| David Kanyinda |
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 | Class:
Senior
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| Hometown:
Albuquerque, N.M.
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| High School:
Sandia HS
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| Height / Weight:
6-2 / 185
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| Position:
Guard
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| Experience:
1L
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General Information/Career
Physical and athletic guard who could fight for playing time at either the point or on the wing • Last name is pronounced can-YIN-dah • Turned down numerous other Division I scholarship offers with the plan to walk-on at UNM but was given a scholarship over the summer...is New Mexico's 13th and final scholarship player.
High School
Averaged 22.6 ppg and 6.0 rpg as a senior at Albuquerque's Sandia High School • A 6-2, 185-pound guard, Kanyinda led New Mexico class 5A in scoring and was an all-metro selection in the city of Albuquerque as a senior at Sandia.
Personal
Born Sept. 21, 1988 • Son of Jean Marie and Nora Kanyinda • Full name is David Ngandu Kanyinda • Has one older brother, Nate, and a younger sister, Jane • Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo and has also lived in Miami and New York City, but lived in Albuquerque the past nine years.
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