Simon Fraser University Athletics

  OLYMPIANS 

	Alex Devlin 1976 Olympics NBA Tryout: Portland Alex Devlin was an NAIA All-American who went on to play on the Canadian national team for four years. Devlin was a member of Canada's fourth-place finishing team at the 1976 Olympics Games. A graduate of Burnaby Central Secondary, Devlin also coached at SFU from 1976 to 1978. He helped Canada to fourth place at the World Student Games in 1973 and eighth at the world championships a year later. Devlin was invited to the NBA Portland Trailblazers rookie camp in 1973. In 2007, he was inducted into the B.C. and Canada Basketball Halls of Fame
	Bill Robinson 1976 Olympics NBA Tryouts: Virginia (ABA)  Bill Robinson is a former BC High School all-star who played at SFU from 1967 to 1971. Robinson was a 5’11” guard without outstanding shooting ability. Robinson played for the Canadian national team from 1971 to 1976. He was chosen to the All-World Team in Puerto Rico in 1974, and in the 1976 Olympic Games, he played in the back court with Alex Devlin for Canada. Robinson is among SFU's all-time career scoring leaders and he was an NAIA Honourable Mention All-American.
	Jay Triano 1984, 1988, 2000 (coach) Olympics NBA Tryouts: LA, Utah Jay Triano played for Canada from 1977 to 1988 and was captain from 1981 to 1988. At Los Angeles 1984, Triano led the Canadian team in scoring averaging 14.6 ppg. Canada lost in the semi-final against the United States (with Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing, Chris Mullen and Sam Perkins) and won bronze, to equal Canada’s best-ever Olympic finish. At Seoul 1988, Triano finished the tournament with an average of 16 points per game and Canada finished in sixth place. Triano was named to Moscow 1980 but did not compete due to the boycott. For his time as a player on the national team, Triano had only one coach – the legendary Jack Donohue. Triano went on to coach at SFU and then in the NBA. He became the first Canadian-born coach of the Toronto Raptors. Triano coached the Steve Nash-led Team Canada to  a seventh-place finish in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Triano was inducted into the SFU Athletics (1986) Canadian Basketball (1993) and Canadian Olympic (1995) Halls of Fame.
	Al Kristmanson 1988 Olympics Al Kristmanson learned to play basketball in Ladner, taking his small high school team to the provincial championships in 1979. He played at SFU from 1980 to 1984, then moved to New Zealand to play and coach in 1986. A classic late-bloomer, Kristmanson earned a position on Team Canada in 1987, and became one of the stars of the Canadian team at the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul, Korea. Canada, which placed sixth, nearly upset the top-ranked USA. At halftime the Canadians were up 42-40, and kept pace until the end when the U.S. team rallied with three-pointers to pull ahead. Kristmanson led Canada with 25 points in that game.
	Mike Jackel 1992 Olympics (Germany) Mike Jackel, who attended Argyle Secondary in North Vancouver, enjoyed a spectacular senior year in 1981-82 at SFU, leading the NAIA in points per game (28.9) and being chosen NAIA All-American Second Team. He scored 1,940 points for SFU, leaving as the second leading scorer in SFU history, behind Jay Triano. He was inducted into the SFU Hall of Fame (1994). Jackel spent his 17-year professional career entirely in the German top-flight Basketball Bundesliga, winning four German League championships, four German Cup titles and becoming the first player in the Bundesliga to surpass the 10,000 point mark. He finished his professional career in 1999, with 10,783 total points scored. Between 1984 and 1993, Jackel won a total of 113 caps for Germany, averaging 19.2 points per game. In the 1992 Summer Olympic Games, in Barcelona, he was Germany's second-leading scorer (14.1 points per game) behind Detlef Schrempf.
	Peter Guarasci 2000 Olympics Pete Guarasci played collegiately for Fairfield University for two seasons, before transferring to SFU where he played in 1995 and 1996. He was 1996 Conference Player of the Year and NAIA All-American Second Team. Guarasci was a member of the Canadian national team from 1996 through 2003, participating in the 1998 FIBA World Championship and 2000 Summer Olympics. The Canadians were impressive early on at the 2000 Olympics, winning their group in the preliminary round, before being defeated by France in the quarter-finals. He played professionally in Italy and Germany.
	Wayne Morgan NBA Tryout: Detroit Wayne Morgan starred at SFU from 1968 to 1971. Little is remembered about the bruising power forward other than he was a fierce rebounder who once grabbed 21 boards in a game and averaged 8.6 rebounds during a three-year career.

 

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NATIONAL TEAMS 
 

















 

CANADIAN SR NATIONAL TEAMS	CANADIAN JR NATIONAL TEAMS	CANADIAN STUDENT GAMES TEAMS (UNIVERSIADE)
Dave Murphy, 1968-69 Gary Smith, 1969-70 Bill Robinson, 1971-76 Alex Devlin, 1973-76 Rob Stewart, 1974-75 Al Chapple, 1977 Tom Skerlak, 1977-78 Steve Atkin, 1978 Jay Triano, 1978-1989; 1998-2004 coach Ken Larson, 1979-1984 Kirk Randa, 1979 Mike Jackel, 1981-82 Alan Kristmanson, 1987-88 Darren Thomas, 1988 ("B" Team) Andrew Steinfeld, 1989-1990 Richard Anderson, 1999, 2002-2005 Peter Guarasci, 1996-2003 Novell Thomas, 2002-2003          Other countries Mike Jackel (Germany) Sango Niang (Senegal) Dave Mason (New Zealand) Craig Pederson, coach (Iceland)	Don Janzen, 1976 Al Chapple, 1976 Tom Skerlak 1976 Gordon Darby, 1977 Ken Larson, 1977 Steve Byrne, 1983 Ryan Brown, 1985 Tom Higgins, 1985, 1986, 1987 Simon Dykstra,1987 David Munro, 1989, 1991 Derek Welsh, 1989, 1990 Steve Anderson, 1989, 1990 Steve Maga, 1994 Peter Guarasci, 1995	Alex Devlin, 1973 Jay Triano, 1979, 1981, 1983 and 1985 Andrew Steinfeld, 1990 Dave Wahl Pasha Bains, 2003 Brent Charleton Andrew Kwiakowski, 1999 Chris Gill

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INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS
 

















 

INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS
Alex Devlin Richard Anderson, Austria, Estonia, Czech Neal Beiker Brent Charleton, New Zealand John Dronsella Simon Dykstra, Denmark Chris Evans, England Peter Guarasci, Italy, Germany Michael Harper, Australia Bob Hieltjes Mike Jackel, Germany Gunnar Keuhn Al Kristmanson, New Zealand Ray Kybartas Steve Murphy Jordan Mason Dave Mason Tony McCrory Eric Morgan	Jeremy Neufeld Sango Niang, Brazil, Germany, Sweden, Spain Jeff Nyhaug Chris Parades, Poland Craig Pedersen, Denmark Craig Preece Denmark Michael Provenzano, Spain Sean Ramjagsingh Kirk Randa Bill Robinson, Belgium N’Kosi Kedar Salam, Spain Tom Skerlak Werner Spann Andrew Steinfeld, Uruguay Novell Thomas Jay Triano, Mexico, Turkey Emmy Uneagbu Dave Wahl Javari Williams, Australia

 

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