TORONTO (July 19, 2023) – Canada Basketball announced Wednesday the 98 athletes attending the organization’s NextGen national team training camp as part of the 2023 NCAA College Basketball Academy next week at the Memphis Sports and Events Center in Memphis, Tennessee.

The College Basketball Academy for Men, which has been restructured since its debut in 2019 at four sites across the country, is set to return July 24-27, while the College Basketball Academy for Women will take place July 28-31. 

Organized with input from the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), the Academies are designed to give prospective student-athletes a sample of the college basketball experience. Participants and chaperones will attend life skills courses about NCAA eligibility and compliance; the recruiting process; name, image and likeness opportunities; agents; the transfer portal; mental and physical health and the pathway to professional basketball opportunities.

Prospective student-athletes can participate in the NCAA College Basketball Academies by qualifying via one of three pathways.

Canada Basketball's NextGen national team training camp is part of the National Pathway, which also includes USA Basketball's under 17 3x3 junior national team trials and training camp.

The Team Pathway features the U.S. Open Basketball Championships at the NCAA College Basketball Academy, which is USA Basketball's premier 5x5 youth national championship. Twenty-four rising 11th grade and 24 rising 10th grade travel teams will earn the right to participate in the U.S. Open Basketball Championships via USA Basketball-approved qualifying events that will be announced later this month.

Finally, in the Individual Pathway, NCAA Division I basketball coaches, along with a College Basketball Academies advisory board, will select up to 400 players from the classes of 2024, 2025 and 2026 for both the men's and women's academies. Players who receive an academy invitation via this pathway will be placed on teams and compete in games, as well.

Academy participants in all three pathways will benefit from athletic assessment, games and life skills sessions.

The College Basketball Academy is the only event NCAA Division I coaches are permitted to attend for evaluation purposes during this period. 

For more information on the NCAA College Basketball Academies, visit thecbbacademy.com or click here. 

WOMEN

Patricia Augustin

Carletta Bennett

Alex-Anne Bessette

Bree Bourget

Alexia Bujold

Maya Charles

Nia Chima 

Deborah Damoah 

Victoria Davson 

Jahda Denis

Mildred Dibua

Eirny Erinugha

Georgia Ferguson

Sophie Fowler

Maya Foz

Izzy Fust

Keyarah Gregory

Mila Holloway

Brooke Hussey

Mikaela James

Moriah Jansen

Cyanne John

Alexia Lauzon

Olivia Leung

Abigael Levasseur

Agot Makeer

Mackenzie Marenchin

Ella McDonald

Rebecca Milon 

Kamora Morgan

Ify Nwaobi

Cearah Parchment

Kimara Pollydore

Ava Porter

Rachel Okokoh

Ali Oluyole

Sierra Patricio

Jayda Queeley

Sarah Reid

Stella Sgro 

Avery Sussex

Marie Grace Talle

Divine Tchibuabua

Yar Tong

Frederique Tremblay

Anastasia Veljovic

Brooke Wagner

Taylor Williams

Nyadieng Yiech

MEN

Patrick Anamali

Quinn Athanassoulis

Evans Maxwell Jr. Barning

Traymaine Belanger

Tristan Beckford

Maxandre Calixte

Dante Censori-Hercules

Jordan Charles

Babatunde Durodola

Ehikhueme Ehikhametalor

Quinten Ethier

Edouard Gauthier

Noah George

Rayner Glenn

Austin Goode

Rokiem Green

Jean-Thomas Grondin

Mahliq Guiseppi-Kitson

Jacob Hammond

Justus Haseley

Isaiah Headley-Smith

Dylan Homenick

Tracy Kalonda

Torian Lee

Jelani McKoy

Xavier McLean

Onyx Nnani

Ramogi Nyagudi

Nnamdi Ogali

Birch Pockar

Adriel Nyhora

Elijah Patterson

Malakhi Phillips

Jaion Pitt

Rico Reat

Olivier Rioux

Caleb Roberts

Miles Sadler

Callum Smith

Isaiah Spencer

Tristan-James St. Louis

Reichen Thorpe

Kian Tyson

Xavier Snagg

Andrew Urosevic

Judson Weir

Phoenyx Wyse

Char Yeiy

Caleb Zhu