Manix Auriantal
{{Short description|Rwandan-Canadian basketball player}}
{{COI|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Manix Auriantal
| image = Manix-auriantal.jpg
| caption =
| league = Ligue Élite de Basketball Québec
| team = Pagé Dynamo
| number =
| position = Guard
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|11|8}}
| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec
| nationality = Haitian / Canadian
| high_school = Lucien-Pagé (Montreal, Quebec)
| college =
| draft_year = 2004
| career_start = 2005
| career_end =
| years1 = 2014-present
| team1 = Basketball trainer, coach
| years2 = 2012-2013
| team2 = Montreal Jazz
| years3 = 2009-2010
| team3 = Ittihad Tanger (basket-ball)
| years4 = 2008-2009
| team4 = BC Körmend
| years5 = 2007-2008
| team5 = Union Olimpija
| years6 = 2007-2008
| team6 = Quebec Kebs
| years7 = 2005-2006
| team7 = Montreal Matrix
| years8 = 2004-2005
| team8 = Ulriken Eagles
| highlights =
- NBL Canada steals leader ({{nblcy|2012|end}})
- ABA All-Star (2006)
- First-team All-NYCAC (2004)
- ABA All Star-Game (2006)
}}
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.{{cite web|title=Manix Auriental Player Profile|url=http://basketball.realgm.com/player/Manix-Auriental/Summary/45809|website=RealGM|access-date=5 September 2015}}
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.{{cite web|title=Manix Auriantal basketball profile|url=http://basketball.usbasket.com/player/Manix_Auriantal/Montreal_Page-Dynamo/40348|website=USBasket.com|access-date=5 September 2015}}
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.{{cite web|title=Arceneaux and Auriantal named ABA Players of the Week|url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3266444|website=OurSportsCentral.com|access-date=5 September 2015}} 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.{{cite web|title=Manix AURIANTAL Season 2008/2009|url=http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gamecent/p/leagueid/EST/ot/1/pid/6043759/season/2009/tid/6009003/playerview.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924190804/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gamecent/p/leagueid/EST/ot/1/pid/6043759/season/2009/tid/6009003/playerview.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 24, 2015|website=FIBA|access-date=5 September 2015}} 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.{{cite web|title=Manix AURIANTAL Season 2012/2013|url=http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gameCent/p/leagueid/EST/ot/1/pid/6043759/season/2013/tid/6009003/tidstat//playerView.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924185240/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gameCent/p/leagueid/EST/ot/1/pid/6043759/season/2013/tid/6009003/tidstat//playerView.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 24, 2015|website=FIBA|access-date=5 September 2015}}{{cite web|title=2014-15 NBL Canada Postseason Media Guide|url=http://nblcanada.ca/nblcanada/images/nbl_canada_2014-15_post-season_guide.pdf|publisher=NBL Canada|access-date=5 September 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524193509/http://nblcanada.ca/nblcanada/images/nbl_canada_2014-15_post-season_guide.pdf|archive-date=24 May 2015}}
| class="wikitable alternance"
|+ Some honours: |
| scope="row" | Pagé Dynamo
| Team twice LBQ champion | 2013-2014 |
|---|
| scope="row" | Kebs, Canada
| All-Star Team of ABA | 2008 |
| scope="row" | Fiba EuroChallenge
| Average of 20 points/match | 2008 |
| scope="row" | Afrobasket, Angola
| Second best pointer of the tournament - 18.5 points/match | 2007 |
| scope="row" | Afrobasket, Angola
| Second best rebounder of the tournament - 9.5 rebounds permatch | 2007 |
| scope="row" | Matrix, Canada
| 1st Canadian participating in the ABA All-Star team | 2006 |
| scope="row" | Matrix, Canada
| 1st team All-Star " of the ABA | 2006 |
| scope="row" | NYIT, New York
| MVP of the All-Star game | 2004 |
| scope="row" | NYIT, New York
| Second team All-Star, NYCAC | 2004 |
| scope="row" | NYIT, New York
| 1st team All-Metro States | 2004 |
| scope="row" | NYIT, New York
| 1st team playoff All-Star | 2004 |
| scope="row" | Collège Dawson
| Twice provincial champion | 1999-2000 |
| scope="row" | Équipe du Québec
| New Jersey Showdown All Tournament Team | 1997 |
| scope="row" | Équipe du Québec
| Third position in the Canadian Championship | 1997 |
| scope="row" | Lucien Pagé
| MVP | 1997-1998 |
| scope="row" | Team Reebok
| 12 best players in the United States | 1996 |
| scope="row" | 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.{{cite web|title=First family of hoops|url=http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=5219c41d-ba39-40dd-aca7-d0a168aed17b|website=Canada.com|publisher=Postmedia News|access-date=5 September 2015}} 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.{{cite web|title=Hennssy Auriantal|url=http://www.jsutigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=29000&ATCLID=209275121|website=JSUTigers.com|access-date=5 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929144007/http://www.jsutigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=29000&ATCLID=209275121|archive-date=29 September 2015|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- [http://basketball.realgm.com/player/Manix-Auriental/Summary/45809 Manix Auriantal] at RealGM
- [http://basketball.usbasket.com/player/Manix_Auriantal/Montreal_Page-Dynamo/40348 Manix Auriantal] at USBasket.com
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150924185240/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gameCent/p/leagueid/EST/ot/1/pid/6043759/season/2013/tid/6009003/tidstat//playerView.html FIBA profile]
{{NBL Canada steals leaders}}
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Category:ABA All-Star Game players
Category:Canadian expatriate basketball people in Hungary
Category:Canadian expatriate basketball people in the United States
Category:Canadian men's basketball players
Category:Canadian people of Rwandan descent
Category:Dawson College alumni
Category:Montreal Jazz players
Category:New York Institute of Technology alumni