baskets trennen sich von Arop basketball.de, 2015-10-09, retrieved 2015-10-14 (in German)
- ^ http://slansportsmanagement.com/mangisto-arop?DB_OEM_ID=15200
- ^ "NIKE Global Challenge Basketball Awards - RealGM".
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Basketball people from Ontario
- Canadian expatriate basketball people in Germany
- Canadian expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Canadian men's basketball players
- Gonzaga Bulldogs men's basketball players
- Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball players
- Niagara River Lions players
- Norrköping Dolphins players
- Paderborn Baskets players
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards
- South Sudanese emigrants to Canada
- Canadian basketball biography stubs