Polk State College

REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON (2024-25)
Nguimbi played in all 30 games for Polk State as a sophomore during the 2024-25 season with 27 starts. For the yearm Nguimbi averaged 11.1 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 0.7 blocks to earn second-team All-Citrus Conference honors. His 8.3 rebounds per game average ranked third in the FCSAA and was the highest average for a Polk State player since the 2012-13 season when Ismalia Dauda averaged 10.2 boards per contest. Nguimbi scored in double figures 18 times for the Eagles, including a career-high 21 points against West Bay Collegiate Academy on Jan. 2 and Miami Dade College on Feb. 5. Nguimbi led Polk State with seven double-doubles. He set a career-high with 16 rebounds in a win over TRC Academy on Dec. 4. 

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2023-24)
Nguimbi was redshirted during the 2023-24 season. In the offseason, he was invited to the All-American JUCO Showcase Invitational in Atlanta from July 12 through 14. Founded in 2010, the multi-day event annually invites the top 160 junior college prospects in the nation to show off their basketball skills in front of more than 300 four-year coaches and professional scouts.

BEFORE POLK STATE
A 6-foot-8 native of the Republic of Congo, Nguimbi began his collegiate career at Pennsylvania Western University, Clarion, an NCAA Division II program. As a freshman during the 2022-23 season, Nguimbi averaged 5.6 points and 5.8 rebounds per game for the Golden Eagles. In high school, Guimbi helped his team with the 2021 state championship in Pennsylvania. In addition to basketball, he enjoys playing soccer.