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Background
NBA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Was selected by Golden State in the second round of the 2007 NBA Draft (46th overall).
COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS:
Played four seasons at the University of Massachusetts, where he averaged 8.6 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.39 blocks in 118 career games (90 starts)...Shot 59.5% (378-635 FG) from the field for his career, which ranks second all-time in UMass history for career field goal percentage...Left school ranked tied for 18th in NCAA history in blocked shots (399), surpassing Marcus Camby as all-time school leader.
2006-07 SENIOR HIGHLIGHTS:
Appeared in 33 games (all starts), averaging 13.5 points, 9.5 rebounds and 5.09 blocks per game, while shooting 61.1% (165-270 FG) from the field...Was named Atlantic 10 Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year, while also earning NABC All-District First Team honors...Joined #1 overall pick Greg Oden (Ohio State) as the only two players in the nation to rank in the top-25 in three different statistical categories, finishing 2nd in blocks per game, 13th in field goal percentage and 20th in rebounds per game...Tallied four triple-doubles, joining Jason Kidd (Cal, 1993-94) and Michael Anderson (Drexel, 1985-86) as the only players in NCAA history to record four in a single season...23 points, 15 rebounds and a school-record-tying 11 blocks vs. George Washington...168 blocked shots ranked first on the UMASS all-time single-season list...Recorded 14 double-doubles.
2005-06 JUNIOR HIGHLIGHTS:
Appeared in 28 games (27 starts), averaging 10.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 3.86 blocks per game, while shooting 60.9% (109-179 FG) from the field...Was named Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Year...Finished 3rd in the NCAA in blocks per game...Became just the second player in school history to tally 100 blocks in a single season.
2004-05 SOPHOMORE HIGHLIGHTS:
Appeared in 28 games (all starts), averaging 6.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.00 steals and 2.57 blocks per contest...Was only player on team to start all 28 games...Tied UMASS record for free throws made without a miss, going 14-for-14 vs. Duquesne.
2003-04 FRESHMAN HIGHLIGHTS:
Appeared in 29 games (two starts), averaging 3.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.76 blocks...Finished 2nd in the A-10 in blocks.
Personal
Full name is Yann Stephane Lasme...Name is pronounced stef-fon laz-mee...Was born in Port-Gentil, Gabon, in Western Africa...Gabon, a country located on the Atlantic Ocean at the Equator, is slightly smaller than the size of Colorado and has approximately 1.5 million residents...Has three older sisters and one younger brother...Speaks English, French (official language of Gabon) and Myene (a regional dialect in Gabon)...Played for the Gabonese National Team from 2000-2003...Represented Gabon in the All-Africa Games...Did not begin playing basketball until the age of 15 when his high school coach convinced him to attend one practice...After high school, came to the United States to attend school and attempt to play basketball...While attending a six-month language school in Boston, he attended a basketball camp in New Jersey and was subsequently offered a scholarship by UMASS...Leaned to read and write English in just three months at language school, but did not feel completely comfortable with spoken English until after his sophomore year at UMASS...Lists his high school coach, Onanga Maxwell, and his college coach, Travis Ford, as the people he admires most...Enjoys playing pool, ping-pong and paintball...Owns a dog - a shitzu named Jolie...If he wasn’t playing basketball, he would most likely be a dentist...Favorite food is meatballs...Favorite actor is Will Ferrell and favorite movie is Pirates of the Caribbean...Played soccer until the age of 19...Majored in biology at UMASS and left school just a few classes short of graduating...Plans to continue schooling to eventually obtain his degree...After being drafted, participated in several Warriors community outreach events, including a ceremony to unveil a newly renovated basketball court in Milpitas.
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