Nick Ongenda, an intimidating center for the new Kids&Us Manresa
A new 'five' arrives for the Manresa team. He is 25 years old, 2.11m tall and will play with South African nationality despite being born in Canada. He signs a contract for one season in Manresa.
Kids&Us Manresa continues to build the team for next season. An intimidating and dynamic center arrives now despite his size, the South African Nick Ongenda. With dual nationality (South Africa and Canada), he already has 2 seasons of experience in Europe. He will bring many centimeters, forcefulness and points under the hoops.
Nick Ongenda (born September 29, 2000) is the latest signing for Kids&Us Manresa. He is a South African center who has played in Europe for the last 2 seasons. He trained at the NCAA (DePaul University) to begin his professional career in the G-League (Salt Lake City Stars) and follow it across the Atlantic, where he landed at Anwil in Poland and continued his journey through Israel last season.
Ongenda is a center of many centimeters in height and wingspan. Despite his size, he has mobility and dynamism. He will bring consistency to the interior positions of Kids&Us Manresa, playing above the hoop and rebounding. In the last season, Nick Ongenda has averaged 10.2 points, 6.7 rebounds and 0.9 assists for his last team, the Israeli Hapoel Haemek.
Trajectory of Nick Ongenda
2019-23 - DePaul Blue Demons (NCAA)
2023-24 - Salt Lake City Stars (G-League)
2023-24 - Scarborough Shooting Stars (Canada, second division)
2024-25 - Anwil Wloclawek (Poland)
2025-26 - Elitzur Netanya (Israel)
2025-26 - Hapoel Haemek (Israel)