A 6-foot-9 center from Guatire, Venezuela...#00...Gregory Echenique!!!!!!!
What became a familiar refrain over the course of 101 games (and 95 starts) at Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., from 2010-13 will move to a global stage with the opening of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro next weekend as Echenique was named to the team late Friday night with this tweet from the Venezuelan Basketball Federation.
#SelNac Estos son los 12 jugadores que escogió Néstor García para representar a Venezuela en Río pic.twitter.com/s2sZaNNTkg
— FVB (@FVBaloncesto) July 30, 2016
Echenique (Etch-ih-NEE-kay) is in the mix to be the starting center for a Venezuelan National Team making its second Olympic appearance ever, and first since taking 11th place in 1992.