DEVELOPMENT MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM ANNOUNCES FISU ROSTER

TORONTO, ON – 12 athletes have been selected to represent Canada at the 8-day FISU Games tournament in Gwangju, South Korea.

The Development Men’s National Team is comprised of student-athletes and will be led by Head Coach Barnaby Craddock (University of Alberta), as well as Assistants John Campbell (University of Toronto) and Shawn Swords (Laurentian University).

“This tournament is a great opportunity for our CIS athletes to gain international experience and compete with top talent from around the world,” said Craddock.

The 12 players are Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) athletes from across the country. The Development Men’s National Team will hold their training camp at the University of Kansas from June 19-29 before departing for South Korea. While in Kansas, Team Canada will scrimmage against the Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball team.

A full roster, coaching staff and competition schedule can be found below.

ROSTER

NAME POSITION HEIGHT HOMETOWN SCHOOL Caleb Agada G 6-4 Burlington, ON University of Ottawa Mikeal Andrews C 6-10 Oakville, ON Bishop’s University Johnny Berhanemeskel G 6-1 Ottawa, ON University of Ottawa Aaron Best G 6-4 Scarborough, ON Ryerson University Mamadou Gueye F 6-7 Quebec City, QC University of Alberta Jahmal Jones G 6-0 Mississauga, ON Ryerson University Chris McLaughlin F 6-9 Oakville, ON University of Victoria Tommy Nixon F 6-6 Vancouver, BC University of British Columbia Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson PG 5-9 Winnipeg, MB University of Calgary Adika Peter-McNeilly G 6-3 Toronto, ON Ryerson University Josh Wolfram PF 6-8 Kamloops, BC Thompson Rivers University Connor Wood G 6-4 Guelph, ON Carleton University

COACHING STAFF

NAME POSITION AFFILIATION Barnaby Craddock Head Coach University of Alberta John Campbell Assistant Coach University of Toronto Shawn Swords Assistant Coach Laurentian University Charles Kissi Manager Brock University Geoff Mabey Therapist

COMPETITION SCHEDULE

DATE OPPONENT TIME (LOCAL) July 4 Sweden 2:30 p.m. July 5 Mexico 12:30 p.m. July 6 Montenegro 5:30 p.m. July 8 Mongolia 8:00 p.m. July 9 Russia 3:00 p.m. July 10 TBC TBC July 11 TBC TBC July 12 TBC TBC July 13 TBC TBC

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For more information, please contact:

Bailey Williams

Manager, Communications

E-mail: bwilliams@basketball.ca

Cell: 647-460-7976