MISSISSAUGA — Ryan Wright has always wanted to come home to Mississauga and run his own basketball camp.

He'll have his chance to do that next weekend when he hosts the inaugural Ryan Wright Flight Team Basketball Clinic at Clarkson Community Centre.

Wright, a former NCAA Division I player who has been playing professionally overseas for several years, is running a two-day clinic next Saturday and Sunday with three-hour sessions each day and intends on working with roughly 30 children.

Recently, he has had several speaking engagements at elementary and middle schools and hopes to instill the same values he preaches to students at his camp.

"The off-court advice has been a big component of it and I also want to extend that to my on-court experiences as well, having played at a high level in college and then going through the NBA Draft process and then playing ball at a high level overseas in Europe," said Wright, a three-time NCAA All-Conference Academic team member who played at UCLA and the University of Oklahoma from 2005 to 2010.

"I believe I have a lot of knowledge of the game in terms of working on fundamentals, different kinds of drills and activities that will help kids work on their game, but also have fun at the same time."

Wright, a 6-foot-9 forward, went on to graduate with a degree international studies and is working towards obtaining his masters in human relations.

Children between the ages of 11 and 14 can register for his clinics by visiting ryanwrightbasketball.com.

A few coaches and professional players in the area, as well as representatives of the Mississauga Power, will be instructing along with Wright and he says children of various skill sets and ambitions will benefit from the camp.

"I want to cater the camp so that the elite players who have aspirations to play Division I or anything of that nature can get something out of it as well as the kids who may not be playing on the rep teams, but just want to go and have fun and learn something new," said Wright, a Loyola Secondary alum.