BREAKING. Meet our new head coach & general manager -
@coachvallee
. She becomes the first woman ever in basketball history to be named as both head coach and general manager of a men’s professional team. Thrilled to have her on board!
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#HoldCourt
The Hamilton Honey Badgers organization is deeply saddened to learn of the tragic passing of Kenny Ejim, a valued member of our team during the 2021 season and a friend to many in the Canadian basketball community.
🙏🏾🕊💛
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Congratulations to our guy
@Lwigginton5
on signing a standard NBA contract with the world champion
@Bucks
🤩🔥
He becomes the 1st Canadian & the 1st CEBL and Honey Badgers player to sign a standard
@nba
two-way contract after playing in the CEBL
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We’d like to congratulate Maria Suriani (
@msuriani
), our Director of Operations and Community Engagement, on being elected to the
@sport_hamilton
Board of Directors.
🔨🏀
#OurGame
Congrats Champ!
It was announced last week that Honey Badgers Assistant
@brittni__d
will be joining the
@DetroitPistons
as Assistant Coach/Director of Coaching Analytics!
👏🏻🏀
🚨 OFFICIAL 🚨
With 42
@NBA
appearances under his belt, the Honey Badgers have signed play-making guard, Brianté Weber (
@Sir_deuce2
) out of
@VCU_Hoops
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A Canadian basketball legend 🇨🇦🏀
CEBL Commissioner Mike Morreale presented Denham Brown with his very own Honey Badgers jersey at halftime this evening
Denham Brown helped lay the foundation for basketball in the Greater Toronto-Hamilton area!
Thank you Denham!
Introducing our 1st Round Pick..
Out of
@LUVoyageurs
, 2019 U SPORTS Male Athlete of the Year 🏆, 3 x OUA Most Valuable Player and one of the most decorated players in OUA history, Kadre Gray 🏅 (
@GrayKadre
).
#OurGame
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#ChaseTheGlory
🚨 Honey Badgers have signed Hamilton forward Jean-Victor Mukama!
The ACMT and Ryerson alumnus just finished playing in the National Basketball League of Rwanda averaging 10.6 points, 6.6 rebounds and 3 assists per game. 🏀💪🏾
#OurGame
Fresh off the Toronto Raptors squad that competed in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, after a successful season with the Raptors 905, the Hamilton Honey Badgers are pleased to welcome its third round draft pick, guard Duane Notice to the team.
#NextPlay
We’d like to announce Joel Anthony as Player Consultant to the Honey Badgers for the 2020 Season.
10 year
@NBA
vet
2x NBA Champ
@CanBball
Sr. National Team Alumnus
We are very excited to bring him on board!
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#OurGame
Hamilton Honey Badgers guard Duane Notice suffered a torn Achilles’ tendon near the end of Wednesday’s game against Edmonton. He is expected to undergo surgery to address the injury and will be sidelined indefinitely.
🚨 Welcome new head coach Ryan Schmidt!
@Coach_RSchmidt
has been with
@raptors
as assistant coach with
@Raptors905
for 3 years where he has trained several of our players.
We’ll announce our 2020 training camp roster tomorrow!
GM Jermaine Anderson is dedicated to developing young 🏀 players & also young people seeking a financial foundation for their lives. We’re proud of his selflessness and devotion to others.
#OurGame
@CEBLeague
Bet you didn’t see this coming! 👀
Another activation, please welcome Xavier Rathan-Mayes to the Honey Badgers!
You can’t not go now, ‘bout to be hype!
👉🏼
#NextPlay
#HoldCourt
We have signed Hamilton’s own Nikola Djogo! 🔥🏀
The former
@NDmbb
and
@GoNUmbasketball
player is starting his pro career at home this summer! 🔨
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3 years ago today, Chantal Vallée was named the first Head Coach and General Manager in Honey Badgers history ✍🏻
She became the first woman in the history of men’s professional basketball anywhere in the world to hold both roles simultaneously 🏀
It’s National Tourism Week! Hammer and his buds, Sparx and Bruiser are hanging out at the historic Lister Building with
@TourismHamilton
.
Come check out all Hamilton has to offer, including our amazing sports teams! 🏀⚽️🏒🏈
Chantal Vallée became our first ever Head Coach & GM in 2019. She was also the first woman in 🏀 history to hold both roles with a professional men’s team.
As part of
#NationalCoachesWeek
we are proud to recognize her years of leadership in both men's & women's 🏀
#ThanksCoach
Thank you to our FANtastic fans, community and corporate partners, volunteers, & to the team at FirstOntario Centre for making our inaugural season a great success. We finished 2nd in the league, but you made us feel like champions! The 2020 season can’t get here soon enough!
Fitting that
@coachvallee
birthday falls on
#InternationalWomensDay
A proven leader and winner. She broke the glass ceiling on her way to becoming our Inaugural GM & HC. A women every aspiring coach can look up to!
Happy Birthday Coach & Happy International Women’s Day! 🥳💪🏻🏀
Director of Operations & Community Engagement, Maria Suriani, joined
@WishHoliday
in delivering gifts and dinners to families in our community this morning.
We’re grateful to be able to bring smiles to those who need a little extra help this holiday season. 🦃🎁🎄
🚨 Honey Badgers have signed 6’10 Centre, Owen Klassen.
Klassen, an
@AcadiaAthletics
grad from Kingston, ON, just finished his 6th season as a pro in Antwerp, Germany.
Excited to see this team
@CanBball
member own the paint 💪🏻🏀🇨🇦
He’s back! We have re-signed 🇨🇦 playmaker and defensive specialist Duane Notice (
@DuuTakeNotice
).
Duane averaged 11.7 points, 2.3 rebounds, 4 assists and 2.7 steals in three games with the Honey Badgers last year.
Let’s get it!💪🏾
Happy
@canbball
women in basketball month.
Shoutout to Hamilton ballers Shona Thornburn and Kia Nurse, both have had amazing professional, WNBA and National Team Careers. 🙌🏻🏀
"And then there are serial-winning coaches. I wanted to be like that. But how?"
Check out the feature the
@guardian
did on Honey Badgers own, Head Coach and GM
@coachvallee
#NextPlay
#HoldCourt
We are proud to announce Jermaine Anderson as the Honey Badgers new General Manager!
Jermaine Anderson has been a highly regarded leader among players in the Canada Basketball system for many years.
Read more information here:
Year ✌🏼
We’re excited to announce that Joel Anthony will be returning to the Honey Badgers as our Player Development Consultant for the 2021 season!
#OurGame
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🚨BREAKING: We have re-signed Burlington guard Caleb Agada:
@calebagada33
.
Caleb played 2 games with the Honey Badgers in 2019 before leaving to train with the Nigerian National team🏀
#OurGame
Our CEBL Summer Series ended a week ago today. It was a successful return to live sports in Canada and we can’t wait to build on our season into 2021.
Thank you to our players, coaches, bball staff, the CEBL and Niagara Public Health for working so hard to put on such a show!
Not the outcome we were hoping for, but nonetheless we are SO PROUD of being apart of the first ever Inaugural Season and Championship Weekend for the CEBL!
Thank you fans for everything.
#NextPlay
#HoldCourt
Our Director of Operations & Community Engagement, Maria Suriani
@msuriani
, has been the glue for our front office team for two years of the
@CEBLeague
. Eager to see where she takes her career in the future!
#OurGame
It’s more than just basketball up at the FirstOntario Centre. Come out for a new basketball experience this Wednesday at 7PM. Get your tickets at the link below or call (905)-522-2255.
#NextPlay
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Today we celebrate
#NationalGirlsandWomeninSports
Day.
The Honey Badgers want to recognize Chantal Vallée for her work & time on and off the court. She has paved a pathway for females in sport and has played an essential role within our organization!
Thank you Chantal!