Zach Auguste

Zach Auguste

Auguste (front) playing against Georgia Tech
No. 30 – Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Position Power forward
League Atlantic Coast Conference
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–present)
Career highlights and awards

Zachary Elias "Zach" Auguste (born July 8, 1993) is an American college basketball player for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the NCAA Division I. 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 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 2014-2015, 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.[1] 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.[2][3] He scored a total 631 points throughout his career at Marlborough.[2]

He moved to university preparatory New Hampton School after that season, reclassifying to the class of 2012.[4] He cited his desire to get academically and physically ready for college as the main factors behind that decision.[1] 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.[4][5] He finished with an average of 15 points and 8 rebounds for his senior season.[2] Nominated for the 2012 McDonald's All-American Boys Game,[6] he didn't make the final selection.[7]

Soon after joining New Hampton, he was noticed by Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) conference Notre Dame's assistant coach Anthony Solomon,[4] however he later cut the school from his selection list, which included Division I schools West Virginia, Georgia Tech, Florida and Marquette.[8][9] Despite this, Solomon's steadfast attempts to recruit the player, widely ranked a 4-star recruit,[10][11][12][13] convinced Auguste to visit the campus; he committed to Notre Dame on the spot in September 2011.[8][9]

Name Home town 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

He made his debut for Notre Dame in a November 12, 2012 victory against Monmouth, contributing 4 points and 3 rebounds in 3 minutes.[14] After two ankle sprains during pre-season practice, Auguste had difficulty breaking into the already established team.[15] Finding himself behind Jack Cooley and Garrick Sherman in the rotation,[16] he averaged 10.7 minutes per game in 25 games.[2][17] Notable were games against Kennesaw State (12 points and 7 rebounds in 12 minutes)[15] 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.[2][17]

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.[8] Though he did start 13 games out of 30,[2][17] 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,[18] followed by no-shows.[19][20] He finished his sophomore season with 6.7 points and 4.3 rebounds in nearly 17 minutes per game on average.[2][17]

Tabbed as a starter during the preseason, Auguste, as one of the team's few post options,[19][20] 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,[21][22] with Auguste quickly recouping from his bad performances.[23] In January 2015, Auguste was sidelined by Notre Dame due to academic issues, with the length of the suspension undisclosed.[24] It would ultimately only last three days, with the unknown reason later described as minor by the player.[25] 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).[16][22][26]

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.[16][22][27] 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.[28][29] 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.[30] 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.[25][31] 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.[32] Auguste finished the tournament with 16.8 points and 8.3 rebounds per game,[33] with 12.9 points and 6.5 rebounds in around 24 minutes for the whole 2014-15 season.[2][17]

Auguste was elected captain by his teammates for his senior season.[34] He was also voted to the Preseason All-ACC second team.[35] Seven games into the 2015-16 season, Auguste tallied his fifth double-double of the season, tying the total of his first three seasons.[36] He was named as one of ten finalists for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award,[37] also earning third team all-ACC honors for the season.[38]

NCAA Division I 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:[2][17][39]

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

Personal

Auguste was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Jean Bazile Auguste and Lea Tzimoulis.[2] His father, a former semi-professional soccer player,[8] is from Haiti. His mother is of Greek heritage through her grandfather Louis, who immigrated to the U.S. from Agia Sotira, Greece in 1949.[40][41] Auguste has stated that he speaks Greek and Haitian Creole fluently in addition to English.[42]

See also

References

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

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