Asiah Avent

Height:
6-3
Weight:
190
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Springfield, N.J.
High School:
Franklin

2019-20: Appeared in six games for the Pirates...scored his first career point on a free throw against Prairie View A&M (12/22/19)...made his first and only career start on Senior Night against Villanova (3/4/20).

2018-19: Appeared in three games for Seton Hall in his first season as a walk-on.

BEFORE SETON HALL: Attended the University of Hartford.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played four years of varsity basketball across three high schools, attending Immaculata and Piscataway before graduating from Franklin High School in Franklin, N.J...captained Franklin his senior year...earned All-Conference Freshman honors at Immaculata and helped the team to the second round of the New Jersey State Championship in 2012...invited to the NBA Top 100 Camp and was ranked a top-25 freshman and sophomore...also played AAU basketball for the NJ Roadrunners.

PERSONAL: Asiah Avent...son of Sharone and Anthony Avent Sr...has two siblings...brother, Anthony Avent Jr., was on the men's basketball team at Fairleigh Dickinson...father, Anthony Avent Sr., attended Seton Hall from 1988-91, scored 1,067 career points, was a 1991 All-America honorable mention and helped the Pirates to the 1991 BIG EAST Tournament championship and two NCAA Tournament appearances...majoring in Criminal Justice at Seton Hall...Birthday is April 23.