A Hoops Journey

Today we bring in one of the most decorated players in McMaster University history: Steve Maga. A four-time OUA West All-Star, three-time All-Canadian and was awarded the Ivor Wynne Award as McMaster Male Athlete of the Year an unprecedented three straight years, a Moser Award recipient and a Ken Shields award winner. Steve has excelled at every level possible in Canada, starting with a provincial title (Ontario) and a national title playing for the Ontario Provincial team. Steve talks about having his dad as his coach growing up, playing on the Junior National team, his time playing at Simon Fraser University and McMaster University, being inducted into the McMaster Hall of Fame; and so much more.
 
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A very special Canada Day episode features former Richmond Colt, Northern Arizona University Hall of Fame player and National Team Member Andrew Mavis. With a decorated basketball career, we sit down with the former Olympian and discuss growing up in Richmond, playing for legendary BC Coach Bill Disbrow, the 1994 Provincial Final playing against our very own Aaron Mitchell, playing for Ben Howland and being in the NCAA Tournament, playing with Steve Nash at the 2000 Olympics and much, much more.
 
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Episode 10 of A Hoops Journey features Alexandra (Lexie) Der! A high school standout at St. Thomas More Collegiate, she went on to play on the BC Provincial team and Canadian Junior National teams, then earned a scholarship to play Division 1 Basketball at Boise State University. She talks about playing co-ed athletics, growing up as a multi-sport athlete, being named captain of the u17 National team, overcoming two ACL tears and the lessons that came with that; and much, much more! Plus, Aaron and Corbin talk briefly on the rising Black Lives Matter movement and their incredulity at people's thoughts.
 
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Episode 9 of A Hoops Journey features our first non-BC guest: Blain LaBranche! We sit down with the Edmonton native and go through his journey from playing against Ben Gordon, being homeless in Arizona, playing in back-to-back national finals at UBC, finding purpose after finishing his playing career, and the founding of his own basketball program, Enhance Basketball Academy.
 
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Episode 8 features Jordan Yu, current Duchess Park Senior Boys Head Coach. He talks about growing up in Prince George, playing on the Provincial team under Paul Eberhardt, breaking his hand before the National Final with UBC, playing overseas with his younger brother and his coaching journey that has led him up to multiple provincial appearances with Duchess Park. Plus, Aaron and Corbin talk briefly about the protests that are happening globally; A Hoops Journey staunchly opposes hate and racism of any kind.
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On the 7th episode of A Hoops Journey we have Steve Hanson, current SFU Mens Basketball Coach. He talks about what it was like being a teen dad, his days coaching kid's football and his transition from being a high school coach to an NCAA Head Coach. Also, we talk about the appropriate cooked level of bacon.
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This is the mailbag episode! We answer some emails and DM's that have been sent to us through the first 5 episodes here and take a crack at them.
 
Thank you to Jalen Jana, Kyle Madden, Andrew Wu, Joey Balzer, Kyle Turris, Jeff Winslade, Lexie Der, Thomas Tassone, Chayze Deza, Chrispect Ducharme and Dominic Kully for the awesome questions!
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Episode 5 brings someone with an iconic laugh: Denzel Laguerta, a teammate of Corbin's and a player of Aaron's at STMC. He talks about how basketball has impacted his life after immigrating from the Philippines, his time at STMC, how his Team BC coaches have affected him, and playing at Quest University. We also touch on some mailbag questions, and much more!
 
Denzel Laguerta's Instagram: @denzellaguerta
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Episode 4 brings one of B.C.’s greatest point guards, Randy Nohr. From his early life in Aldergrove all the way to Antigonish, Nova Scotia,  tune in and hear the story of a player who excelled at all levels - including high school, university and professional, coached at the U Sport level and now enjoys devoting time to his young family!
 
Randy Nohr's Instagram: @randynohr
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Today we have current UBC Men's Basketball Assistant Coach and former Quest University Men's Basketball Head Coach Sean Shook. He talks about growing up in small town Ferndale, his journey from a small Washington high school to the ABA, the current state of coaching in British Columbia - and much more! Before that, we answer some more mailbag questions.
 
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