EDMONTON – The conference's brightest stars from the 2019-20 season were announced Thursday, as the Canada West men's basketball all-stars and all-rookies were acknowledged.
In his fifth-and-final year of eligibility, University of Saskatchewan Huskies guard J.T. Robinson earned the first conference all-star nod of his career.
Robinson averaged 18.6 points-per-game this season, which was good for seventh in the conference, helping him earn Canada West Second Team All-Star status. The number marked a step forward for the guard, after he averaged 14.3 points-per-game and 14.1 points-per-game in his previous two years, as he excelled in the role as the primary scorer for Saskatchewan in his final season with the program.
Robinson joins a lengthy list of Saskatchewan standouts to earn Canada West All-Star status, including former teammates of the Vallejo, California, native in
Joseph Barker and
Lawrence Moore.
The guard will attempt to prolong his career in the green and white this weekend in Calgary, as he looks to lead the Huskies to a pair of wins in the Canada West postseason.
13 of the conference's 17 teams had at least one player honoured, with six of the 13 seeing multiple players acknowledged by CW coaches, who selected the three all-star teams and one all-rookie team.
Canada West's men's basketball award winners will be unveiled Thursday, February 27 at 1 p.m. MST.
Among the players named first team all-stars were Alberta's Ivan Ikomey, UBC's Jadon Cohee, and Calgary's Brett Layton. The trio lead the top three teams in the conference into the quarter-finals, with Alberta (No. 1 seed) and Calgary (No. 2 seed) set to host the quarter-final/semifinal weekend.
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FIRST ALL-STAR TEAM
- G / Parm Bains / Fraser Valley / 5 / Business Admin / Surrey, BC
- G / Rashawn Browne / Manitoba / 5 / Arts / Toronto, ON
- G / Jadon Cohee / UBC / 5 / Unclassified / Langley, BC
- G / Ivan Ikomey / Alberta / 5 / Arts / Calgary, AB
- F / Brett Layton / Calgary / 4 / Law / Calgary, AB
SECOND ALL-STAR TEAM
- G / Narcisse Ambanza / Winnipeg / 4 / Business / Toronto, ON
- F / Joe Davis / Thompson Rivers / 5 / Arts / Kamloops, B.C.
- F / Mason Foreman / Calgary / 3 / Kinesiology / East Selkirk, MB
- F / Carter Millar / Regina / 3 / Science / Regina, SK
- G / JT Robinson / Saskatchewan / 5 / Arts & Science / Vallejo, California
THIRD ALL-STAR TEAM
- G / Sukhjot Bains / Fraser Valley / 5 / General Studies / Delta, B.C.
- F / Matthew Ellis / Victoria / 4 / Social Sciences / Calgary, Alta.
- G / Tyus Jefferson / Alberta / 4 / Arts / Riverton, Utah
- F / Grant Shephard / UBC / 3 / Kinesiology / Kelowna, BC
- F / James Wagner / Manitoba / 4 / Science / Winnipeg, MB
ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
- G / Diego Maffia / Victoria / Humanities / Victoria, BC
- G / Nate Petrone / Mount Royal / Health & Phys. Ed. / Calgary, AB
- F / Fareed Shittu / UNBC / Business / Edmonton, AB
- G & F / Anthony Tsegakele / Brandon / Arts / Gatineau, QC
- G / Noah Wharton / Calgary / Science / Brampton, ON
