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
COACHING STAFF
COMPETITION SCHEDULE
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Source: http://basketball.ca/hm/news-article/19-athletes-invited-to-u19-mens-national-team-training-camp
“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 |
Source: http://basketball.ca/hm/news-article/19-athletes-invited-to-u19-mens-national-team-training-camp