| Mehdi Cheriet |
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Joins San Diego State as a smooth shooting forward, who was highly touted coming out of Arizona Western College... Has the ability to spread the floor with his perimeter shooting.
As A Sophomore at Arizona Western College (2007-08 Season)
Was ranked at the 17th-best junior college player according to jucojunction.com's Top 200 list... Named an NJCCA Division I preseason honorable mention All-American prior to the campaign... Played for the under-20 French national team in the European Basketball Championships before starting his sophomore season... Guided Arizona Western to its first Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (ACCAC) regular season title since 2005, while being named to the All-Region I and All-ACCAC first teams... Selected to play in the NJCCA Men's Basketball Coaches Association's third annual National All-Star Game... AWC finished the year with a 26-3 overall record and a 20-2 in conference play... Earned ACCAC Division I player of the week and NJCCA Division I co-player of the week honors after leading the Matadors to a pair of wins with averages of 18.5 points and 7.0 rebounds... Ended his tenure at AWC averaging 12.1 points, while shooting 48.0 percent from the field and 40.2 percent from three-point distance in 27 games.
As A Freshman at Arizona Western College (2006-07 Season)
Guided Arizona Western to its third straight JUCO Region I championship and an appearance in the NJCAA district finals where they lost to Kelvin Davis' College of Southern Idaho team... The Matadors finished the season with a 27-6 overall record... Was the lone freshman in the starting lineup and scored in double figures in 11 of the final 14 games... Averaged 11.0 points and 5.3 rebounds, while shooting 53.6 percent from the field.
High School
Attended Albert Thomas in Roanne, France, prior to enrolling at Arizona Western College.
