Several other Canadians accepted scholarships or enrolled at US universities but never saw a minute of varsity action, including Mike Moser, the Kitchener phenom after whom the CIS national player of the year award is named. Moser toiled at Brown University as a freshman in 1971 before transferring back to Canada to toil for Waterloo.
Several redshirted as freshmen, and subsequently left the school before toiling a single minute, including: Kingston’s Brad Anderson (Lafayette, 2002, who graduated from the school in 2005 but never toiled a minute for the Leopards); Kamloops’ Allen Chapple (Utah State, 1975, who left after a season and enrolled at Simon Fraser); Ajax’ Rob Gagliardi (Ajax Pickering High, Canisius, 2010, who subsequently enrolled at Durham College); Jabulah Murray (Toronto Bathurst, Virginia Commonwealth, 2002, dismissed for violation of team rules); Tristan Renaud-Tremblay (Montreal, Champlain-St. Lambert, The Citadel, 2010, transferred to McGill); Sheldon Stewart (Ottawa St. Matthew’s, LeHigh, 2004, transferred to Carleton, where he toiled for back-to-back CIS champs before leaving basketball to concentrate on piano studies); Richmond’s Brian Tait (New Mexico State, 1989); and Waterloo’s Dave Wahl (6-8 forward, Rider, 1996, who subsequently enrolled at Simon Fraser);
Others reportedly inked scholarships but never toiled a minute in the States, including New Westminster’s Paul Buday (variously reported to have played at the University of Oregon in 1954 and at the University of Western Washington, but the schools’ statistics do not confirm that); Lasalle Sandwich Secondary’s Nic Dragicevic (Oakland, 2001, who was forced to undergo open heart surgery after medical tests revealed a leaky valve in his heart and never played for the Golden Grizzlies); Lee Edmondson (6-7 forward, Montana, 1973, who subsequently toiled at the University of Victoria); Dartmouth, Nova Scotia’s Robert Hahn (6-7 forward, Boston University, 1985); Toronto St. Michael’s guard Blair Hogg (Murray State, 1998); Montreal’s Rodwins Auriantal (St. Francis-NY, 2000); Thornhill Vaughn’s Shaun Clarke (IUPUI, 1999, who subsequently enrolled at NCAA Division II Hillsdale); Montreal’s Donald Joseph (Wagner, 2000); Guyana-born, Toronto Eastern Commerce product Mark Hunte (6-7 forward, Virginia Commonwealth, 1994 but no sign he ever played); North Delta’s Chad Johnston (6-7 forward, Maryland Baltimore-County, 1991); Halifax’ Duane Lavold (6-8 forward, Brown, 1986); Vernon’s Brian Kruger (6-7 forward, Eastern Washington, 1985, who subsequently enrolled at Victoria); Montreal Westhill’s Terry Licorish (6-9 forward, who signed initially with Auburn but failed to qualify academically and then subsequently enrolled at Mississippi State in 2004, where he was sidelined indefinitely with “a non-life-threatening heart condition” caused by a virus. Ultimately, he surfaced at McMaster); St. Catharines Governor Simcoe’s Al MacDougal (Canisius, 1989, who subsequently toiled at the universities of Toronto and Brock); Aylmer’s Jean-Pierre Morin (6-7 forward, Central Connecticut State, 2004, who instead enrolled at UQuebec-Trois-Rivieres); Sarnia Northern’s Randy Norris (6-11 centre, Dartmouth, 1984, who instead enrolled at Waterloo); West Vancouver’s Billy Nicol, who toiled on the freshman squad of Seattle University in 1956, but returned to Canada after several deaths in his family; Victoria’s Chris Trumpy (6-2 guard, Loyola Marymount 2002. Trumpy had an outstanding freshman year at the University of Victoria, then transferred to Loyola Marymount but didn’t play a minute and transferred back to Victoria); and Sault Ste. Marie and Brampton Father Henry Carr product D.J. Wright (6-2 guard, Louisiana Tech, 2011, who originally accepted a scholarship at L.S.U. but reopened his recruitment when Tigers assistant coach Nikita Johnson took a new position at Louisiana Tech. After enrolling in junior college, he re-signed with Louisiana Tech but never joined the team and instead returned to Canada to play for Algoma).
Others signed scholarships but failed to gain academic entry at the school, including Montreal’s Geoff Clyke (6-6 forward, via Hargrave Military Academy, St. Bonaventure, 1993, who subsequently surfaced at Cape Breton); Sudanese-born Calgary Father Lacombe’s Riiny Ngot (7-1 centre, Stony Brook, 2008, who subsequently surfaced at St. Francis Xavier); Toronto’s Anthony Ighodaro (6-7 guard, Virginia Tech 2004 and later St. John’s, 2008, where he accepted a scholarship but didn’t attend school).
Still others, were reported to have accepted basketball scholarships but subsequently played other sports, such as Montreal’s Doug Daigneault (who played college football for Clemson in the early 1950s and later coached Concordia basketball to 328 wins, including 66 consecutive league wins and nine Quebec titles); Alan Ford (Pacific, 1960, who switched to football); Montreal’s Robert Hunger (6-5 forward from Vanier College, who ended up playing rugby);
ROBINSON, BRAD IS THIS TONY ROBINSON???? NEVER SEEMS TO HAVE PLAYED FOR FDU
6-8 C-F (FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON 1990-1991)
Robinson played high school ball at Peterborough HS, averaging 20 ppg, 11.5 rpg and shooting .600 from the floor.
Robinson was redshirted as a freshman in 1990 after suffering a knee injury.
As a freshman in 1991, Robinson saw very limited minutes. The squad tied St. Francis for regular season title but lost to the Red Flash in the conference tourney final. They were ousted in the first round of NIT by Siena to finish season 22-9. Left the program and moved to Calgary.
STEWART, ROBERT
(COLGATE, 1973 AND thereabouts)
From Toronto.
No evidence he ever played
Email sent to Colgate SID
Meanwhile, several Canadians were drafted by the NBA after toiling in CIS ranks, though none ever played a game in the NBA. Those included York’s David Coulthard (chosen by the Detroit Pistons with the 214th pick of the 1982 draft); American-born St. Mary’s star Mickey Fox, who subsequently became a Canadian, who was chosen by the Detroit Pistons with the 169th pick of the 1975 draft, and by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 56th pick of the 1979 draft); Victoria’s Joe Kazanowski (chosen by the Utah Jazz with the 146th pick of the 1983 draft); Calgary-born University of Lethbridge Pronghorn star Perry Mirkovich (chosen by the Portland Trail Blazers with the 125th pick of the 1980 NBA draft); Nigerian-born St. Mary’s William Njoku (chosen by the Indiana Pacers with the 41st pick of the 1994 draft); Victoria’s Eli Pasquale (chosen by the Seattle Supersonics with the 106th pick of the 1984 draft); Calgary’s Karl Tilleman (chosen by the Denver Rockets with the 79th pick of the 1984 draft); Simon Fraser’s Jay Triano (chosen by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 179th pick of the 1981 draft).