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Sandro Mamukelashvili
6-11 245 Lbs Tbilisi Georgia
Montverde Academy, Florida
Bio
**2020 ALL-MET THIRD TEAM**
**2018 BIG EAST ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM**
2019-20: Appeared in 20 games, making 18 starts...lost 10 games of the season due to a wrist injury...still finished second on the team in scoring average (11.9) and rebounding average (6.0)...Named All-Met third team...Contributed 11 points in the season-opening victory against Wagner (11/5/19)…Scored 17 points on 6-of-11 shooting while bringing down five rebounds in the Stony Brook win (11/9/19)…Delivered 17 points and seven rebounds in a victory at Saint Louis (11/17/19)…Scored 10 points vs. No. 11 Oregon in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament opener (11/28/19)…Registered 14 points and seven rebounds in a win over Southern Miss (11/28/19)…Closed out Battle 4 Atlantis tournament with 18 points, six rebounds, and two blocks in 33 minutes in a victory over Iowa State (11/29/19)...Scored 10 points in 16 minutes vs. Xavier (2/1/20)...Grabbed 12 rebounds in a victory at Georgetown (2/5/20)...Totaled 17 points and eight rebounds in 36 minutes of action in a victory at No. 10 Villanova (2/8/20)...Scored 13 points to go with six rebounds vs. No. 23 Creighton (2/12/20)...Scored the game-winning, buzzer-beating basket and finished with 15 points and six rebounds in a win over No. 21 Butler (2/19/20)...Had 16 points and nine rebounds in a victory over St. John's (2/23/20)...Named to the BIG EAST Honor Roll (2/24/20)...Scored a career-high 26 points on 10-of-13 shooting and grabbed nine rebounds in a win at Marquette (2/29/20)...Registered a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds vs. No. 14 Villanova (3/4/20).
2018-19: Started all 34 games for the Pirates...Led The Hall in rebounds (265), rebounding (7.8/gm) and blocks (41)...Finished third in the BIG EAST in rebounding and sixth in blocks per game (1.2)...Posted eight points and career-high 12 rebounds at Nebraska (11/14/18)...Blocked a season-high four shots vs. Louisville (12/01/18)...Best overall performance of his career vs. New Hampshire (12/04/18): 14 points, 11 rebounds, three assists, two blocks, two steals...Connected on three three-pointers and finished with 15 points, nine rebounds in Garden State Hardwood Classic win over Rutgers (12/15/18)...Career-high 23 points and made four three-pointers in win over Sacred Heart (12/19/18)...Delivered 14 points and eight rebounds and assisted on Shavar Reynolds Jr.'s game-winning three as the Pirates toppled St. John's (12/29/18)...Posted a double-double of 12 points and 10 rebounds vs. DePaul (1/19/19)...Had 11 points, eight rebounds and tied his career-high with four assists in the Pirates' win over Georgetown (2/13/19)...Posted 17 points and nine rebounds to help the Pirates defeat Creighton (2/17/19)...Had 10 points and eight rebounds against Xavier (2/20/19)...Recorded eight points and eight rebounds against St. John's (2/23/19)...Had 14 points and 11 rebounds against Georgetown (3/2/19)...Recorded 12 points and a career-high 18 rebounds in the Pirates' win over No. 23 Villanova (3/9/19)...Posted a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds in the Pirates' win over Georgetown in the BIG EAST Tournament quarterfinals (3/14/19)...Had 10 points and six rebounds in the Pirates' win over No. 23 Marquette in the BIG EAST Tournament semifinals (3/15/19)...Had 7 points and 14 rebounds in the BIG EAST Tournament final against No. 25 Villanova...Recorded eight points and seven rebounds in the NCAA Tournament against Wofford (3/21/19).
2017-18: Played in all 34 games for the Pirates...Scored eight points and recorded six rebounds in his collegiate debut in a 90-68 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson as part of the NIT Season Tip-Off (11/10)…Recorded 11 points, four blocks and nine rebounds in a 82-53 victory over NJIT (11/18)…Scored six points in a 90-67 victory against VCU in the Never Forget Tribute Classic (12/9)…Scored seven points and pulled down four rebounds in an 84-61 victory against Saint Peter’s (12/12)...Scored a career-best 17 points and recorded seven rebounds and two blocked shots at No. 4 Xavier (2/15)...Added six points against No. 4 Villanova (2/28).
BEFORE SETON HALL: Attended Montverde Academy in Montverde, Fla., for one year, where he played basketball under head coach Kevin Boyle...Helped the team to a runner-up finish at the DICK’S High School National Championship tournament...Poured in 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the championship quarterfinal victory over Shadow Mountain...Montverde finished 26-5 and No. 7 in the national rankings...Participated in Basketball Without Borders All-Star team in New Orleans...Invited to participate in the European Jordan Brand Classic game, but was unable to play due to injury...prior to Montverde, attended high school in Italy and played basketball for Angelico Biella, helping the U17, U18 and U19 teams to third-place finishes in the national finals...Three-star recruit and named the third-best recruit in Europe for his 1999 birth year, according to Eurohopes.com.
PERSONAL: Son of Marianna Oakley and Zurab Mamukelashvili...Has two older brothers, David and George...Brother David played soccer and tennis at Bard College...Birthday is May 23.
It seems far longer than just 3 plus years ago when on April 19 2017 a gangly young man playing his scholastic senior season in Florida, although born and raised in the foreign country of Georgia, chose to take his talent to South Orange and play for Kevin Willard and Seton Hall. Mamu, his more manageable nickname and how he will be referred to from here on out chose the Prates over his second choice, Southern California while also spurning the likes of South Carolina, Maryland, Vanderbilt among others.
And if it seemed odd that a player from Georgia through Montverde would choose the Pirates, look no further than the connection of his prep coach, Kevin Boyle. to Seton Hall assistant coach Grant Billmeier. Boyle, years back was Billmeier's high school coach at St Patrick's in Elizabeth and their bond remained strong from those prior years.
Maybe no one more elegantly than Jerry Carino, SHU beat writer, summed up Mamu's commitment when he wrote the following.....
https://www.bigeastcoastbias.com/2017/8/26/16194202/sandro-mamukelashvili-seton-hall-profile
And there's the rub, if he returns.
Mamu has not made any official announcement yet, and his coach is not pressing the issue allowing his big man to make the announcement of his choice at the time of his own choosing, delayed by the pandemic the world is facing at this time.
If Sandro chooses to keep his name in the NBA draft he will be lost to SHU. That decision must be made no later than August 3. However, if he withdraws that still won't guarantee that Mamu will resume his career in South Orange because he is getting strong interest from teams in Europe to begin his professional career.
Still, with all that said I have included Mamu in this series of returning players. The reason being I expect (if there is a season) he will return to the Hall and take his place as one of the best players in the conference as well as one of the best stretch 4s in the country.
He has come that far from the skinny wide eyed teenager from Georgia.
Sandro Mamukelashvili
6-11 245 Lbs Tbilisi Georgia
Montverde Academy, Florida
Bio
**2020 ALL-MET THIRD TEAM**
**2018 BIG EAST ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM**
2019-20: Appeared in 20 games, making 18 starts...lost 10 games of the season due to a wrist injury...still finished second on the team in scoring average (11.9) and rebounding average (6.0)...Named All-Met third team...Contributed 11 points in the season-opening victory against Wagner (11/5/19)…Scored 17 points on 6-of-11 shooting while bringing down five rebounds in the Stony Brook win (11/9/19)…Delivered 17 points and seven rebounds in a victory at Saint Louis (11/17/19)…Scored 10 points vs. No. 11 Oregon in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament opener (11/28/19)…Registered 14 points and seven rebounds in a win over Southern Miss (11/28/19)…Closed out Battle 4 Atlantis tournament with 18 points, six rebounds, and two blocks in 33 minutes in a victory over Iowa State (11/29/19)...Scored 10 points in 16 minutes vs. Xavier (2/1/20)...Grabbed 12 rebounds in a victory at Georgetown (2/5/20)...Totaled 17 points and eight rebounds in 36 minutes of action in a victory at No. 10 Villanova (2/8/20)...Scored 13 points to go with six rebounds vs. No. 23 Creighton (2/12/20)...Scored the game-winning, buzzer-beating basket and finished with 15 points and six rebounds in a win over No. 21 Butler (2/19/20)...Had 16 points and nine rebounds in a victory over St. John's (2/23/20)...Named to the BIG EAST Honor Roll (2/24/20)...Scored a career-high 26 points on 10-of-13 shooting and grabbed nine rebounds in a win at Marquette (2/29/20)...Registered a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds vs. No. 14 Villanova (3/4/20).
2018-19: Started all 34 games for the Pirates...Led The Hall in rebounds (265), rebounding (7.8/gm) and blocks (41)...Finished third in the BIG EAST in rebounding and sixth in blocks per game (1.2)...Posted eight points and career-high 12 rebounds at Nebraska (11/14/18)...Blocked a season-high four shots vs. Louisville (12/01/18)...Best overall performance of his career vs. New Hampshire (12/04/18): 14 points, 11 rebounds, three assists, two blocks, two steals...Connected on three three-pointers and finished with 15 points, nine rebounds in Garden State Hardwood Classic win over Rutgers (12/15/18)...Career-high 23 points and made four three-pointers in win over Sacred Heart (12/19/18)...Delivered 14 points and eight rebounds and assisted on Shavar Reynolds Jr.'s game-winning three as the Pirates toppled St. John's (12/29/18)...Posted a double-double of 12 points and 10 rebounds vs. DePaul (1/19/19)...Had 11 points, eight rebounds and tied his career-high with four assists in the Pirates' win over Georgetown (2/13/19)...Posted 17 points and nine rebounds to help the Pirates defeat Creighton (2/17/19)...Had 10 points and eight rebounds against Xavier (2/20/19)...Recorded eight points and eight rebounds against St. John's (2/23/19)...Had 14 points and 11 rebounds against Georgetown (3/2/19)...Recorded 12 points and a career-high 18 rebounds in the Pirates' win over No. 23 Villanova (3/9/19)...Posted a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds in the Pirates' win over Georgetown in the BIG EAST Tournament quarterfinals (3/14/19)...Had 10 points and six rebounds in the Pirates' win over No. 23 Marquette in the BIG EAST Tournament semifinals (3/15/19)...Had 7 points and 14 rebounds in the BIG EAST Tournament final against No. 25 Villanova...Recorded eight points and seven rebounds in the NCAA Tournament against Wofford (3/21/19).
2017-18: Played in all 34 games for the Pirates...Scored eight points and recorded six rebounds in his collegiate debut in a 90-68 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson as part of the NIT Season Tip-Off (11/10)…Recorded 11 points, four blocks and nine rebounds in a 82-53 victory over NJIT (11/18)…Scored six points in a 90-67 victory against VCU in the Never Forget Tribute Classic (12/9)…Scored seven points and pulled down four rebounds in an 84-61 victory against Saint Peter’s (12/12)...Scored a career-best 17 points and recorded seven rebounds and two blocked shots at No. 4 Xavier (2/15)...Added six points against No. 4 Villanova (2/28).
BEFORE SETON HALL: Attended Montverde Academy in Montverde, Fla., for one year, where he played basketball under head coach Kevin Boyle...Helped the team to a runner-up finish at the DICK’S High School National Championship tournament...Poured in 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the championship quarterfinal victory over Shadow Mountain...Montverde finished 26-5 and No. 7 in the national rankings...Participated in Basketball Without Borders All-Star team in New Orleans...Invited to participate in the European Jordan Brand Classic game, but was unable to play due to injury...prior to Montverde, attended high school in Italy and played basketball for Angelico Biella, helping the U17, U18 and U19 teams to third-place finishes in the national finals...Three-star recruit and named the third-best recruit in Europe for his 1999 birth year, according to Eurohopes.com.
PERSONAL: Son of Marianna Oakley and Zurab Mamukelashvili...Has two older brothers, David and George...Brother David played soccer and tennis at Bard College...Birthday is May 23.
It seems far longer than just 3 plus years ago when on April 19 2017 a gangly young man playing his scholastic senior season in Florida, although born and raised in the foreign country of Georgia, chose to take his talent to South Orange and play for Kevin Willard and Seton Hall. Mamu, his more manageable nickname and how he will be referred to from here on out chose the Prates over his second choice, Southern California while also spurning the likes of South Carolina, Maryland, Vanderbilt among others.
And if it seemed odd that a player from Georgia through Montverde would choose the Pirates, look no further than the connection of his prep coach, Kevin Boyle. to Seton Hall assistant coach Grant Billmeier. Boyle, years back was Billmeier's high school coach at St Patrick's in Elizabeth and their bond remained strong from those prior years.
Maybe no one more elegantly than Jerry Carino, SHU beat writer, summed up Mamu's commitment when he wrote the following.....
https://www.bigeastcoastbias.com/2017/8/26/16194202/sandro-mamukelashvili-seton-hall-profile
- He hails from the Eastern European country of Georgia and made a name for himself playing club-level ball in Italy for two years before arriving at Montverde last June. The addition continues a fine Hall tradition of imports from that part of the world, including Arturas Karnishovas, Rimas Kaukenas and Patrik Auda.
- He’s coached by Kevin Boyle, who mentored Hall assistants Shaheen Holloway and Grant Billmeier at St. Pat’s in Elizabeth (there’s the Pirates’ connection). Here’s what Boyle told Eurohopes.com about Mamukelashvili’s skill set last June: “I was impressed with his versatility on the perimeter and his passing ability. I feel that he could potentially be a first-round draft pick in the NBA if he keeps developing and becomes more aggressive on the offensive side of the ball."
- He turns 18 on May 23, so there would seem to be significant room for growth. In a recent dispatch, Scout.com chief evaluator Evan Daniels said Mamukelashvili “is equipped with good hands and touch and is capable of making a jump shots from mid-range out to three.” Scout ranks him as the No. 28 power forward in the Class of 2017.
- He also took official visits to Vanderbilt and USC. Maryland and Boston College were recruiting him hard as well.
- He’s a lefty, which makes for an additional matchup challenge.
- He will inject youth into a veteran, established frontcourt that includes Angel Delgado (who presumably will be back), Ish Sanogo, Michael Nzei and Desi Rodriguez. It’s doubtful that Mamukelashvili starts over those upperclassmen, but he’ll be a factor in the rotation for sure, and his versatility gives head coach Kevin Willard some intriguing player-combo options and an enviable amount of front-line depth.
And there's the rub, if he returns.
Mamu has not made any official announcement yet, and his coach is not pressing the issue allowing his big man to make the announcement of his choice at the time of his own choosing, delayed by the pandemic the world is facing at this time.
If Sandro chooses to keep his name in the NBA draft he will be lost to SHU. That decision must be made no later than August 3. However, if he withdraws that still won't guarantee that Mamu will resume his career in South Orange because he is getting strong interest from teams in Europe to begin his professional career.
Still, with all that said I have included Mamu in this series of returning players. The reason being I expect (if there is a season) he will return to the Hall and take his place as one of the best players in the conference as well as one of the best stretch 4s in the country.
He has come that far from the skinny wide eyed teenager from Georgia.
