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Top 20 CCAA Players, by Bill Crowdis – October 2015 Copy

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One of our priorities this season is to shed light on the individual players that hit the court in the CCAA.

CROWDIS5YRSome of these players have the potential to play at the next level and they should be recognized.

To start, I have listed my top 20 fifth year players to watch as they will be suiting up for their last collegiate season.

Moving forward, we will be compiling a top 20 players list for each class of CCAA men’s basketball players‎.

This is a preseason list and several team rosters have not been finalized or updated, so it’s quite possible someone has been left off the top 20, that should be acknowledged, and we will do our best to update accordingly.

I’m taking into account individual talent, team strength, previous seasons and potential abilities, these are my choices.

Top 20 CCAA – 5th Year Players

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1st Team
  • Anthony Ottley – Red Deer
  • Mike Lucier – Lambton
  • Andrew Dawkins – St. Lawrence
  • Thomas Watson – U of Kings
  • Jeff Hunt – Mohawk

2nd Team

  • Chaz Johnson – Lethbridge
  • Travis Butt – Lethbridge
  • Michael Zayas-Duran – Quest
  • Dustin Poirier – MSVU
  • Jason Fortin – VIU

3rd Team

  • Kojo Afari – Mohawk
  • Darian Rowe – Durham
  • Keith Marshall – Kings UC
  • Nathaniel Wojcicki – Concordia
  • Colin Whitely – Keyano

4th Team

  • Justin Mitchell – Georgian
  • Kevin Dia – Keyano
  • Alex Harding – MSVU
  • Jamison Plett – Grand Prairie
  • Demaine Nelson – Keyano
Bill Crowdis

Bill Crowdis

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Born in Langley, BC, raised in Toronto, and a product of Martingrove Collegiate. A two time Toronto All-Star in High school, CCAA national champion and four-time, first-team provincial all-star at the collegiate/university level. Inducted into the Durham College and OCAA Hall of Fame after being named to the OCAA All-Millennium Team, recognizing the top 12 players in OCAA. Crowdis' #5 jersey was retired at Durham. Shortly following his playing career, Crowdis took the coaching reins at SS Fleming College, where he turned around a program that was considered amongst the bottom three teams in the Canada, to a #1 provincial, and top 3 national ranking. Was named OCAA coach of the year and lead Fleming to three consecutive OCAA championship tournaments, along with becoming Fleming's all time leader in wins for the men's basketball program. After a brief hiatus, Coach Crowdis took charge of the program at Seneca College, where he brought the team back to a level not seen since north of 20 years, Lead Seneca to three consecutive top 3 finishes in the OCAA East conference, 3 consecutive trips to the OCAA championship tournament, a conference title and an OCAA final four appearance. While his teams have had some success, Coach Crowdis acknowledges the hard work each one of his players put forward, and believes the key to his success rests on the shoulders of them, and of course All-Canadian players, Neil O'Sullivan, Jovain Wilson and Felix Adjei

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