Pacific University Athletics

High School

• 18 PPg junior year
• 2nd team all league
• 15 ppg senior year
• Honorable mention two times

Personal

• Son of Gerardo Almeda
• Liberty high school
• Major in business administration

Getting to Know Gianni

• Favorite Movie: Coach Carter
• Favorite Cartoon Character: Jerry from "Tom and Jerry"
• Favorite Athlete: Giannis antetokounmpo
• Favorite Celebrity: Kyrie irving
• Favorite Food: Mexican food
• Favorite TV Show: The office
• Favorite Car: Shelby Mustangs
• Favorite Sports Team: Milwaukee Bucks
• Favorite Saying: "alright bro"
• On game day, I have to...drink lots of water
• If I Had a Million Dollars, I Would: save and invest
• Non-Athletic Talent I Would Like To Have Is: play guitar
• This Summer I... went to mexico and played basketball
• Dream as a college student-athlete: win a national championship
• One Word To Describe Me: dedicated
• Why Did You Choose Pacific: the family like environment i felt on my tour
• The best advice I have ever gotten is: friends are temporary family is forever
• Biggest Pet Peeve: sleeping with socks
• If you had a magic lamp and a genie who granted you three wishes, what would the three wishes be? 1 allow me to accomplish my goals in the classroom 2. allow me to accomplish my goals on the basketball court. 3. take care of my family financially for the rest of time
• How Would You Like To Change The World: bring basketball to more parts of the world
• What Are You Most Thankful For: my family
• What are you passionate about? basketball
• Person Most Admired/Role Model:  My father
• I can't live without: A basketball
• Weird thing about me that almost no one knows: i like Guitars even tho i can't play
• Nobody knows how much I love to: write
• Greatest invention of the last 100 years: cell phones
• Best Athletic Moment: Playing a State game