2025-26 Men's Basketball Preseason Roster
Biography
PRIOR TO WCU: Soumaoro spent last season at East Carolina after playing three years with Craft in Boiling Springs at Gardner-Webb. The Bronx, N.Y. native appeared in eight games in Greenville before receiving a medical waiver that allows him to play this season in Cullowhee. He played in 92 games over three years at Gardner-Webb, where he totaled 768 points, 179 rebounds, and 179 assists. During his 2022-23 season in Boiling Springs, Soumaoro posted a team-best 79.2% at the free-throw line for the Runnin' Bulldogs, while also connecting on a 3-pointer in 24 of 30 games. In 2023-24, Soumaoro averaged 12.7 points per game, including 21 games in double figures with a season-high 27 against Weber State. Before his time in Greenville and Boiling Springs, Soumaoro played a postgraduate season at Woodstock Academy in Massachusetts after starring at NYC powerhouse Cardinal Hayes. He was the second-leading scorer in the famed Catholic High School Athletic Association with an average of 21.3 points per game as a senior. Soumaoro was a first-team All-CHSAA All-League selection in 2019-2020 and earned second-team All-NYSSWA Class AA All-State honors. He also played for the famed Riverside Hawks AAU program, the same program that has suited up some of the finest point guards in New York City, including Kenny Anderson, Mark Jackson, Kenny Smith, Pearl Washington, Rod Strickland, and others.
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