Gyno Pomare

Leonardo Pomare
No. 5 – Kanazawa Samuraiz
Position Power forward
League Japan B League 3
Personal information
Born (1986-04-05) April 5, 1986
Oceanside, California
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight 220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school El Camino (Oceanside, California)
College San Diego (2005–2009)
NBA draft 2009 / Undrafted
Playing career 2009–present
Career history
2009–2010 Sendai 89ers
2010 9 de Julio de Río Tercero
2010–2011 Quilmes de Mar del Plata
2011–2012 Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix
2012–2013 Kyoto Hannaryz
2013–2014 Iwate Big Bulls
2014–2015 Aomori Wat's
2015–present Kanazawa Samuraiz
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Panama
Centrobasket
2010 Santo Domingo National team

Leonardo "Gyno" Pomare (born April 5, 1986) is an American professional basketball player. He is currently playing professionally with the Kanazawa Samuraiz of the Japanese B League 3.

College career

Pomare was a four-year player with the University of San Diego. He originally committed to the Toreros out of El Camino High School for the 2004 season, but sat out the 2004-05 season as a redshirt. In his first full season with the school, 2005–06, he averaged 10.4 points and 5 rebounds per game en route to being named to the All-West Coast Conference Freshman Team.[1]

Pomare had a prolific career with the Toreros, eventually ending as the school's all-time leading scorer.[2] He was the first player San Diego player since Scott Thompson (1985–87) to be named to the All-Conference Team three times.[3] He also led the team to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where he scored a game-high 22 points on 10-12 shooting for the #13 seed Toreros in a first round upset over the University of Connecticut.[4]

Pro career

Although Pomare was a dark horse candidate for the 2009 NBA Draft, he went undrafted. On August 18, 2009, the Sendai 89ers of the Japanese bj league, the top flight of Japanese basketball, announced that had signed Pomare for the 2009-10 season.[5]

International career

Pomare, whose father, Leonardo Pomare, was born in Panama, is eligible to play for the Panama national basketball team. He first participated with the team at the 2009 COCABA Championship.[6] He also participated with the team at the FIBA Americas Championship 2009. In 2011 he was signed by Quilmes de Mar del Plata in the Torneo Nacional de Ascenso (Argentina).

References

  1. ↑ Gyno Pomare at USDtoreros.com
  2. ↑ Gyno Pomare named to All-WCC team at USDtoreros.com
  3. ↑ San Diego - Team Notes at usatoday.com
  4. ↑ San Diego v. Connecticut box score
  5. ↑ News at Worldwide Hoops.com
  6. ↑ FIBA profile
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