Manitoba's Ben Miller Invited to Final U19 Canadian National Team Camp; Kirby Schepp on Coaching Staff

TORONTO, ON – Canada Basketball’s Men’s High Performance has announced the 19 athletes who have been invited to the June 6-10 U19 Men’s National Team training camp in preparation for U19 FIBA World Championships in Heraklion, Greece. The invite list includes Manitoba's Ben Miller who was a member of the team last summer that brought home a Silver Medal at the FIBA Americas World Qualifier.  Ben returns to the training camp after a successful rookie year at Acadia University.  University of Manitoba Men's Basketball Coach Kirby Schepp is also back with the team as an assistant coach.  Additionally, Bison Team manager Hudson Isaak will also get an opportunity to be with the team in training camp.  The camp will take place at Humber College – North Campus.



“We expect this to be a highly competitive camp,” said Roy Rana, Head Coach of the 2015 U19 Men’s National Team. “We have a strong group of athletes and look forward to preparing for the U19 World Championships.”

Rana (Ryerson University) is coaching the U18/19 Men’s National Team for the fourth consecutive season. He will be joined by assistant coaches Jamie McNeilly (Virginia Tech), Kirby Schepp (University of Manitoba) and Steve Morrison (Maine Red Claws). Canadian Basketball Hall of Famer, Steve Konchalski (St. Francis Xavier University) will be a mentor coach for the group.

Following training camp, the team will head to Europe to train, as well as compete in exhibition games in Spain ahead of the World Championships. In 2014, the squad finished 2nd at FIBA Americas. Canada is currently ranked 3rd worldwide in the FIBA Men’s age-group rankings.
  
ROSTER

NAME	POSITION	HEIGHT	HOMETOWN	CLUB TEAM OR SCHOOL
Dillon Brooks	F	6'7	Mississauga, ON	University of Oregon
Brody Clarke	F	6'8	Toronto, ON	University of Alberta
Jadon Cohee	G	6'4	Langley, BC	Seattle University
Stefan Duric	G	6'6	Burlington, ON	Nelson High School
Christopher Egi	F	6'8	Markham, ON	Harvard University
Jonah Fogg	C	6'10	Sault St. Marie, ON	Algoma High School
Jordan Henry	G	5'9	Toronto, ON	Pineridge High School
Biniam Ghebrekidian	F	6'9	Gatineau, QC	Ottawa Gaurdsmen
Montaque Gill-Caesar	G	6'5	Toronto, ON	University of Missouri
Elijah Long	G	6'0	Mississauga, ON	John Carroll High School
Justin Jackson	F	6'7	Ajax, ON	Findlay Prep High School (New Jersey)
Corey Johnson	G	6'3	Ottawa, ON	Northern Kings
Abu Kigab	G	6'6	Toronto, ON	Saint Francis
Benjamin Miller	G	6'2	Winnipeg, MB	Acadia University
Matthew Neufeld	C	6'10	Victoria, BC	Sunrise Christian Academy
Jalen Poyser	G	6'4	Mississauga, ON	Orangeville Prep
Nevell Provo	G	6'0	Halifax, NS	Huntington Prep High School (US)
Shamiel Stevenson	F	6'6	Toronto, ON	Wasatch Academy (Utah)
Drew Urquhart	F	6'8	Vancouver, BC	Eastside Catholic School (Seattle)

COACHING STAFF

NAME	POSITION	AFFILIATION
Roy Rana	Head Coach	Ryerson University
Jamie McNeilly	Assistant Coach	Virginia Tech
Kirby Schepp	Assistant Coach	University of Manitoba
Scott Morrison	Assistant Coach	Maine Red Claws
Steve Konchalski	Mentor Coach	St. Francis Xavier
James DePoe	Manager	Humber College
Krisjon Vargas	Therapist
John Ho	Doctor

COMPETITION SCHEDULE

OPPONENT	DATE & TIME (EST)	LOCATION
Spain	June 13 - TBC	Bilbao, Spain (Exhibition)
Croatia	June 14 - TBC	Bilbao, Spain (Exhibition)
Australia	June 15 – TBC	Bilbao, Spain (Exhibition)
Australia	June 27 - 8:15 a.m.	Heraklion, Greece
Tunisia	June 28 – 8:15 a.m.	Heraklion, Greece
Italy	June 30 – 11:15 a.m.	Heraklion, Greece

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Source: http://basketball.ca/hm/news-article/19-athletes-invited-to-u19-mens-national-team-training-camp