Education
Vonleh attended Haverhill High School in Haverhill, Massachusetts, before transferring to New Hampton School in New Hampton, New Hampshire, in 2011.
Vonleh attended Haverhill High School in Haverhill, Massachusetts, before transferring to New Hampton School in New Hampton, New Hampshire, in 2011.
He played college basketball for Indiana University. Standing at 6 ft 10 in (208 m), he plays at the power forward position. As a junior in 2011-2012, he averaged 16 points and nine rebounds per game.
As a senior in 2012-2013, he averaged 17 points, 12 rebounds and four assists per game, going on to earn McDonald’s All-American honors.
On November 10, 2012, Vonleh signed a letter of intent to play for Indiana University, turning down offers from Kansas, North Carolina, University of California, Los Angeles, and Ohio State, among others Upon committing to Indiana he said, "Their academics are good, they"re the Number.
1 team in the country and they"ve got another great class coming in next year."
In his freshman season at Indiana, Vonleh was named to the 2014 All-Big Ten third team and All-Freshman team, as well as being named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year. In 30 games (29 starts), he averaged 11.3 points, 9.0 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in 26.5 minutes per game.
On April 3, 2014, Vonleh declared for the National Basketball Association draft, foregoing his final three years of college eligibility.
Charlotte Hornets (2014–2015)
On June 26, 2014, Vonleh was selected with the 9th overall pick in the 2014 National Basketball Association draft by the Charlotte Hornets. On July 25, 2014, he signed with the Hornets. On September 2, 2014, he underwent successful surgery to repair a sports hernia and was ruled out for six to eight weeks.
After making just four appearances for the Hornets to start the 2014-2015 season, he was assigned to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the National Basketball Association Development League on December 28, 2014.
Vonleh only saw two games in the Doctorate-League before being recalled by the Hornets on December 31 after averaging 7.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.5 steals and 1.0 blocks per game. Portland Trail Blazers (2015–present)
On June 24, 2015, Vonleh was traded, along with Gerald Henderson, to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Nicolas Batum.
On September 30, the Trail Blazers exercised their third-year team option on Vonleh"s rookie scale contract, extending the contract through the 2016-2017 season. On November 15, 2015, he registered his first career start in a game against his former team, the Charlotte Hornets.
In just under 24 minutes of action, he recorded 9 points and 6 rebounds.
Vonleh is the son of Samuel Vonleh and Renell Kumeh, and has two siblings.