Monday, 20 June 2016

Ugboaja Foundation gives 36 basketball players U.S scholarship

A total of 36 young basketball players have been selected for scholarships to further their education in the United States after being discovered at the just concluded Ejike Ugboaja Foundation's basketball camp.


The 10th anniversary edition of the foundation’s clinic which has 768 young  male and female basketball and American football  players,  about 20 coaches and coordinators from various parts of the country in attendance was held at the Sir Chief (Dr) Molade Okoya Thomas Indoor multipurpose sports hall of the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere in Lagos, sportsbiz247.blogspot.com reports.

The young basketball players 24 male and 12 female will be admitted to 12 universities in America who are in partnership with Ejike Ugboaja Foundation including George Town University, University of Miami, Syracuse University, University of Southern California, University of Georgia, Alabama University among others in the United States.

Other benefit that comes along during the annual Camp also includes playing kits like Balls, Canvases and T- Shirts.

Nigeria international basketball star, Ejike Ugboaja, the founder, said that the scholarship would enable the players continue the game of basketball abroad.

"I am poised to see to the growth of basketball in the country and much more the welfare of the players by making sure their career is on sound footing and as well giving them a glorious opportunity to also further their studies. Seeing education as a necessity and an essentials of life, for which reason I am brokering scholarship opportunities for young basket ball and American Football players to have these necessities of life," said Ugboaja, who is also the president of Basketball Players Association of Nigeria, BAPAN.

Ugboaja also spared some thoughts for the physically challenge wheel chair basket ballplayers, who he promised to get them foreign clubs to ply their trade professionally.

"Discussions are ongoing with foreign basket clubs who also have rooms for the physically challenge by the virtue of their participation in the wheel chair basketball league,” he said.


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