AT VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH: Played three seasons for head coach Anthony Grant (now the head coach at Alabama) … Was part of a Rams’ squad which won three straight Colonial Athletic Association regular-season titles and appeared in two NCAA Tournaments over the three seasons … Appeared in 47 games and made a pair of starts for the Rams during the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons … Sat out the 2008-09 season as a medical redshirt after suffering a torn ACL … As a sophomore in 2007-08, averaged 7.7 minutes, 1.5 points and 1.6 rebounds per game … Earned his Finance degree in three years from VCU.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Montverde Academy in Montverde, Fla., for two seasons … Played for coach Kevin Sutton … Averaged 15 points and six rebounds as a senior while serving as team co-captain … Graduated in 2006.
PERSONAL: Full name is Franck Patrick Ndongo (pronounced Frank (as in Hank) DON-goh) … Born December 7, 1988 in Yaounde, Cameroon … Enrolled in ASU’s Hull College of Business … Pursuing an MBA in Finance … Son of Beatrice and Charles Louis Ndongo … Has two brothers and two sisters … Speaks four languages, including French and Creole … Younger sister Christelle is a freshman on the VMI soccer team in Lexington, Va. … Prefers spending his free time swimming, shopping, sleeping, reading and playing soccer … Career goal is to become a chartered financial analyst or work for the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund … Lists Kobe Bryant as his favorite athlete … Counts playing in the final of the African Cup Nations with Cameroon as his greatest athletic thrill … Considers his parents as the person(s) he most admires … Would like to switch places for a day with President Barack Obama … Lists saying a little prayer as his pre-game ritual … Favorite movies are Seven Pounds ... Favorite TV show is Martin … Favorite vacation spot is Cameron … Lists Denzel Washington as his favorite actor … Favorite sport other than basketball is soccer … If he could be a character in a movie, he’d play Will Smith’s character in Seven Pounds … A past member of the Cameroon National Team.
Season and Career Highs
Points
Season: 5 twice, last vs. Armstrong Atlantic State (12/5/09)
Career: 5 twice, last vs. Armstrong Atlantic State (12/5/09)
Rebounds
Season: 6 twice, last vs. Armstrong Atlantic State (12/5/09)
Career: 6 twice, last vs. Armstrong Atlantic State (12/5/09)
Assists
Season: 2 twice, last vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (11/28/09)
Career: 2 twice, last vs. Lenoir-Rhyne (11/28/09)
Blocks
Season: 1 twice, last vs. Clayton State (12/15/09)
Career: 1 twice, last vs. Clayton State (12/15/09)
Steals
Season: 1 three times, last at Tusculum (12/12/09)
Career: 1 three times, last at Tusculum (12/12/09)
FG Made
Season: 2, four times, last vs. Clayton State (12/15/09)
Career: 2, four times, last vs. Clayton State (12/15/09)
FT Made
Season: 1 three times, last vs. Armstrong Atlantic State (12/5/09)
Career: 1 three times, last vs. Armstrong Atlantic State (12/5/09)
Minutes
Season: 21 vs. Paine (12/3/09)
Career: 21 vs. Paine (12/3/09)
