Korean Yeo, Australian Woolley named MVPs of BWB Asia

TOKYO (Japan) - Yeo Jun Seok of Korea and Australia's Georgia Woolley were named Most Valuable Players of the 11th edition of the Basketball Without Borders Asia camp, which featured on and off the court tutelage around the game as well as a special surprise visit from one of the Asia's most popular players Rui Hachimura.

The 64 boys and girls from 18 Asian-Pacific countries and territories came to Tokyo for four days of skills training from current and former NBA players like three-time NBA champion Sam Cassell, two-time NBA champion Kevon Looney,  Robin Lopez, Yuta Tabuse and former WNBA players Ashley Battle, Allison Feaster and Yolanda Moore.

Hachimura, who was the first first Japanese player to be selected in the first round of the NBA Draft in June, showed up on Day 2 to surprise the campers. 

The player who was most impressive in Tokyo, which was hosting the BWB Asia camp for the second time in Japan after 2012, was the Korean center Yeo, who had international experience last summer at the FIBA U18 Asian Championship 2018 as he averaged 16.2 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.8 blocks. 

Philippines talent Harold Alarcon was named the MVP of the All-Star Game while Japan's Kaine Roberts picked up the GRIT Award; Australian Lewis Rowe was given the Patrick Baumann Award for sportsmanship and Bahrain's Mustafa Rashed won the three-point contest. 

MVPs Yeo Jun Seok of Korea and Australia's Georgia Woolley

The women's camp MVP award went to Woolley while Japan's Maho Hayashi was the All-Star Game MVP, as New Zealand's Emilia Shearer received the GRIT Award. Australian Isabele Morgan was the recipient of the Patrick Baumann Award and Japan's Miyu Ogita won the three-point contest.

Girs All-Stars
Siya Deodhar, India; Maho Hayashi, Japan; Aika Hirasahita, Japan; Jazzmyne Kailahi-Fulu, New Zealand; Harsimran Kaur, India; Ruby-Belle Macdonald, Australia; Moon Ji Yeong, Korea; Isabelle Morgen, Australia; Miyu Ogita, Japan; Emily Sewell, Australia; Emilia Shearer, New Zealand; Florence Jil Talas, Philippines; Jayzelee Waihi, New Zealand, Georgia Woolley, Australia

Boys All-Stars
Harold Alarcon, Philippines; Clifton Bush, New Zealand; Lee Kyutae, Korea; Joshua Lazaro, Philippines; Atsuya Ogawa, Japan; Mustafa Rashed, Bahrain; Kaine Roberts, Japan; Daniel Rogers, Australia; Lewis Rowe, Australia; Patrick Ryan, Australia; Amaan Sandhu, India; Enkhiin-Od Sharavjamts, Mongolia; Sun Haomiao, China; Yeo Jun Seok, Korea; Hendrick Xabi Yonga, Indonesia; Alexander Frederick Zanbaka, Lebanon. 

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