Will Yeguete

Will Yeguete
Yeguete playing for Florida
No. 15 – Le Mans Sarthe Basket
Position Power forward
League LNB Pro A
Personal information
Born (1991-10-16) October 16, 1991
Pessac, France
Nationality French
Listed height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Listed weight 222 lb (101 kg)
Career information
High school Florida Air Academy
(Melbourne, Florida)
College Florida (2010–2014)
NBA draft 2014 / Undrafted
Playing career 2014–present
Career history
2014–2015 STB Le Havre
2015–2016 Pau-Orthez
2016–present Le Mans SB
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing the  France
FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
2011 Bilbao National team

Wilfried Yeguete (born October 16, 1991) is a French professional basketball player for Le Mans Sarthe Basket of the LNB Pro A.

Collegiate career

Yeguete accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. He played for coach Billy Donovan's Florida Gators men's basketball team from 2010 to 2014. As a Gator, Yeguette was a member of an NCAA Final Four team in 2014, and NCAA Elite Eight teams in 2011, 2012 and 2013.[1]

International career

Yeguete represented France at the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship in Bilbao, Spain, helping them win the bronze medal. He played for the same country at the 2015 Summer Universiade, after which France placed fifth.[2] The power forward did not compete with the Central African Republic in the AfroBasket 2015, though.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Will Yeguete bio". GatorZone.com. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. ↑ "Will Yeguete Player Profile". RealGM. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Central African Republic coach Goporo calls up 20 players for AfroBasket 2015". FIBA. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
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