Canadian Elite Basketball League Announces 2022 CEBL Award Nominees
The Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) announced Friday the individual award nominees for its annual CEBL Awards being held August 10 at the Casino Du Lac-Leamy in Gatineau, QC. The CEBL Awards is the first official event of the 2022 Championship Weekend, which is being held in Ottawa, Ont. between August 10-14.
Award nominees were revealed for six player categories. All CEBL award winners will receive a customized ring from Jostens, the official Supplier of Awards and Rings to the CEBL, a $500 Foot Locker shopping spree, and free flights for two for one full year courtesy of Flair Airlines.
The award nominees include:
- U SPORTS Player of the Year: David Muenkat (Scarborough), Thomas Kennedy (Fraser Valley)
- Sixth Man of the Year: Elijah Mitrou-Long (Niagara), Koby McEwen (Hamilton)
- Defensive Player of the Year: Caleb Agada (Hamilton), EJ Onu (Niagara)
- Canadian Player of the Year: Caleb Agada (Hamilton), Isiaha Mike (Scarborough)
- Player of the Year: Khalil Ahmad (Niagara), Tony Carr (Saskatchewan)
The 2022 Coach of the Year and Fox40 Official of the Year honourees will also be announced at the
CEBL Awards.
With the Elam Ending returning to the CEBL for a third season, does the player who has made the most impact during Elam Ending will be honoured with the
CEBL Clutch Player of the Year award at the event.
Fans can now buy tickets via the link
here and be in attendance for the
CEBL Awards.
Award winners are determined by votes cast by the league’s head coaches, general managers, assistant coaches, select league broadcasters, and internal media personnel. Team representatives cannot vote for a player nor the head coach from their own team.
The 2022 CEBL Playoffs started Thursday night with play-in games at Saskatchewan and Fraser Valley. The Saskatchewan Rattlers dethroned the two-time defending league champion Edmonton Stingers, 94-91, and the Guelph Nighthawks upset the Bandits of Fraser Valley, 90-85.
Quarterfinal playoff action this weekend pits the Nighthawks at home to meet Niagara at 7 p.m. Saturday, while the Rattlers travel to Scarborough to take on the Shooting Stars at 3 p.m. Sunday. Both games will be broadcast nationally on CBC, with Saturday’s game being tape delayed to Sunday at 12 noon eastern time.
Fans can live stream all playoff games on the CEBL’s OTT streaming service CEBL+, the CEBL Mobile app for iOS and Android devices, cbcsports.ca, the free CBC Gem streaming service, the CBC Sports App for iOS and Android devices and on NXT Level Sports in the U.S. As part of its playoff coverage, CBC Sports will broadcast the quarterfinal games Sunday, August 7, semifinal games Friday, August 12, and the Championship game on Sunday, August 14. For the complete broadcast and streaming schedule, click here. All times are subject to change.
The CEBL’s fourth season began May 25 and ended August 1. A league created by Canadians for Canadians, the CEBL is the largest pro sports league in the country with 10 teams located in six provinces. It has the highest percentage of Canadian players of any professional league in the country, with 71 percent of its current rosters being Canadians. Players bring experience from the NBA, NBA G League, top international leagues, the Canadian National team program, and top NCAA programs as well as U SPORTS. The only First Division Professional League Partner of Canada Basketball, the CEBL season runs from May through August. Head to CEBL.ca for more information or follow us (@cebleague) on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook & YouTube.
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Ansh Sanyal
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CEBL
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