Zach Auguste

Zach Auguste

Auguste (front) playing college basketball against Georgia Tech
No. 29 – Muratbey Uşak Sportif
Position Power forward / Center
League Turkish Super League
Champions League
Personal information
Born (1993-07-08) July 8, 1993
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight 242 lb (110 kg)
Career information
High school Marlborough
(Marlborough, Massachusetts)
New Hampton School
(New Hampton, New Hampshire)
College Notre Dame (2012–2016)
NBA draft 2016 / Undrafted
Playing career 2016–present
Career history
2016–present Muratbey Uşak Sportif
Career highlights and awards

Zachary Elias "Zach" Auguste (born July 8, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for Muratbey Uşak Sportif of the Turkish Super League. At 6'10" (2.08 m), he plays at both the power forward and center positions.[1]

Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Auguste started playing high school basketball for Marlborough. In 2011, he moved to university preparatory New Hampton School, where he was nominated for the 2012 McDonald's All-American Game. After graduating from New Hampton, Auguste enrolled in the University of Notre Dame, to play for the Fighting Irish. Spending his freshman and sophomore seasons mainly as a reserve player, Auguste rose to prominence during his junior season in 2014–15, when the team won the ACC Tournament title, and went to the NCAA Elite Eight.

High school career

Auguste played at Marlborough High School for three seasons, growing 3 inches in each of these seasons.[2] As a junior in 2009–10, Auguste averaged 22 points and received All-Star accolades from the Mid-Wachusett (Central Massachusetts) league and local newspapers the Telegram & Gazette and The MetroWest Daily News.[3][4] He scored a total 631 points throughout his career at Marlborough.[3]

He moved to university preparatory New Hampton School after that season, reclassifying to the class of 2012.[5] He cited his desire to get academically and physically ready for college as the main factors behind that decision.[2] After adapting to the higher competition level, he improved dramatically in time, putting on 28 pounds and developing his post game to transition from a perimeter player to a forward.[5][6] He finished with an average of 15 points and 8 rebounds for his senior season.[3] Nominated for the 2012 McDonald's All-American Boys Game,[7] he didn't make the final selection.[8]

Soon after joining New Hampton, he was noticed by Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) conference Notre Dame's assistant coach Anthony Solomon,[5] however he later cut the school from his selection list, which included Division I schools West Virginia, Georgia Tech, Florida and Marquette.[9][10] Despite this, Solomon's steadfast attempts to recruit the player, widely ranked a 4-star recruit,[11][12][13][14] convinced Auguste to visit the campus; he committed to Notre Dame on the spot in September 2011.[9][10]

Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Zach Auguste
PF		 Marlborough, MA New Hampton School 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sep 23, 2011 
Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN grade: 90
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 22 (PF)   Rivals: 97, 23 (PF)  247Sports: 101, 27 (PF)  ESPN: 25 (PF)
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

College career

Auguste made his debut for Notre Dame in a November 12, 2012 victory against Monmouth, contributing 4 points and 3 rebounds in 3 minutes.[15] After two ankle sprains during pre-season practice, Auguste had difficulty breaking into the already established team.[16] Finding himself behind Jack Cooley and Garrick Sherman in the rotation,[17] he averaged 10.7 minutes per game in 25 games.[3][18] Notable were games against Kennesaw State (12 points and 7 rebounds in 12 minutes)[16] and Marquette (a season-high 15 points with 5 rebounds and 3 steals in 21 minutes), for a freshman season average of 3.7 points and 2.7 rebounds.[3][18]

For the 2013–14 season, Auguste was expected to play a larger role after Cooley graduated and coach Mike Brey cited him as a major player.[9] Though he did start 13 games out of 30,[3][18] he stayed third choice with Sherman and Tom Knight preferred. He recorded his first college double-double against Clemson having 14 points and 12 rebounds,[19] followed by no-shows.[20][21] He finished his sophomore season with 6.7 points and 4.3 rebounds in nearly 17 minutes per game on average.[3][18]

Tabbed as a starter during the preseason, Auguste, as one of the team's few post options,[20][21] established himself as a starter during his junior season with good performances early in the season, albeit against weaker opposition. A memorable December 13, 2014 game against Florida State, in which he scored a career-high 26 points, started what coach Brey described as a run of key contributions from the forward,[22][23] with Auguste quickly recouping from his bad performances.[24] In January 2015, Auguste was sidelined by Notre Dame due to academic issues, with the length of the suspension undisclosed.[25] It would ultimately only last three days, with the unknown reason later described as minor by the player.[26] Auguste was seen as a major contributor to the Irish's 2015 ACC Tournament title contributing 16 points and 13 rebounds in the final against North Carolina (for an average of more than 11 points and 9 rebounds in the whole tournament).[17][23][27]

In the Round of 64 of the following 2015 NCAA Tournament, Auguste scored 25 points against Northeastern, including two under-pressure free-throws in the final minute of a 69-65 close-fought win.[17][23][28] In the next round tie against Butler, he committed a double dribble that conceded possession with two seconds left on the clock in a tied 55-55 game. Butler did not score, and in overtime Auguste blocked a shot before grabbing a rebound - a team-leading 13th - as Notre Dame won to reach the Sweet 16.[29][30] A comfortable win over Wichita State followed (15 points, 6 rebounds and 1 block for Auguste in 26 minutes) and Notre Dame qualified to the Elite Eight for the first time since 1979.[31] Auguste, described as "Notre Dame's only true post player", was predicted to play an important role in the game against undefeated Kentucky, who - in Karl-Anthony Towns and Willie Cauley-Stein - had some of the biggest forwards of the tournament.[26][32] He had 20 points and nine rebounds in the game, while mostly defended by Towns. In defense against the same player, he could not stop him from scoring 25 points in a to-the-wire 66-68 loss to the favorites.[33] Auguste finished the tournament with 16.8 points and 8.3 rebounds per game,[34] with 12.9 points and 6.5 rebounds in around 24 minutes for the whole 2014-15 season.[3][18]

Auguste was elected captain by his teammates for his senior season.[35] He was also voted to the Preseason All-ACC second team.[36] Seven games into the 2015-16 season, Auguste tallied his fifth double-double of the season, tying the total of his first three seasons.[37] He was named as one of ten finalists for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award,[38] also earning third team all-ACC honors for the season.[39] In the quarter final of the 2016 ACC Tournament Auguste led his team to a 84–79 win versus Duke, posting a double-double with 19 points and 22 rebounds,[40] setting the Notre Dame's record for most rebounds in a game and tying Tim Duncan's second best performance in the ACC Tournament.[41]

College statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Source:[3][18][42]

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2012–13 Notre Dame 25 0 10.7 .520 .000 .682 2.7 .2 .4 .5 3.7
2013–14 Notre Dame 30 13 16.3 .509 .000 .483 4.3 .3 .4 .4 6.7
2014–15 Notre Dame 37 36 24.4 .619 .000 .636 6.5 .8 .7 .7 12.9
2015–16 Notre Dame 36 36 29.6 .560 .000 .628 10.7 1.1 .6 1.1 14.0
Career 128 85 21.3 .567 .000 .6136.4.6.5.710.0

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2016 NBA draft, Auguste joined the Los Angeles Lakers for the 2016 NBA Summer League#Las Vegas NBA Summer League,[43] appearing in 4 games and averaging 5.3 points and 4 rebounds per game.[44] On August 29, 2016, he signed with the Lakers,[44] but was waived on October 12.[45] On October 27, he signed with Muratbey Uşak Sportif of the Turkish Super League, for the 2016–17 season.[46] He made his professional debut on 5 November, 2016, going scoreless against İstanbul BŞB.[47]

Personal life

Auguste was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Jean Bazile Auguste and Lea Tzimoulis.[3] His father, was a former semi-professional soccer player,[9] from Haiti, who's uncle is Christophe Dardompre, a former Colonel of the Haitian Army.[48] His mother is of Greek heritage through her grandfather Louis, who immigrated to the U.S. from Agia Sotira, Greece in 1949.[49][50] Auguste has stated that he speaks Greek and Haitian Creole fluently in addition to his native English.[51]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ZACH AUGUSTE player profile". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Doyle, Bill (February 19, 2015). "Homecoming for Notre Dame's Auguste". Telegram & Gazette. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Zach Auguste". Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  4. ↑ O'Malley, Tim (November 10, 2011). "Success pays off". Scout.com. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 Cagen, Dan (February 19, 2012). "High School Notebook: Irish eyes eagerly await Auguste". The Milford Daily News. Marlborough. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
  6. ↑ Perry, Phil (March 25, 2012). "Marlborough's Auguste well prepped for Notre Dame". The Boston Globe. Marlborough. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Local McDonald's All-American Nominees". ESPN Boston. January 18, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  8. ↑ Bien, Louis (March 28, 2012). "2012 McDonald's All-American Game Rosters: Shabazz Muhammad Leads, Kyle Anderson Lead Talented West, East Backcourts". SB Nation. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Turner, Tayler (October 24, 2013). "Ready To Step Up". Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  10. 1 2 "New Hampton's Auguste picks Notre Dame". ESPN. September 23, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Zach Auguste". Rivals.com. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Zach Auguste". ESPN. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Zach Auguste, New Hampton, Power Forward". 247Sports.com. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Zach Auguste - recruiting". Scout.com. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
  15. ↑ Morgan, Wes (November 12, 2012). "Irish Men Cruise By Monmouth". 247sports.com. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  16. 1 2 Noie, Tom (December 20, 2012). "Notre Dame men's basketball: Auguste adds intrigue to rotation". South Bend Tribune. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  17. 1 2 3 "Marlborough's Zach Auguste packs punch for Notre Dame". The Boston Globe. March 21, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Zach Auguste - player profile". ESPN. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  19. ↑ Owens, Andrew (February 11, 2014). "ND Tops Clemson In Double Overtime". 247Sports.com. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  20. 1 2 Noie, Tom (August 23, 2014). "Time is here for Auguste". South Bend Tribune. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  21. 1 2 Owens, Andrew (October 29, 2014). "Notre Dame Hopes Zach Auguste Follows Program's Year Three Trend". 247Sports.com. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Zach Auguste hits career-high 26 to help Notre Dame to 83-63 victory". Chicago Tribune. December 13, 2014. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  23. 1 2 3 "Zach Auguste is proving to be a weapon for Notre Dame". SB Nation. March 19, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
  24. ↑ Ironside, Nick (February 16, 2015). "Notre Dame's Zach Auguste Looks To Rebound Tuesday Night". 247Sports.com. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  25. ↑ Johnson, Chris (January 15, 2015). "Notre Dame passes first test without Zach Auguste but tougher foes await". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  26. 1 2 Wolken, Dan (March 27, 2015). "Not losing Zach Auguste leads to wins for Notre Dame". USA Today. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  27. ↑ Ironside, Nick (March 15, 2015). "Three Points: Notre Dame vs. North Carolina". 247Sports.com. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  28. ↑ "Notre Dame hangs on to edge Northeastern 69-65 in NCAA Tournament". Pittsburgh: Daily News (New York). March 19, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  29. ↑ Gentille, Steven (March 22, 2015). "How Zach Auguste and the Irish turned 'dumb mistake' into triumph". Pittsburgh: Sporting News. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  30. ↑ Greene, Dan (March 22, 2015). "Notre Dame overcomes adversity on, off court in OT win over Butler". Pittsburgh: Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  31. ↑ Ahern, Gerry (March 26, 2015). "Hot-shooting Notre Dame drubs Wichita State to reach Elite Eight". USA Today. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  32. ↑ Wright, Branson (March 28, 2015). "Notre Dame's Zach Auguste could become center of Kentucky's attention: 2015 NCAA Tournament". Cleveland: The Plain Dealer. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  33. ↑ Tucker, Kyle (March 29, 2015). "Analysis: Towns, UK outlast Notre Dame 68-66". Cleveland: The Courier-Journal. Retrieved June 11, 2015.
  34. ↑ "NCAA Tournament 2015: Real-Time Player Rankings Through Elite Eight 6. Zach Auguste". Bleacher Report. March 29, 2015. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
  35. ↑ Rallo, Curt (November 16, 2015). "Auguste Cherishes His Commonwealth Roots". Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Retrieved November 17, 2015.
  36. ↑ "North Carolina Picked As 2015-16 ACC Basketball Preseason Favorite". Atlantic Coast Conference. October 28, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  37. ↑ "Auguste becoming double-double performer for Notre Dame". 247SPORTS.com. December 7, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  38. ↑ Chiari, Mike (February 5, 2016). "2016 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award: Full Finalist List, Comments and Reaction". bleacher report. Retrieved February 13, 2016.
  39. ↑ "ACSMA Announces Basketball Postseason Awards, All-ACC Teams". Atlantic Coast Conference. March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  40. ↑ "Notre Dame tops exhausted Duke 84-79 in OT in ACC tourney". Chicago Tribune. March 10, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  41. ↑ "Notre Dame tops exhausted Duke 84-79 in OT in ACC tourney". ESPN. March 11, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  42. ↑ "Zach Auguste Player Profile". RealGM. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  43. ↑ Gehn, Eli (June 25, 2016). "Zach Auguste signs Summer League deal with Lakers". WNDU.com. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
  44. 1 2 Gehn, Eli (August 29, 2016). "Lakers Sign Zach Auguste". NBA.com. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  45. ↑ "Lakers Waive Auguste, Jacobs, Wear". NBA.com. October 12, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  46. ↑ "Usak Sportif land Zach Auguste and D'Angelo Harrison". Sportando.com. October 27, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  47. ↑ "İstanbul BBSK, son nefeste kazandı: 87-85" (in Turkish). Turkish Basketball Super League. November 5, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  48. ↑ Press, ed. (September 6, 2016). "It's official: Lakers Sign Haitian-American Zach Auguste". Le Floridien. Retrieved October 13, 2016.
  49. ↑ Zach Auguste - Student. Athlete. Irish. University of Notre Dame. February 25, 2014. Event occurs at 0:50. Retrieved March 30, 2015. My mother and my father took me to Haiti, because that's where he comes from. He was born in Haiti.
  50. ↑ "Louis A. Tzimoulis, 91". Community Advocate. Marlborough. August 15, 2008. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
  51. ↑ "Providence offers New Hampton's Auguste". ESPN. June 8, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
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