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Sandro Mamukelashvili Signs NLI to Join Pirates
4/24/2017 11:15:00 AM | Men's Basketball
South Orange, N.J. - Sandro Mamukelashvili, a 6-10, lefty-shooting forward from Tbilisi, Georgia by way of Montverde Academy in Florida, has signed a National Letter of Intent to join the Seton Hall men's basketball family for 2017-18, head coach Kevin Willard has announced.
Mamukelashvili, who joins Darnell Brodie (Newark, N.J.) and Myles Cale (Middletown, Del.) as Pirates freshman class of 2021 signees, is the latest Pirates recruit to be under the tutelage of legendary high school basketball coach Kevin Boyle, who led St. Patrick High School in Elizabeth, N.J., prior to moving to Montverde. The list of Boyle students to become Pirates includes Seton Hall Athletics Hall of Famers Shaheen Holloway and Samuel Dalembert as well as Grant Billmeier, Jeff Robinson and Derrick Gordon.
"We are very excited to welcome Sandro into the Seton Hall basketball family," Willard said. "He is only 17, and yet he is a very skilled passer and ball handler, and he shoots very well for someone his size. It is clear he has been mentored by one of the more respected high school coaches in the country in Coach Boyle. We think he has a very high ceiling, and we are looking forward to coaching him and developing his potential."
Mamukelashvili, a three-star recruit according to 247Sports.com and Scout, played for a powerhouse Montverde Academy team that was the runner-up in the DICK'S High School National Championship tournament. Mamukelashvili was instrumental in helping the Eagles reach the final; he had 20 points and 10 rebounds in the quarterfinal win over Shadow Mountain, and he had 11 points and seven boards in the semifinal victory over Greensboro Day. Monteverde finished the season 26-5 and ranked No. 7 in the USA Today Super 25 national rankings.
Born in New York City, Mamukelashvili grew up in the country of Georgia and went to high school in Italy before moving to Florida to attend Montverde. He speaks four languages, including English, Georgian, Russian and Italian.
Mamukelashvili, alongside fellow freshmen Brodie and Cale will join an elite group of Pirates returners that won 21 games and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for a second consecutive season. Including three 1,000-point scorers, Seton Hall is returning 90.8 percent of its scoring and 91.2 percent of its rebounding for the 2017-18 season.
Mamukelashvili, who joins Darnell Brodie (Newark, N.J.) and Myles Cale (Middletown, Del.) as Pirates freshman class of 2021 signees, is the latest Pirates recruit to be under the tutelage of legendary high school basketball coach Kevin Boyle, who led St. Patrick High School in Elizabeth, N.J., prior to moving to Montverde. The list of Boyle students to become Pirates includes Seton Hall Athletics Hall of Famers Shaheen Holloway and Samuel Dalembert as well as Grant Billmeier, Jeff Robinson and Derrick Gordon.
"We are very excited to welcome Sandro into the Seton Hall basketball family," Willard said. "He is only 17, and yet he is a very skilled passer and ball handler, and he shoots very well for someone his size. It is clear he has been mentored by one of the more respected high school coaches in the country in Coach Boyle. We think he has a very high ceiling, and we are looking forward to coaching him and developing his potential."
Mamukelashvili, a three-star recruit according to 247Sports.com and Scout, played for a powerhouse Montverde Academy team that was the runner-up in the DICK'S High School National Championship tournament. Mamukelashvili was instrumental in helping the Eagles reach the final; he had 20 points and 10 rebounds in the quarterfinal win over Shadow Mountain, and he had 11 points and seven boards in the semifinal victory over Greensboro Day. Monteverde finished the season 26-5 and ranked No. 7 in the USA Today Super 25 national rankings.
Born in New York City, Mamukelashvili grew up in the country of Georgia and went to high school in Italy before moving to Florida to attend Montverde. He speaks four languages, including English, Georgian, Russian and Italian.
Mamukelashvili, alongside fellow freshmen Brodie and Cale will join an elite group of Pirates returners that won 21 games and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for a second consecutive season. Including three 1,000-point scorers, Seton Hall is returning 90.8 percent of its scoring and 91.2 percent of its rebounding for the 2017-18 season.
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