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High School: Attended Sporting Club Lamentinois in his hometown of Le Robert, Martinique, his first year of high school...left home at the age of 15 to attend Insep in Paris, France, which is the National Institute of Physical Education...won thre West Indies Tournament in 1996 as member of Martinique Regional squad...also won U-15 and U-17 Martinique championship in 1997 and '98...captured 2000 U-18 European Championship in Croatia playing with Tony Parker, a Frenchman who was the 28th pick of the San Antonio Spurs of the NBA...scored the winning basket against host Croatia...also broke a backboard against Croatia in pool play...finished fourth in the 1999 European Championship in Slovenia, captaining the team...averaged 16 ppg, 12 rpg, 3 assists and 2 blocks his last year at Insep...scored 30 points, grabbed 16 rebounds, dished out 6 assists and collected 6 blocks against Valence-Condom...also had a game of 21 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists, 6 blocks and 2 steals his final year at Insep.
SOPHOMORE (2002-03): Played for France in the European Championships U-20 in summer of 2002, averaging 14.9 ppg for 11th and 9.8 rpg for third as France captured the bronze medal...posted four double-doubles - 20 points, 11 rebounds in 88-75 win over Russia, 21/10 in 91-84 loss to Croatia, 13/21 in 84-72 win over Ukraine and 15/12 in 83-74 quarterfinal win over Slovania...scored a tournament-low 4 points and grabbed 7 rebounds in 79-70 semifinal loss to Greece, which went on to capture the gold medal...had 15 points, 6 rebounds in downing Russia 95-78 in bronze medal game...also scored 12 points and had 6 rebounds in 83-59 setback to Spain in tournament opener, and 19 points, 6 rebounds in 80-71 win over Israel to secure spot in quarterfinals...one of the most dominant big men in the West Coast Conference, started the first game of the season against Hofstra and then came off the bench for the next 22 games...re-entered the starting lineup at home against Saint Mary's on Feb. 13 and started the final 10 games, including the WCC and NCAA tournaments...led the team in scoring early in the season...had back-to-back 24-point games against Utah and Indiana in the Maui Invitational on his way to being named to the Maui Invitational All-Tournament team...scored 60 points in three games for 20.0 ppg, grabbed 22 rebounds for 7.3 rpg, blocked six shots and went 39-for-44 from the free throw line in Maui...went 16-for-18 from the free throw line against Indiana to tie Frank Burgess record for free throws made in a game, then tied it again with 16-for-22 game against Cincinnati in NCAA Tournament first round game...had career highs of 29 points and 14 rebounds against Portland for one of his six double-doubles for the season...22 double-digit scoring games, including 10 games of 20-plus points...after playing just 17 minutes because of foul trouble against Saint Mary's in WCC Tournament semifinal, came back to scored 26 points and grab 12 rebounds in championship game against San Diego...scored 34 points for 17.0 ppg, went 13-for-28 from the field and grabbed 17 rebounds for 8.5 rpg in WCC Tournament to earn All-Tournament honors...5th in the WCC in scoring (15.6 ppg), 4th in field goal percentage (51.9) and 6th in rebounding (6.2 rpg)...212 free throws made rank third on Gonzaga single-season list, and 301 free throws made in two seasons rank 8th on the Gonzaga career charts...named to the All-West Coast Conference team and was a second-team NABC District 14 selection. JUNIOR (2003-04): Was injured throughout all of fall camp after returning from the Eurobasket (European Championships) suffering from a stress fracture of the right leg...was not cleared to play until the day prior to season opener against Saint Joseph's in Madison Square Garden and did not participate in his first full practice until the day before the game...played only five minutes in the opener...came back a week later and played 30 minutes against Idaho and did not played less than 17 minutes in any game since...matched his career high with 29 points against George Washington in the championship game of the BB&T Tournament hosted by Maryland and played at the MCI Center in Washington, DC...went 9-for-14 from the field, 10-for-12 from the free throw line and grabbed six rebounds against the Colonels in leading Gonzaga to the title...was named MVP of the tournament...that game started a stretch of six straight games in double digits, including 23 points in upset of third-ranked Missouri at the Battle in Seattle at KeyArena...had 13 points and 13 rebounds against Montana for his first of four double-doubles of the season, the others 21/14 at Portland and both games of the WCC Tournament when he had 10/12 against host Santa Clara in the semifinals and 29/14 against Saint Mary's in the WCC Tournament title game, the 29 points again matching his career high again as did the 14 rebounds...has 15 career double-doubles...his put back of his own miss with 5.1 seconds left gave Gonzaga 63-61 win over host Santa Clara in semifinals of WCC Tournament...went 3-for-13 from the field against SCU in scoring 10 points, four of them in the final 41 seconds as Gonzaga came from as many as 10 points down in the second half...went 10-for-18 from the field and 9-for-12 from the free throw line in WCC Tournament title-game win over SMC...scored 14 points and had 11 rebounds at halftime of the championship game and was named MVP...surpassed the career 1,000 point mark Jan. 17 at home against Saint Mary's, scoring 19 points, and currently has 1,230 points for 14th...ranks second in career free throws made with 466, and his 165 tied for 4th on the GU single-season list after his 212 last year ranked 3rd...surpassed the 500-rebound plateau at home against Loyola Marymount and now has 564...his 45 blocks this season rank tied for 5th on the single-season list and his 120 career blocks are second...ranks 6th in WCC in scoring (15.5), 6th in rebounding (6.4), 6th in field goal percentage (52.5), 2nd in blocked shots (1.45) and 16th in free throw percentage (70.8)...named to the All-WCC first team for the second straight season...selected to the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) All-District 9 first team and to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) District 14 first team...selected to the John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 30 and was one of 20 finalists for the Naismith College Basketball Player of the Year Award presented by the Atlanta Tipoff Club. SENIOR (2004-05): Spent much of the summer in France with the French National Team. Misc.: Born 1-13-83...speaks four languages - French, English, his native Creole and Spanish, and is currently taking Italian at Gonzaga...father, Georges Louis Turiaf, signed a professional handball contract in the third division at age 21, but after marrying Aline Cesar and having Ronny gave up the sport to stay home...has two younger sisters - Elodie and Florence. |
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