Former Chattanooga standout Mindaugas Kataleynas is playing for the Phoenix Suns entry in the NBA’s Las Vegas Summer League.

Katameynas earned first-team All-Southern Conference honors as a senior and ranks fourth on UTC’s all-time field goal percentage list (68.9 percent) and eighth in career rebound average (6.9). He finished his collegiate career at Chattanooga after spending two seasons at the College of Eastern Utah.

Kataleynas won the NCAA Slam Dunk Contest at the 2005 Final Four and averaged 13.3 points and 9.7 rebounds at the 2005 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament.

The 6-9, 225-pound forward averaged 4.2 points and 2.3 rebounds in six games with the Phoenix Suns in 2005.

He joins UNC Greensboro’s Ronnie Burrell and James Maye and College of Charleston Dontaye Draper in the NBA’s Summer league.