Canadian Prawl, Langford of Belize take home BWB Americas MVP trophies

SAO PAOLO (Brazil) - Canada's Deniya Prawl and Douglas Langford of Belize were named Most Valuable Players of the 13th edition of the Basketball Without Borders Americas Camp.

The two talents claimed the top honors of the four-day event which featured on and off-court skills training. It was the fourth time that FIBA and NBA's global development outreach program took place in Brazil and the first since 2011.

The 2024 edition of the BWB Americas camp brought together 60 high school age prospects from 17 countries and territories across Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean. The campers received basketball and life lessons from current and former NBA and FIBA players, legends and coaches, including Nick Richards (Jamaica; Charlotte Hornets), and Paul Reed (Philadelphia 76ers). NBA assistant coaches Tiago Splitter (Brazil; Houston Rockets), Marlon Garnett (Charlotte Hornets), Brittni Donaldson (Atlanta Hawks), and Chris Demarco (Golden State Warriors) served as BWB Americas coaches.

The BWB program has been a major success over the past 20 years. Forty-one former BWB campers were among the 125 international players on opening-night rosters for the 2023-24 NBA season, including former BWB Americas campers Bennedict Mathurin (Canada; Indiana Pacers; BWB Americas 2019/BWB Global 2020), Olivier-Maxence Prosper (Canada; Dallas Mavericks; BWB Americas 2019/BWB Global 2020), Kelly Olynyk (Canada; Toronto Raptors; BWB Americas 2009), and Gui Santos (Brazil; Golden State Warriors; BWB Americas 2019).

Maria Perez of Colombia was crowned as girls 3-Point Champion with Canada's Jahda Denis being named Defensive MVP and Sther Ubaka of Brazil claiming the Patrick Baumann Sportsmanship Award.

Maxandre Calixte of Canada took the honors as boys 3-Point Champion while Puerto Rico's Alexander Montes Collazo was the Defensive MVP and Mahliq Guiseppi-Kitson of Canada received the Patrick Baumann Sportsmanship Award.

Girls All Stars: Sandra Acuña (Mexico), Karina Capellan (Dominican Republic), Jahda Denis (Canada), Sol Depetris (Argentina), Amanda Guineo (Chile), Valeria Montero Piña (Venezuela), Sofia Moschen (Brazil), Deniya Prawl (Canada), Vanessa Reyes (Venezuela).

Boys All Stars: Maxandre Calixte (Canada), Fidel Cifuentes Rotta (Argentina), Mahliq Guiseppi-Kitson (Canada), Nolan Junior Kemm (Brazil), Douglas Langford (Belize), Jeiminson Marquez Garcia (Venezuela), Felipe Minzer (Argentina), Alexander Montes Collazo (Puerto Rico), Rognny Santiago (Puerto Rico), Joaquin Taboada Luhers (Uruguay).

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