LAS CRUCES, N.M. - The Spaniard is headed to Iceland.
After finishing up his NM State men's basketball career this past March and receiving his bachelor's degree this summer, Ivan Aurrecoecha has signed a professional contract with Þór Akureyri - a men's basketball team based out of Akureyi, Iceland.
Aurrecoechea's new squad is in Úrvalsdeild karla, which is the best professional men's basketball league in the country of Iceland.
An All-WAC First Team and an NABC All-District Six Second Team selection in 2019-20, Aurrecoechea starred as one of the league's premier front court players through his final season of collegiate deployment.