Tristan Enaruna | |
Position: | Shooting guard / small forward |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 8 |
Weight Lbs: | 220 |
League: | NBA |
Birth Date: | 26 June 2001 |
Birth Place: | Almere, Netherlands |
High School: | Wasatch Academy (Mount Pleasant, Utah) |
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Draft Year: | 2024 |
Years1: | 2017–2018 |
Team1: | Apollo Amsterdam |
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Tristan Enaruna (born 26 June 2001) is a Dutch professional basketball player. He previously played for the Kansas Jayhawks and the Iowa State Cyclones. Listed at 6feet and 220lbs, he plays shooting guard and small forward positions.
Born in Almere, Enaruna started playing junior basketball with Almere Pioneers.[1] He later played for the youth academy of Apollo Amsterdam.
In the 2017–18 season, Enaruna made his debut with Apollo Amsterdam in the professional Dutch Basketball League (DBL) at age 16. He received a place on the roster, along with his brother Iyen. On July 10, 2017, Enaruna played his first professional game, playing 7 minutes in a 82–80 win over Rotterdam. Over the season, he played in three games and averaged 12 minutes and 2.7 points.[2]
In the 2018–19 season, Enaruna played with Wasatch Academy in the United States.
In May 2019, Enaruna committed to play collegiately for Kansas.[3]
On 19 April 2021, Enaruna transferred to Iowa State.[4] He scored a career-high 23 points on January 1, 2022, in a 77-72 loss to Baylor.[5] In April 2022, Enaruna transferred to Cleveland State.[6] He averaged 15.1 points and 6.6 rebounds per game and was named to the First Team All-Horizon League.[7]
Enaruna went undrafted in the 2024 NBA draft and signed an Exhibit-10 contract with the Boston Celtics.[8]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20| style="text-align:left;"| Kansas| 30 || 0 || 10.9 || .342 || .258 || .500 || 2.2 || .6 || .5 || .3 || 2.4|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21| style="text-align:left;"| Kansas| 25 || 0 || 9.4 || .415 || .227 || .667 || 1.6 || .3 || .4 || .2 || 2.8|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career|| 55 || 0 || 10.2 || .376 || .245 || .575 || 1.9 || .5 || .4 || .3 || 2.6
Enaruna has an older brother, Iyen, who also plays college basketball for the Evansville Purple Aces.[9]