Gaston Essengue

2011-12: Asociacion Italiana (Argentina-TNA):

2010-11: Cosehisa Monzon (Spain-EBA), in Feb.'11 moved to San Martin Marcos Juarez (Argentina-TNA): 24 games: 17.1 ppg, 8.6 rpg, 1.5 apg, 1.8 bpg, 2FGP: 53.5%, 3PT: 21.0%, FT: 67.6%; also played at Ciclista Juninense (Argentina-TNA): 3 games: 10.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 1.3 apg, 2FGP: 66.7%, 3PT: 50.0%, FT: 37.5%

2009-10: Etendard de Brest (France-ProB): Appeared in 15 games and averaged 12.3 ppg and 5.4 rpg... in Mar.'10 signed at Sigal Prishtine (Kosova-SuperLeague)... won Kosovo Cup, was Kosovo League Regular Season Champion, Kosovo League Champion, Eurobasket.com All-Kosovo League 2nd Team and Eurobasket.com Kosovo League All-Imports Team.

2009: Cameroonian National Team at African Championships: 10.1 ppg, 4.3 rpg and 1.1 spg... voted by Africabasket.com to All-African Championships 3rd Team.

2008-09: West-Brabant Giants Bergen op Zoom (Holland-Eredivisie): Appeared in 27 games and averaged 18.0 minutes per game... averaged 7.9 ppg and 5.3 rpg... shot 55.5% from the field... scored a season high 19 points against Den Helder.

2007-08: Mutlu Aku Selcuk Universitesi Konya (Turkey-TBL): Injured in October 2007.

2007: Cameroon National Team: Played a major role in helping his native country Cameroon to a bid to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games... By advancing to Saturday's title game of the FIBA Africa Championship, Cameroon is guaranteed a spot in next summer's Olympics... In FIBA Africa Championship game, which was played at the Pavilion of Cidadela in Luanda, Angola, host Angola won its fifth straight FIBA Africa title and nine of the last 10 by downing Cameroon 86-72 in the finale of the 11-day tournament... it was Cameroon's first-ever FIBA Africa championship game appearance and its first medal of any kind with the silver in the 2007 tournament... the previous high finish for Cameroon was fourth in 1974... a longshot to advance far in the championship, Cameroon was led against Angola by Essengue's 14 points and five rebounds.

2006-07 (SENIOR): Started 31 of UNLV's 37 games and averaged 7.6 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.4 blocks per game and shot 52.8 percent from the field... led the Runnin' Rebel team to the Mountain West Conference Tournament Championship... team finished with a 30-7 overall record and made a NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 appearance - the program's first in 16 years... the Runnin' Rebels finished the season ranked No. 14 in the country.

2005-06 (JUNIOR): Appeared in 28 of UNLV's 30 games ... played an average of 11.0 minutes per game with averages of 3.1 ppg, 2.5 rpg and 0.8 bpg ... shot 54.2 percent from the field and 52.9 percent from the free throw line ... was 12th in the Mountain West Conference in blocked shots ... was second on UNLV's squad in blocked shots, second in field goal percentage and fourth in offensive rebounds ... had one double-figure scoring game when he scored 10 points on 5-of-5 from the field vs. Long Beach State ... grabbed a career-high six rebounds vs. Southern Utah.

JUNIOR COLLEGE: A 2005 graduate of Weatherford College in Weatherford, Texas ... averaged 15 ppg, 9.6 rpg and 2.0 bpg as a sophomore ... selected first team all-conference and first-team all-region ... played at Compton Community College in Compton, Calif. as a freshman ... averaged 20 ppg and 10 rpg as his team won the California junior college championship in 2003-04 ... was all-state, first team all-conference and first team all-tournament ... ranked in the top five of junior college players on the west coast.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2002 graduate of Lylee De Nkol-Eton High School in Yaounde, Cameroon ... played basketball three years ... averaged 26 ppg and 14 rpg his last year ... team won the 2002 national championship ... was selected national MVP and first team all-state ... also played volleyball, soccer and ran track.

PERSONAL: Gaston Essengue was born Oct. 10, 1983, in Yaounde, Cameroon ... majoring in university studies with areas of study in French and business ... expected to graduate in the spring of 2007 ... the son of Gaston Essengue and Marie Mbeck.