Akolda Manyang brings elite rim protection and efficient finishing to Utah Valley
At 7-foot and 243 pounds, Akolda Manyang is a classic paint anchor: he finished the 2025-26 season sample with 15.0 points per game on 68.8% shooting in two games, showing why he is such a high-percentage interior scorer[1]. His longer-track resume at Utah Valley also points to real value as a shot-blocker and rebounder, including a WAC-leading 2.3 blocks per game and 7.8 rebounds per game in 2017-18, plus 62 blocks that season—the most by a UVU player in a single season[14]. If a team wants size, rim deterrence, and efficient low-block production, Manyang fits; if it needs spacing or perimeter creation, that is not his game[14][12].
