16 Facts About Antanas Kavaliauskas

Antanas Kavaliauskas was born on September 19,1984 and is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach and former player.

Antanas Kavaliauskas serves as the director of player development for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Antanas Kavaliauskas's mother is a former volleyball player who spent years working as a hairdresser before supporting her family with a job as a security guard.

Once the situation became safer, Antanas Kavaliauskas returned home, but remembers seeing Soviet troops for several more months before they finally left the country.

Antanas Kavaliauskas entered the US on September 4,2003, knowing only three words of English: Yes, no, and okay.

Antanas Kavaliauskas led the region in rebounds, and offensive rebounding.

Twice scoring a career-high fifteen points, against Iowa State and Savannah State, Antanas Kavaliauskas posted a career-high nine rebounds against Colorado in the Big 12 Tournament.

Antanas Kavaliauskas earned a spot on the media Big 12 All-Newcomer Team.

Antanas Kavaliauskas has averaged 12.5 points per game, and was awarded second-team All Big 12 honors.

In 2007, Antanas Kavaliauskas started his pro career in Greece, playing there for two seasons.

Antanas Kavaliauskas stayed with VEF for second season, helping club to repeat as Latvian champions and make some noise in Europe.

Antanas Kavaliauskas won the King Mindaugas Cup in 2017 and 2018.

In June 2020, Antanas Kavaliauskas joined Wake Forest University's men's basketball team as the director of player development.

Antanas Kavaliauskas participated in the Lithuanian Junior National Team's bronze medal run at the Global Games in Dallas, Texas, in which their only loss was to Team USA.

Antanas Kavaliauskas represented the senior Lithuania men's national basketball team at the 2012 Summer Olympics, averaging 4.6 points and 3.2 rebounds per game there.

In 2015, Antanas Kavaliauskas received a Jumanji nickname after his drastic beard style change, which reminds Robin Williams staged prominent character Alan Parrish in Jumanji movie, who was trapped in a mystical world for twenty-six years.