BlackJacks Forward Scrubb Named to All-CEBL First Team

Scrubb, who was also a finalist for the 2020 CEBL Canadian Player Of The Year Award, averaged 15.0 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 28.6 minutes in eight games during the CEBL Summer Series. He led the team in points and rebounds and ranked second in steals for the BlackJacks.

During the campaign prior to the CEBL Summer Series, Scrubb played 38 games with Strasbourg in two different leagues, including France-Jeep Elite ProA and Champions League, where he averaged 11.4 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.3 steals and 27.4 minutes. The Vancouver native recently signed with JL Bourg of the Jeep Elite league in France for the 2020-21 Fall/Winter season. Scrubb attended Carleton University where he captured five National Championships, earned the CIS (U SPORTS) Defensive Player of the Year award twice and was a CIS tournament All-Star on three occasions. 

Both All-CEBL teams are listed below:

• Jean-Victor Mukama - Guard, Hamilton Honey Badgers

• Jordan Baker – Forward, Edmonton Stingers

• Travis Daniels – Forward, Edmonton Stingers

• Xavier Moon – Guard, Edmonton Stingers

• Brianté Weber – Guard, Hamilton Honey Badgers

• Jahenns Manigat – Guard, Fraser Valley Bandits

• Olu Ashaolu – Forward, Fraser Valley Bandits

• Owen Klassen – Forward, Hamilton Honey Badgers

• Tre'Darius McCallum – Forward, Guelph Nighthawks

Other members of the Ottawa BlackJacks have also been recognized as part of the CEBL awards. Guard Lloyd Pandi was honoured as the winner of the 2020 CEBL U SPORTS Player Of The Year award, while Head Coach Osvaldo Jeanty was a finalist for the CEBL Coach Of The Year award.

The CEBL Summer Series tipped off July 25 and became the first professional sports league in Canada to return to play since the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus in mid-March shut down sports across the country. The Edmonton Stingers, who knocked off the BlackJacks in the Summer Series semifinals, raised the 2020 CEBL championship trophy after defeating the Fraser Valley Bandits in the title game. The final three contests were televised live nationally on CBC, the CBC Gem App and CBCSports.ca. The championship game was also available to more than 130 million viewers internationally thanks to distribution agreements secured in Australia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and Taiwan by MEDIAPRO Canada, the international media rights and production partner of the CEBL. All Summer Series games were also live streamed on Twitch.

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