Fresh from the Australian Under 18 National Championships earlier this month, Head Coach Mark Watkins has called upon a squad of talented young stars who impressed at the tournament and also helped secure a World Championship berth during last year’s FIBA Oceania Under 17 Championships.
Six scholarship-holders from the Centre of Excellence (CoE), including Victorian trio Dejan Vasiljevic, Abiola Akintola and Thomas Wilson, New South Wales pair Isaac Humphries and Deng Gak, and Queenslander Harrison Froling, have been named.
Vasiljevic, Akintola and Wilson have been joined by Victoria Metro teammate Matthew Owies, with the quartet leading the team to the Under 18 Men’s title over New South Wales Country.
The NSW Country team is also well represented in the squad, with Miles Cherry, Sean Cranney, Angus Glover, Jayden Hodgson and Kouat Noi all hoping to force their way into the final 12 to compete against the world’s best in Dubai.
Victoria Country foursome Trent McMullan, Timothy Molloy-Leigh, Jacob Pupavac and Jack White join Tasmanian Kyle Clark in completing the squad for the four-day camp.
The Australian Under 17 Men’s squad will be in Canberra at Basketball Australia National Centre of Excellence at the AIS from 1-4 May. From this camp a squad will be selected to the upcoming tour of China, departing in mid-May.
The 2014 FIBA Under 17 World Championships take place in Dubai, UAE from 7-17 August – the first time a FIBA World Championship has been played in the region.
Australian Under 17 Men’s Squad – BA CoE Training Camp
Abiola Akintola - VICM
Miles Cherry - NSWC
Kyle Clark - TAS
Sean Cranney - NSWC
Harrison Froling - QLDN
Deng Gak - NSWM
Angus Glover - NSWC
Jayden Hodgson - NSWC
Isaac Humphries - NSWM
Trent McMullan - VICC
Timothy Molloy-Leigh - VICC
Kouat Noi - NSWC
Matthew Owies - VICM
Jacob Pupavac - VICM
Dejan Vasiljevic - VICM
Jackson White - VICC
Thomas Wilson - VICM
