April 6th, 2016U16 and U17 Boys Provincial Teams Announced

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 5, 2016

BASKETBALL BC – Basketball BC announces the athletes who will represent BC on the U16 and U17 Boys Provincial Teams for the 2016 season.

Coach Enevoldson said, “ We are very excited about the limitless potential of this group of athletes. With our overall size and the multitude of different abilities of our athletes, we as a coaching staff feel very strongly that we will be able to compete for a National Championship on August 6 in Winnipeg!”

2016 U17 Provincial Team Staff:

Head Coach: Joe Enevoldson

Assistant Coach: Cassidy Kannemeyer

Assistant Coach: Vern Knopp

First Name	Last Name	Height	City / Hometown	School	School Coach	Club
Fardaws	Aimaq	6ft. 9in.	Richmond	Steveston London	Mike Stone	N/A
Sam	Bailey	6ft. 6in.	North Vancouver	Vancouver College	Lloyd Scrubb	Basketball BC
Mason	Bourcier	6ft. 3in.	Kelowna	KSS	Harry Parmar	UBCO Jr. Heat
Nathan	Bromige	6ft. 7in.	Vancouver	Lord Byng	Kevin Sandher	N/A
Brett	Christensen	6ft. 5in.	Langley; BC	Walnut Grove	George Bergen	N/A
Kenan	Hadzovic	6ft. 2in.	Abbotsford	WJ Mouat	Trevor Pridie	N/A
Michael	Kelly	5ft. 11in.	North Vancouver	Saint Thomas Aquinas	Jim Kelly	N/A
Cameron	Morris	6ft. 4in.	Burnaby	STMC	Aaron Mitchell	N/A
Adam	Paige	6ft. 5in.	Surrey	Semiahmoo	Ed Lefergy	N/A
Grant	Shephard	6ft. 9in.	Kelowna	Kelowna Secondary	Harry Parmar	N/A
Jacob	Stokker	6ft. 4in.	Penticton; BC	Penticton Secondary	Colin Cook	UBCO Jr Heat
Jaden	Touchie	6ft. 1in.	Victoria	Oak Bay High School	Chris Franklin	Drive U16 Elite 1

Coach Ebe said, “I am excited to work with this large group of U16 athletes. We will run two teams with the primary focus on helping them to learn to play at a higher level. This is also a great opportunity to begin our preparations for next summers U17 Canada Summer Games team.”

2016 U16 Provincial Team Staff:

Head Coach: Paul Eberhardt

Assistant Coach :Jon Acob

Assistant Coach: Joey Dhillon

First Name	Last Name	Height	City / Hometown	School	School Coach	Club
Ethan	Adkins	6ft. 3in.	Langley	Pacific Academy	Mr. Ashbee	One Pass Ahead & Force
Burke	Brussow	6ft. 3in.	Maple Ridge	Maple Ridge Secondary	Ken Doc	NA
Jordon	Chen	6ft. 0in.	Surrey	Semiahmoo Secondary	Ed Lefurgy	Athelite-pending
Erik	Dahl	6ft. 4in.	North Vancouver	STA	Chris Ufford	3D Basketball
Alex	Ference	5ft. 11in.	Vancouver	St.Georges	Guy DaSilva	Playmakers
Luke	Howard	6ft. 7in.	Abbotsford	Abbotsford Secondary	Lenz	Basketball BC
Jordin	Kojima	6ft. 1in.	Richmond	McMath	Eliott Mason	NA
Bryce	Mason	6ft. 2in.	Richmond	McMath Secondary	Bik Chata	NA
Vlad	mihaila	6ft. 4in.	Surrey	Semiahmoo Secondary	lefurgy	totems
Murad	Mohammed	5' 10"	Richmond	Richmond Secondary	Brandon Harbour	N/A
Quentin	Onyemordi	6ft. 0in.	Port Coquitlam	BC Christian Academy	Gib Heins	N/A
Sam	Ready	6ft. 4in.	Langley	Brookswood Secondary	Kelsey Stewart	athelite elite 8
Christopher	Ross	6ft. 2in.	North Vancouver	Seycove Secondary	T Popowych-Ross	NA
Leon	Schenker	6ft. 2in.	Vernon	Vernon Secondary	Glenn Garvie / Warren Cullum	NA
Levi	Timmermans	6ft. 7in.	Courtenay	GP Vanier Secondary	Larry Street	NA
Simon (ZiRui)	Wei	6ft. 5in.	coquitlam	Port Moody Secondary	Troy Cummingham	NA
Michael	Wilkinson	6ft. 4in.	Port Coquitlam	Riverside Secondary	Mr. Jameson	NA
Jake	Willemsen	6ft. 2in.	Tsawwassen	South Delta Secondary	Rod Salas	Athelite

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