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High School: Attended Handsworth Secondary School in North Vancouver, British Columbia, where he played for coach Randy Storey...junior season led Handsworth to the title of the 61st AAA Provincial Championships, scoring 17 points, grabbing 12 rebounds and blocking 4 shots to earn MVP honors on way in 82-65 win over Kitsilano...averaged 25 ppg, 12 rpg and 4 blocks/game...team finished third in the 2005 Provincial Championships...was member of Canadian Junior National Team at Global Games in Dallas and in the World Championship Qualifiers in San Antonio, Texas, in summer of 2006....also participated in Canada Basketball's 2005 Nike Centre for performance, competing in USA Basketball's International Sports Invitational/USA Youth Development Festival in San Diego, Calif., in 2006 as part of Canada's Cadet National Team...averaged 10.8 ppg to finish fourth and 6.5 rpg to finish second in the festival...also a member of British Colubmia's U17 team. SOPHOMORE (2008-09): Missed exhibition game and first two regular-season games while rehabilitating from fall surgery to pin a non-displaced stress fracture in his right foot...made season debut against Oklahoma State in the Old Spice Classic in Orlando, FL, playing 9 minutes, hitting a pair of free throws and grabbing a pair of rebounds...played just 23 minutes over his first three games before coming off the bench for 11 minutes against Indiana, scoring 6 points and grabbing 6 rebounds as he provided critical minutes as Gonzaga broke away in second half for the victory...suffered another break in the same foot the day prior to Dec. 14 game with Arizona in Phoenix...decided to take medical redshirt year rather than return late in the season. SOPHOMORE (2009-10): One of 19 players to train with Canada Basketball as a member of the Senior Men's National Team (SMNT) in June, 2009, and accompanied team to Spain for exhibition games...decided not to accompany team to Italy for exhibition games in August and to Puerto Rico for the Tuto Marchand Cup in August, preferring instead to stay in Spokane and continue workouts in preparation for upcoming Gonzaga season. Misc.: Father, Greg LaFleur, is a former tight end for the Philadelphia Eagles, St. Louis Cardinals and Indianapolis Colts from 1981-86, ending his career in '86 with the Colts...third-round pick of the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1981 NFL Draft...played collegiate ball at Louisiana State and is currently the athletic director at Southern University in Baton Rouge, La., and former AD at University of Texas-San Marcos and Chicago State University....mother, Leslie Sacre, played basketball at LSU. |
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