Height: 6-6
Class: Freshman
Hometown: Neuwerk, Germany
Previous School: Bishop Verot HS (Fla.)

High School: Garnered third team all-state honors in class 3A and helped lead Bishop Verot to the state semifinals and a 23-9 record as a senior… Averaged 19.8 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists as a senior… Notched school single-season record for points as a senior with 635… Tallied 21 points and four rebounds in a narrow 63-60 regular-season loss to fellow UNF freshmen Jerron Granberry and his Coral Reef state champion squad... Hit game-winning shot for district title vs. Dunbar as a senior… Had three games with 30 or more points during senior year, including a season high 36… Helped team to records of 16-11 and 23-6 as a junior and sophomore, respectively… Coached by Coach Herting at Verot… Played freshman year at Canterbury high school… Played AAU ball for Caloosahatchee Elite and Coach Herting… Had a 3.1 GPA.

Personal: Full name is Etienne Noel Effenberg… Born March 6, 1990 in Neuwerk, Germany… Son of Martina and Stefan… Father is a former professional soccer great and a German national team star… Father also starred for Bayern Munich… Has two sisters, Ann-Kathrin and Nastassja… Moved to the U.S. when he was 12 and began playing basketball for the first time soon after the move to the states… Majoring in Business Management.