2000-01:
On October 31, Mottola's name was forever etched in basketball history when he became the first native of Finland to play in a regular season NBA game ... His achievement didn't end there, as the second round pick from Utah capped a solid rookie season by averaging 4.4 points and 2.4 rebounds in 13.5 minutes per game ... Played in 73 games, with three starts - the first three games of the 2000-01 season ... Averaged 8.7 ppg (.526 FG) and 3.3 rpg in those three games before settling into a reserve role for the rest of the year ... Mottola scored 10 points or more four times, with a season-best 11 at Detroit (4/9) ... He missed a total of six games due to injury or illness (five with a sprained left elbow, and one with a sprained right ankle) ... Had three games of DNP/coach's decisions ... HIGH GAMES: 11 pts @Det (4/9), 7 rebs (2x), 2 assts (6x), 2 stls @Det (12/13), 1 blk (7x), 5 FGM v/LAL (3/19), 4 FTM (4x), 31 mins v/Char (10/31).

COLLEGE:
Ranks 14th all-time in school history at Utah with 1,492 points ... Ranks fourth in school history with 14 NCAA Tournament game appearances ... Earned First Team All-Mountain West Conference honors as a senior ... Set Finnish National Team record for most points in a game when he scored 43 against Latvia in August, 1998 ... As a senior (1999-00), missed first eight games of the season due to a partially torn medial cruciate ligament in left knee, which did not require surgery ... Also missed three games due to torn ligaments in his left elbow and right thumb ... First Team All-Western Athletic Conference Pacific Division as a junior (1998-99). Ranked 13th in the WAC and was second on the team in scoring (15.3 ppg) ... Named to the GTE Academic All-America Second Team ... Averaged 17 ppg and 4.5 rpg in two NCAA Tournament games ... Started all 34 games as a sophomore (1997-98), and named Second Team All-WAC Mountain Division. Third on the team in scoring (12.5 ppg) and led the team in scoring eight times. Averaged 10.8 ppg and 4.8 rpg in six NCAA Tournament games and was named to the West Region All-Tournament team. Scored nine points in national semifinal win over North Carolina, and added 15 points in NCAA Championship loss to Kentucky ... Named to the WAC Mountain Division all-newcomer team as a freshman (1996-97), leading Utes in field goal percentage (.586) while averaging 6.4 ppg.

• Hanno Aleksanteri Mottola was born September 9, 1976 in Helsinki, Finland
• Son of Kari and Mariatta Mottola
• The correct pronounciation of his name is Ha-no MET-tuh-luh. In addition, the punctuation above the "o" and "a" is called umlauts
• Is the first Finnish native to play in a regular season NBA game
• College teammates included current NBA players Keith Van Horn (New Jersey), Michael Doleac (Orlando) and Andre Miller (Cleveland)
• Favorite team in another sport is the Dallas Cowboys
• Graduated from Utah with a degree in economics