Player Bio
 
  • Biography - Giovanni Olomo / Men's Basketball
 
 

• On Olomo: Second-year forward coming off red-shirt season in 2004-05.

• Freshman Season (2003-04): Appeared in 22 games ... Averaged 4.1 minutes per outing ... Shot 78% from free throw line ... Scored season-high four points in win over LIU ... Netted points in three straight conference games late in season ... Played season-high 14 minutes at Kansas ... Saw 12 minutes of action at Maine ... Pulled down four rebounds at Syracuse ... Recorded pair of steals in eight minutes of work against LIU.

• High School: Scholar-athlete at Rio Grande High School in Albuquerque ... Played two seasons ... Averaged nine points and seven rebounds as senior ... Team went 18-6 and advanced to state regionals ... Selected to first team all-district team ... Also received all-district academic honors for his 3.8 GPA ... Received New Mexico State Academic Achievement Award ... Also was an all-star soccer forward.

• Personal: Born October 22, 1983 ... Parents are Evelyne and Paul Olomo ... Speaks English and French (Cameroon's official language) ... His uncle, Jerome Mendouga, is Cameroon's ambassador to the United States and was the original link between Olomo and Albuquerque ... enrolled in Watson School of Engineering.
 
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 •  Giovanni Olomo
bu athletes    Class   Sophomore
bu athletes    Position   Forward
bu athletes    Height / Weight   6-8 / 240
bu athletes    Hometown   Yaounde, Cameroon
bu athletes    Previous School   Rio Grande HS
 
Coach Walker says:
“Gio is our best athlete at the center position. As he develops into a low post scorer and relentless rebounder, he will mature into a very good America East center.”