Gökbörü Aygar (also known as George Aygar in USA, born on January 11, 1977) is a Turkish basketball player. He is 2,10 m (6 ft 11 in), 91 kg (200 lbs) and playing center position. His brother Mehmet played professional basketball in Turkey. He also recruited by DePaul University. He majoring in Computer Science Class of 2003 in Northeastern University.
He played three years of basketball at Büyük Kolej in Turkey. He was a member of the Turkish Junior National Team. He played professional basketball for Fenerbahçe Istanbul between 1994–96 and loaned for Oyak Renault in 1996-97.
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He spent 1997-98 and 1998-99 seasons at Bunker Hill Community College under head coach Christopher Jones. In two seasons, the team went 49-11 and captured a pair of National Small College New England Championships. He named Team MVP and first team National Small College All-American in 1997-98 after averaging 23.3 points, 11.0 rebounds and 8.2 blocks per game. He selected NSCAA All-American honorable mention in 1998-99 season with averaged 18.9 points, 13.6 rebounds and 6.9 blocks. He scored over 1,000 points and grabbed more than 700 rebounds in career at Bunker Hill.
He played in 27 games and starting nine became the first Northeastern newcomer since Rah-Shun Roberts to reach double-figures in scoring in first ever four games. He had 10 points and five boards in collegiate debut against St. Bonaventure on November 10. He averaged 9,4 points (50.9% 1pts, 50.9% 2pts), 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 1,1 blocks, 0,6 steals and 1,9 tournovers in 20,7 mins.[1]