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Hanno Mottola Drafted by: Atlanta, Round: 2, Pick: 40 College: Utah Height: 6-10 Weight: 245 lbs. Position: Forward BirthDate: Sept. 9, 1976 Birthplace: Helsinki, Finland Highlights
Ranks 14th all-time in school history with 1,492 points. Ranks fourth in school history with 14 NCAA Tournament game appearances. Earned First Team All-Mountain West Conference honors as a senior. Set Finnish National Team record for most points in a game when he scored 43 against Latvia in August 1998. College highlights at Utah As a senior, missed first eight games of the season due to a partially torn medial cruciate ligament in left knee, which did not require surgery. Also missed three games due to torn ligaments in his left elbow and right thumb. Earned First Team All-District 13 honors. Led Utah in scoring 14 times. Had six 20-point games and 18 double-figure games. Averaged 17.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 2.0 assists per game in Mountain West Tournament. Led Mountain West Conference in free-throw shooting (84.5 percent) during league play. First Team All-Western Athletic Conference Pacific Division as a junior. Ranked 13th in the WAC and second on the team in scoring (15.3 ppg). Led Utah in scoring (16.4) in WAC play. Led conference in free-throw shooting percentage (.833). Averaged 17 points and 4.5 rebounds in two NCAA Tournament games. Named to the 1998-99 GTE Academic All-America Second Team and academic all-district team. As a sophomore, started all 34 games and was named Second Team All-WAC Mountain Division. Team's third-leading scorer (12.5 ppg). Paced Utes in scoring in eight games. Averaged 10.8 points and 4.8 rebounds in six NCAA Tournament games and was named to the West Region all-tournament team. Scored nine points in national semifinal win over No. 1 ranked North Carolina, and netted 15 points in NCAA Championship loss to Kentucky. Earned WAC Player of the Week after setting Utah single-game field goal record (10 of 10) Nov. 25 against Loyola Marymount. As a freshman, named to the WAC Mountain Division all-newcomer team. Led Utes in field goal percentage (.586) while averaging 6.4 points per game. Had nine points in the Utes' NCAA Tournament regional semifinal win over Stanford.
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