Gus Salem

Photo by: Sydney Kline '26 - @sydney.kline.photography

Photo by: Lauren Verellen '26 - @laurenverellen_photography

Photo by: Sydney Kline '26 - @sydney.kline.photography

Photo by: Madison Davidson '25 - @_mld.jpeg

Photo by: Jack Reeber '23,M'25 - @jackreeber.raw

Position:
G
Class:
Freshman
Height:
6-2
Weight:
185
Hometown:
Los Angeles, Calif.
High School:
Wilbraham & Monson Academy (Mass.)/Archbishop Wood (Pa.)/Santa Monica H.S. (Calif.)

2024-25

As a true freshman guard, saw action in one game … earned a redshirt season … played in first career game and four minutes vs. Central State (11/20).

HIGH SCHOOL

A May 2024 graduate of Wilbraham & Monson Academy in Wilbraham, Mass., where he spent one post-graduate year … Also attended Archbishop Wood Academy in Philadelphia, Pa. in 2023-24 and spent his freshman through junior academic years at Santa Monica H.S. in Santa Monica, Calif. … scored over 1,000 points in his career totaling his five high school seasons … earned All-Bay League honors as a sophomore … served as a team captain at Archbishop Wood in 2022-23 … as a junior at Santa Monica, averaged 17 points, six assists, and five rebounds per game … scored 30 points and hit a game-winning shot in the 2022 Bay League semifinal game … guided Santa Monica to a Catholic League Final 4 finish in 2023, Bay League title in 2022, and Ocean League title in 2019 … Earned a total of five varsity basketball letters … played AAU basketball with Team Final Red EYBL during the summer 2023 … scored 51 points and converted 14 3-pointers in an AAU game in Atlantic City … three-time National Honor Society student at Santa Monica H.S.

PERSONAL

Born Ghassan Edmond Salem on May 20, 2006 … son of Edmond and Katherine Salem of Santa Monica, Calif. … has two sisters Natalie and Bella … father attended Northeastern and mother attended Northern Illinois … both of his parents are immigrants from Lebanon … hobbies and interests include playing poker … role models are his parents because they have guided him through all walks of life and taught him values … favorite sports memory was playing in front of 10,000 people in the Catholic League Final Four … chose Central Michigan to further his basketball career and for the opportunity … selected Central Michigan over offers from Northeastern, Northern Illinois, Pepperdine, Marist, and Penn … has future plans to play basketball overseas in Lebanon and become a lawyer … intends to major in Political Science.