That's the same high school that Gary Payton of the Seattle SuperSonics attended. Pena, who also had a brief stint at New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, N.M., played at De La Salle High School in Concord, Calif., where his team was nationally-ranked in 1996. Senior Brad Moore, a 6-foot-6 senior forward, who will be team captain next season, stopped by to greet Pena in Bronaugh's office and said: "It's nice to have a center." I want him to like it here and have fun." I don't want him to think everything is on his shoulders. We may play him 20 to 22 minutes per game. "I'm not going to put a lot of pressure on him," Bronaugh said of Pena. However, the 23-year-old Pena is not going to do it all by himself. When I get the ball inside, I don't think I can be stopped."īronaugh said it is too early for him to devise his offensive and defensive strategies for next season. "I'm a good passer, I like to play good 'D,' I like blocking shots and taking charges. I go as hard as I can and play as hard as I can. Pena said that when he is on the court, he puts his heart into his game. "I'm really into computer programming and the business courses here will give me a solid foundation." It's really tough to find coaches (in college) to teach you good values. Being a better person means more to me than being a better basketball player. The values Coach (Bronaugh) has told me aboutīrought me here. "If being the ultimate basketball player was the most important thing in my life, I'd go somewhere else. "I wanted to come to a school that would give me a good education and make me a better person," Pena said.
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