Island Storm Finalize Training Camp Roster with Memphis Point Guard
Published on October 9, 2014 under National Basketball League of Canada (NBL Canada)
Island Storm News Release
(Charlottetown, PE) The Island STORM rounded out their training camp roster today with the signing of 6'2" Point Guard Myron Strong from Memphis, Tennessee.
Strong, who had an outstanding high school career with Hamilton High School in Memphis, led his team to a perfect 39-0 record in his junior season, the first Memphis High School team to go undefeated in 31 years. Strong averaged 20 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals during this undefeated season. It was the same team that STORM power forward and Memphis native Jeremy Williams played on as a senior, who in fact has been a close friend of Strong's for quite some time.
Williams, who had a large role in the Storm's Finals run last season, had this to say about Strong, "Myron and I played a lot of basketball together growing up. We played together in high school at Hamilton and one year together at UTEP. Myron is relentless on the court......a never say die attitude with a lot of motors, man.........he has a 5th gear and he never stops working at his game"
Strong's best college year came at the University of San Francisco where he averaged 10 points, 3 assists, 2.5 rebounds, and nearly 2 steals per game in his freshman year. Strong also played a year of college basketball at the University of Texas El-Paso (UTEP), teaming up again with Jeremy Williams, winning a Conference USA Championship during the 2009-10 season.
"I first saw Myron in the summer of 2012 at a combine we were holding in Memphis, says STORM Head Coach Joe Salerno. "This past summer I had the opportunity to coach him over the course of two days at the MSA International Showcase at UNLV and really liked what I saw. In fact I offered him a contract before I even left Vegas."
"He is a hard nose competitor who has a knack for distributing and scoring the basketball. He brings a certain level of toughness to the court both offensively and defensively. He is extremely athletic and has the ability to use his body to get to the rim and either score or create for others. These are all areas of the game we would like to improve on as a team from last season, and Myron is someone who could help us do that."
Strong's signing finalizes the 2014-15 training camp roster, one in which Coach Salerno has predicted to be "the most competitive camp yet." Players are expected to arrive next week, with camp opening up at UPEI on Monday, October 20th.
Island Storm 2014-2015 Training Camp Roster
Sammy Zeglinski 6'1" PG Virginia/ Philadelphia, PA
Adrian Moss 5'9" PG Univ. of Indianapolis/ Centralia, IL
Myron Strong 6'2" PG UTEP/Memphis, TN
Shawn Vanzant 6'1" PG Butler/Tampa, FL
Johnny Mayhane 6'5" SG Tulane/Mobile, AL
CJ Trotter 6'5" SG S. Indiana/Hopkinton, KY
Rashad Whack 6'3" SG Mt. Saint Mary/Hyattsville, MD
Alex DesRoches 6'5" SG UNB/Dieppe, New Brunswick
Brandon Robinson 6'6" SF Clayton State/Lake Whales, FL
Chris Cayole 6'8" SF Saint Michaels/Burlington, VT
Jordan Coleman 6'6" SF Valparaiso/N. Hollywood, CA
Olu Famutimi 6'5" SF Arkansas/Toronto, ON
Davon Haynes 6'8" PF Arkansas Pine-Bluff/Detroit, MI
Dwayne Smith 6'7" PF George Washington/Toronto, ON
Jeremy Williams 6'8" PF UTEP/Memphis, TN
Louis Birdsong 6'7" PF George Mason/Baltimore, MD
Doug McKinney 6'9" PF UPEI/Charlottetown, PE
Renardo Sidney 6'10" C Mississippi State/Jackson, MS
Nick Evans 6'10" C S. Illinois/Carbondale, IL
Shamus Ferguson 6'10" C Univ. Ottawa/Toronto, ON
The Island STORM also announced this week they will be playing the Saint John Mill Rats in an exhibition game Thursday October 28th at Three Oaks Senior High School in Summerside. Tickets for the STORM/Mill Rats game on October 28th are $5 each and on sale at Three Oaks Senior High School. Every cent of the $5 admission goes toward the "In Our Own Backyard" program at the school. As an added bonus, each ticket purchased to exhibition game at Three Oaks High School will also receive a voucher good for a free ticket to the Island STORM home opener Thursday November 6th at 7 pm at Eastlink Centre in Charlottetown.
Meanwhile, season tickets for the upcoming season are now on sale as well as single game tickets for all STORM games.
STORM Fans purchasing VIP floor seat season tickets or luxury boxes for the coming season will enjoy the Exclusive VIP Pre-Game Reception before each and every STORM home game at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino with a VIP Parking Pass for the first 70 STORM Fans purchasing 2 or more season tickets.
All STORM season ticket holders will receive an "Everybody Loves a STORM Day" Ice Scraper and an invitation to our exclusive STORM season ticket holder pre-season reception and mid-season reception to meet all the STORM Players and Coaching Staff.
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