Sport: Basketball
Club: Ottawa Next Level
School/Grade: Grade 9 Ashbury College
About: Noah Kirkwood has been selected to represent Canada at the June 10-14 FIBA Americas U16 Men’s Basketball Championship in Argentina. The 6’ 2” small forward was one of 12 players selected from a group of 18 at a selection camp on Easter weekend in Toronto. The Cadet youth national team is coached by Ottawa Next Level/Kanata Cavaliers club president Dave DeAveiro along with assistant James Derouin of the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees. State University of New York at Albany-bound St. Peter Catholic High School senior Veronika Lavergne also attended an assessment camp in Toronto in search of a position with the junior women’s national team, which will be announced at a later time.
Courtesy of the Ottawa Sportspage and the http://www.ymcaywca.ca/\ YMCA-YWCA of the National Capital Region, the selected Athlete of the Month will receive a free one-week family pass to the Y.
See http://sportsottawa.com/content/nominate-0 to nominate your stars!
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