Skal Labissière

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Skal Labissière
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Labissière in Kentucky's Blue-White scrimmage in 2015
Personal information
Born (1996-03-18) March 18, 1996 (age 28)
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Nationality Haitian
Listed height 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight 216 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school Evangelical Christian School
(Memphis, Tennessee)
Lausanne Collegiate School
(Memphis, Tennessee)
College Kentucky (2015–2016)
Position Power forward / Center
Career highlights and awards

Skal Labissière (French pronunciation: ​[labissjɛʁ]; born March 18, 1996) is a Haitian basketball player who recently ended his college career for the Kentucky Wildcats Men's Basketball Team.[1][2]

Early years

Labissière was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. His basketball career began at the Collège Canado-Haïtien, a junior-senior high school in Port-au-Prince, which participated in school championships organized by the Comité Interscolaire de Basket-ball Amateur (CIBA), and the Association de Basket-ball Interscolaire (ASI).[2] During the 2010 Haiti earthquake, his family's home collapsed with Labissière, his mother and his brother inside. All three survived but were trapped under the debris for the next three hours. Skal's legs were trapped, causing them to go numb and he was unable to walk for a few weeks after. A few months after the earthquake, Labissière moved to the United States in Memphis, Tennessee to live with Gerald Hamilton who ran the Reach Your Dream Foundation, which brought international prospects to the United States.[3][4][5]

High school career

Labissière attended Evangelical Christian School in Memphis and started to play varsity basketball as an eighth-grader.[3] When he had first arrived, Labissière spoke little English and required a French interpreter in all of his classes. After three to four months, he didn't need the help and became fluent.[3] In 2014, he left the school his senior year and enrolled at Lausanne Collegiate School, also located in Memphis,[6] but because of the move he was ruled by TSSAA as ineligible to play basketball at Lausanne for the season. So instead, Labissière played for Gerald Hamilton's Reach Your Dream Prep Academy team, where he averaged 26 points, 12 rebounds and 4.5 blocks per game.[7][8][9][10]

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"The harder I work, the better I will be as a basketball player and I'll be able to influence more people around the world."

—Skal Labissière[11]

Name Home town High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Skal Labissière
PF/C		 Port-au-Prince, Haiti Lausanne Collegiate School 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Nov 13, 2014 
Scout:5/5 stars   Rivals:5/5 stars   247Sports:5/5 stars    ESPN:5/5 stars
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 1   Rivals: 1  ESPN: 2, 1 (C), 1 (TN)
  • 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:

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College career

Labissière was rated as a five-star recruit and was considered among the best players in his class.[12][13] He committed to the University of Kentucky to play college basketball.[14][15][16] UK's coach John Calipari, offered Labissière a scholarship before any other 2015 prospect and compares him to Anthony Davis.[10]

College statistics

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2015–16 Kentucky 36 18 15.8 .516 .000 .661 3.1 .3 .3 .8 6.6

References

  1. ↑ DraftExpress: Skal Labissiere
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (French)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Rise Above: Skal Labissiere
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ After surviving Haiti's quake, Labissiere out to make most of his second chance
  6. ↑ Skal Labissiere enrolls at Lausanne, but apparently won't play basketball, AD says
  7. ↑ UK signee Labissiere improves on losing team
  8. ↑ The strange high school setup for five-star prospect Skal Labissiere
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Rivals.com bio
  13. ↑ Espn.com bio
  14. ↑ Skal Labissiere picks Kentucky over Memphis, other finalists
  15. ↑ Skal Labissiere signs with Kentucky, praises guardians
  16. ↑ Kentucky gains 2015's top class

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