Instead of hunkering down, Manel Ayol opted to expand his horizons this week.
While the COVID-19 pandemic has put much of the nation in lockdown situations, Ayol decided that he wants to bring his lockdown defense to the University of Hawai’i basketball team. The 6-foot-7 forward at Western Wyoming Community College made a commitment this week to play for the Rainbow Warriors.
Ayol was born in South Sudan, raised in Australia, attended a year of high school in Colorado, a year of prep school in Canada, then two years of junior college in Wyoming. If all goes well, two years in Hawai’i are next.