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Jersey Number 21
Evan Manjikian
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-8
- Weight:
- 235
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Glendale, Calif.
- High School:
- Sierra Canyon School
Bio
2024-25
Did not play.
2023-24
Did not play.
2022-23
Played in two games as a freshman … averaged 1.5 points and 0.5 rebounds in just over three minutes off the bench … made one 3-point field goal on his first collegiate shot attempt in UCLA’s win against Pepperdine (Nov. 23) … finished the season 1-for-2 from the field (both attempts from 3-point distance).
High School
Was a two-year varsity letterwinner at Sierra Canyon School (Chatsworth, Calif.) for head coach Andre Chevalier … spent his first two years of high school at Crescenta Valley High School … played on the varsity team at Crescenta Valley for head coach Shawn Zargarian as a sophomore (moved from the JV to the varsity team midway through his freshman season) … as a senior at Sierra Canyon in 2021-22, averaged 3.2 points and 3.4 rebounds per game, playing in 26 contests … shot 52 percent from the field and averaged 9.0 minutes per game … Sierra Canyon went 26-5 overall in 2021-22, losing to Centennial High School (Corona, Calif.) in the CIF State Open Division regional title game (March 8, 2022) … Sierra Canyon won the Gold Coast League in 2021-22, concluding the season ranked No. 18, nationally, in the ESPN High School Boys’ Basketball Top 25 Poll … as a junior at Sierra Canyon in 2020-21, averaged 3.9 points and 3.5 rebounds in 18 games and shot 58 percent from the field … averaged 12.0 minutes per game during his junior season … helped the Trailblazers record a 16-2 overall record … Sierra Canyon went 6-0 in the Gold Coast League in 2020-21 … Sierra Canyon’s season concluded in the semifinals of the CIF Southern Section Open Division postseason tournament … as a sophomore at Crescenta Valley High School in 2019-20, helped the Falcons compile a 25-3 overall record and a 13-1 mark in Pacific League play … Crescenta Valley won the Pacific League title in 2019-20.
Personal
Evan Manjikian was born in Glendale, Calif. … mother is Matilda Kiaman … father is Carlo Manjikian … older cousin, Sooren Derboghosian, competed on the UCLA men’s basketball team for two seasons (2012-13, 2013-14) … economics major.
Did not play.
2023-24
Did not play.
2022-23
Played in two games as a freshman … averaged 1.5 points and 0.5 rebounds in just over three minutes off the bench … made one 3-point field goal on his first collegiate shot attempt in UCLA’s win against Pepperdine (Nov. 23) … finished the season 1-for-2 from the field (both attempts from 3-point distance).
High School
Was a two-year varsity letterwinner at Sierra Canyon School (Chatsworth, Calif.) for head coach Andre Chevalier … spent his first two years of high school at Crescenta Valley High School … played on the varsity team at Crescenta Valley for head coach Shawn Zargarian as a sophomore (moved from the JV to the varsity team midway through his freshman season) … as a senior at Sierra Canyon in 2021-22, averaged 3.2 points and 3.4 rebounds per game, playing in 26 contests … shot 52 percent from the field and averaged 9.0 minutes per game … Sierra Canyon went 26-5 overall in 2021-22, losing to Centennial High School (Corona, Calif.) in the CIF State Open Division regional title game (March 8, 2022) … Sierra Canyon won the Gold Coast League in 2021-22, concluding the season ranked No. 18, nationally, in the ESPN High School Boys’ Basketball Top 25 Poll … as a junior at Sierra Canyon in 2020-21, averaged 3.9 points and 3.5 rebounds in 18 games and shot 58 percent from the field … averaged 12.0 minutes per game during his junior season … helped the Trailblazers record a 16-2 overall record … Sierra Canyon went 6-0 in the Gold Coast League in 2020-21 … Sierra Canyon’s season concluded in the semifinals of the CIF Southern Section Open Division postseason tournament … as a sophomore at Crescenta Valley High School in 2019-20, helped the Falcons compile a 25-3 overall record and a 13-1 mark in Pacific League play … Crescenta Valley won the Pacific League title in 2019-20.
Personal
Evan Manjikian was born in Glendale, Calif. … mother is Matilda Kiaman … father is Carlo Manjikian … older cousin, Sooren Derboghosian, competed on the UCLA men’s basketball team for two seasons (2012-13, 2013-14) … economics major.
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