Nationality Rwandan / Canadian Name Manix Auriantal Positions Basketball positions 2005–2006 Montreal Matrix (ABA) Education Dawson College | NBA draft 2004 / Undrafted Height 1.88 m Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Role Basketball player Pro career 2005 | |
League Ligue Elite de Basketball Quebec Born November 8, 1980 (age 44) Montreal, Quebec ( 1980-11-08 ) High school Lucien-Page (Montreal, Quebec) | ||
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Manix Auriantal (born November 8, 1980) 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, 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.
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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.
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. Later that month, he was named to the 2006 All-Star Game along with former NBA All-Star Tim Hardaway. 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. 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.
Honours:
Pagé Dynamo – Équipe deux fois championne LBQ, summer 2013 - summer 2014
Kebs, Canada – Équipe Allstar de la ABA, 2008
Fiba EuroChallenge – Moyenne de 20 points/match, 2008
Afrobasket, Angola – 2e meilleur pointeur du tournoi – 18.5 points/match, 2007
Afrobasket, Angola – 2e meilleur rebondeur du tournoi – 9.5 rebonds/match, 2007
Matrix, Canada – 1er canadien à avoir participé à l’équipe de Allstar de la ABA, 2006
Matrix, Canada – « First team Allstar » de la ABA, 2006
NYIT, New York – « Most Valuable player of the Allstar game », 2004
NYIT, New York – « Second team Allstar » NYCAC, 2004
NYIT, New York – « Firts team All-Metro States », 2004
NYIT, New York – « Firts team playoff Allstar », 2004
Collège Dawson – 2 fois champions provincial, 1999 - 2000
Équipe du Québec – New Jersey Showdown All Tournament Team, 1997
Équipe du Québec – 3e position au Championnat Canadien, 1997
Lucien Pagé – Joueur de l’année, 1997 – 1998
Team Reebok – Équipe composée des 12 meilleurs joueurs au États-Unis, 1996
Espoir Montréal – Équipe championne aux Jeux du Québec, 1995
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." 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.