Personal
- Parents are Ernest and Yvonne Abouo
- Enjoys cooking, drawing, playing soccer, eating, sleeping and watching movies
- Favorite food is his Mom's African cooking
- Played for the Utah Pump and Run AAU team with BYU players Chris Collinsworth and Nick Martineau
- Also recruited by San Diego State, Wichita State, Utah State, Loyola, Montana, Tulsa and Virginia Commonwealth
- Played for the Cote d'Ivoire Senior National Team during the summer of 2009
- Helped Cote d'Ivoire finish second at FIBA Afrobasket and earn a spot in the 2010 FIBA World Championship in Turkey
- Played in the 2010 World Championships in Turkey with the Cote d'Ivoire National Team
Before BYU
Brewster Academy
- Helped Brewster Academy (Wolfeboro, N.H.) set a school record with 31 wins while compiling a 31-4 overall record in 2007-08
- Team won the New England Preparatory School Athletic Conference (NEPSAC) Class A Championship and advanced to the National Prep School Championship Final Four where Abouo scored 19 points in a semifinal loss
- Team also won the Maine Central Institute Invitational, Brewster Invitational and New Hampton School Invitational titles
- Defeated the China Junior All-Star Team, 111-47
- Coached by Jason Smith
Logan High School
- 2007 McDonalds High School All-America nominee
- Three-time first-team all-state honoree under head coach Jeff Brimhall
- LHS all-time leading scorer while also owning the school free throw record
- Helped LHS win Region 11 titles in each of his three varsity seasons while earning all-region accolades all three years, including Region MVP in 2007
- Named the 3A Player of the Year by the Deseret Morning News in 2007 after averaging 21.1 points, 10.2 rebounds and 3.2 steals per game
- Also earned All-Valley Player of the Year honors in 2005-06 when he averaged 15.6 ppg, 7.7 rpg and 1.1 bpg