UBC THUNDERBIRDS 2018-19 MEN’S BASKETBALL PROGRAM GOTHUNDERBIRDS.CA/MBBALL Athletics & Recreation VISION A healthy, active, and connected community where each person is at their personal best and proud of their UBC experience. MISSION To engage our community in outstanding sport and recreation experiences, to enable UBC athletes to excel at the highest levels, and to inspire school spirit and personal well-being through physical activity, involvement, and fun. GOALS To deliver on the vision, we make decisions and prioritize work that will 1. Increase participation 2. Deliver excellence on the national and world stage 3. Build school spirit 4. Nurture a strong sense of community 5. Cultivate an inspired workplace where staff are at their best STRATEGY Our strategy is to invest in partnerships, to leverage resources, and to align with other UBC units and organisations. WHAT WE DO We focus our efforts and resources on: PROGRAMS We deliver engaging, dynamic programs for the whole of our community that increase involvement, in sport and recreation and deliver performance success. LEARNING We provide unique and exciting student learning opportunities that foster personal growth, skill building and leadership development. EVENTS We create high-quality, community-building events where people can connect, have fun and get involved with UBC, recreation and varsity sport. PARTNERSHIPS We invest in cross-campus and community partnerships that drive research and improvement in the areas of high performance sport, fitness and well-being. EXCEL. ENGAGE. INSPIRE. JADON COHEE The guard from Langley, B.C., traded one Thunderbirds jersey for another as he transferred to UBC from Southern Utah University. He led UBC in scoring this season. Photo by Rich Lam. • 111 ALL-TIME U SPORTS • 200+ ALL-TIME CANADA WEST • 12 ALL-TIME NAIA CHAMPIONSHIPS (MOST OF ANY CHAMPIONSHIPS CHAMPIONSHIPS CANADIAN UNIVERSITY) • 4 CANADA WEST CHAMPIONSHIPS • 2 NAIA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN • 2 U SPORTS CHAMPIONSHIPS SO SO FAR IN 2018-19 SEASON 2017-18 SEASON FAR IN 2018-19 SEASON • 225 ALL-TIME UBC OLYMPIANS • 58 OLYMPIC MEDALS UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA LOCATION // VANCOUVER, BC FOUNDATION // 1908 ENROLLMENT // 55,887 PRESIDENT // DR. SANTA ONO CHANCELLOR // LINDSAY GORDON DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS SENIOR DIRECTOR // GILLES LEPINE DEPARTMENT PHONE // 604-827-2764 DEPARTMENT FAX // 604-822-6011 ADDRESS // 272-6081 UNIVERSITY BLVD / V6T 1Z1 NICKNAME // THUNDERBIRDS COLOUR // NAVY BLUE AND GOLD AFFILIATIONS // U SPORTS, CANADA WEST NAIA, CASCADE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS // 111 U SPORTS, 12 NAIA THUNDERBIRDS MEN’S BASKETBALL AFFILIATION // U SPORTS, CANADA WEST FIRST SEASON OF MEN’S BASKETBALL // 1910 CANADA WEST / WESTERN CDN. CHAMPS // 17 2018 - 19 UBC THUNDERBIRDS ROSTER MOST RECENT // 2013 U SPORTS / CDN. CHAMPS // 5 (2 U SPORTS: 1970 & ‘72) GRANT AUDU MOST RECENT //1972 The guard/forward U SPORTS TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES // 22 NO. NAME POS. ELIG. HT. HOMETOWN LAST APPEARANCE // 2019 enters his second year 0 CHARLES DAI G 2 5-10 WEIFANG, CHINA CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL APPEARANCES // 7 with the UBC program. 1 ISAIAH FAMILIA G 3 6-1 WINDSOR, ONT. LAST CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL APPEARANCE // 2010 Photo by Bob Frid. HEAD COACH // KEVIN HANSON 2 JACK CRUZ-DUMONT G 1 6-3 VANCOUVER, B.C. ALMA MATER // UBC (1987, 1994) 3 MANROOP CLAIR G 4 6-2 SURREY, B.C. HANSON PHONE // 604-822-6659 5 TAYLOR BROWNE G 4 6-2 SURREY, B.C. HANSON EMAIL // [email protected] FULL-TIME ASSISTANT // SEAN SHOOK 7 BRIAN WALLACK G 1 6-4 WHITE ROCK, B.C. SHOOK PHONE // 604-822-1358 8 JONAH MORRISON F 1 6-8 TOUFEN, TAIWAN SHOOK EMAIL // [email protected] 9 CAM MORRIS G 1 6-6 BURNABY, B.C. HOME COURT // WAR MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM CAPACITY // 2,862 10 GRANT SHEPHARD F 2 6-10 KELOWNA, B.C. OPENED // 1951 11 PATRICK SIMON F 5 6-8 PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. 12 JADON COHEE G 4 6-4 LANGLEY, B.C. TEAM INFORMATION 2018-19 CANADA WEST RECORD // 17-3 13 MASON BOURCIER G 2 6-4 KELOWNA, B.C. 2018-19 PLAYOFFS // 4-3 14 LINCOLN ROSEBUSH F 1 6-9 GUELPH, ONT. 15 GRANT AUDU G/F 2 6-4 TORONTO, ONT. CONTACT UBC ATHLETICS GENERAL INQUIRIES // 604-827-2764 GROUP TICKETS // 604-827-5359 DEVELOPMENT OFFICE // 604-822-1972 SPONSORSHIP // 604-822-1688 2. MEN’S 2018 - 19 MEDIA GUIDE // UBC THUNDERBIRDS BASKETBALL COACHING STAFF KEVIN HANSON HEAD COACH (19TH SEASON) UBC’s Kevin Hanson is one of most decorated head coaches in the Canada West, and all of U SPORTS. He is in his 19th season at UBC and is the career wins leader amongst current Canada West coaches. With 304 conference wins, Hanson trails just Don Horwood (313) on the league’s all-time list. Hanson also holds the best regular season winning percentage in Canada West for active coaches at .770. Hanson’s team completed a second-straight 17-3 season during the 2018-19 school year. The T-Birds beat Fraser Valley and Alberta in three games In 2015-16, Hanson recorded his 250th conference Hanson was one of three final candidates to be on successive weekends to earn a berth to the victory and led his Thunderbirds to a fifth- the head coach of the senior men’s national team league’s championship match, in which they fell place showing at the U SPORTS Final 8 national in 2004. to Calgary. tournament, which was played at UBC for the first time since 1972. In the summer of 2006, he was a guest coach at With the top-rated offence in the conference, the senior men’s national team camp and was UBC went 17-3 in the 2017-18 regular season. The Since arriving at UBC in 2000, Hanson has turned head coach of the B.C. under-19 boys that won a T-Birds swept Manitoba in a quarter-final playoff the men’s basketball program into a national gold medal at the 1997 Canada Summer Games. series before falling in the semifinals. Fifth-year power, guiding the T-Birds to consecutive forward Conor Morgan was the Canada West appearances (2009 and 2010) in the U SPORTS His post-secondary coaching experience began Player of the Year for the second time in a row. championship game. with the assistant position at Vancouver Community College in 1987-88, at Simon Fraser in Hanson was an assistant coach with the Canadian Hanson was also well recognized before coming to 1988-89 and at UBC in 1990-91, when the T-Birds team that, with UBC stars Morgan and Grant UBC and is a four-time BCCAA Coach of the Year were Canada West champions and consolation Shephard, won silver at the 2018 Commonwealth (‘92,’ 94, ’99, ’00), was twice presented with the champions at the national tournament. Games in Gold Coast, Australia. CCAA Coaching Excellence Award (‘94 and ‘99), and was also named Basketball B.C. Coach of the As a player, Hanson was named Langara’s It was Canada’s first basketball medal at the Year in 1992 and 1994. outstanding male athlete and a CCAA all- Commonwealth Games, and the squad was named Canadian in 1984. After joining the T-Birds the Team of the Year (Summer Sport Performance) at The Regina native came to UBC in 2000 after following season, he was twice named the team’s the 41st Canada Sport Awards (CSA) in Ottawa in nine years behind the bench at Langara College most inspirational player (‘86,’ 87) and was a U September. in Vancouver. Hanson guided the Falcons to SPORTS national tournament all-star in 1987, the five BCCAA provincial championships and two year the ‘Birds won silver. In his final game at War At the end of the 2016-17 campaign, Hanson CCAA national championships in 1997-98 and Memorial Gym, Hanson captained the ‘Birds to was recognized as the Canada West’s Coach of 1998-99. The Falcons, 261-74 under his direction, one of the biggest victories in the team’s history the Year. It was the sixth time he achieved this represented B.C. at the nationals seven of his nine when UBC defeated the seven-time defending feat, tied for the most in league history. Hanson years as head coach. national champion Victoria in two straight games previously merited the honour in 2002, 2006, in the best-of-three Canada West final. 2009, 2010, and 2011. In 2006 and 2010, he was The two-time UBC graduate has also been named the U SPORTS Coach of the Year. involved with Basketball Canada for nearly two In 2009, Hanson was honoured with a decades, leading Canada’s World University Distinguished Alumni Award by Langara College The 2016-17 edition of Hanson’s T-Birds went 19-1 Games team to a bronze-medal finish at the for his outstanding achievements as both a in league play. In addition to the coaching honour, 2003 Summer Universiade in Korea. In the same player and coach for the Falcons. He was also part UBC team members also earned three other major position in 2005, Hanson led Canada to fifth of Seaquam Secondary’s inaugural 2009 Wall of conference awards: Player of the Year (Morgan), place in Turkey. He was the head coach of the Fame class for achievements in basketball. Defensive Player of the Year (Jordan Jensen- 2011 Canadian roster that won the silver medal in Whyte), and the Ken Shields Award nomination Shenzhen, China. In 2017, Hanson served as Team Hanson graduated from UBC’s Faculty of Human for excellence in basketball, academics and Canada head coach at a Summer Universiade for Kinetics in 1988 and earned his Master’s Degree in community involvement (Phil Jalalpoor).