AAA Boys Provincials
This recognition is awarded to the "Most Complete Player" and selected by the BCHSBBA ScholarshipCommittee:
This scholarship is awarded to the "Most Complete Player" as selected by the B.C. High School Boys Basketball Association Scholarship Committee. The annual AAA Boys' Provincial Tournament takes place in March each year and brings together teams from all corners of the province. In this way, the Quinn Keast Foundation extends its support for the education of graduating seniors throughout B.C.
Recipients
Spencer's Pitt Meadows Marauders finished 4th in the 2010 AAA Provincials where he was named a second team All-Star. As a point guard and team captain, he has solid leadership and ball-handling skills. He averaged 19 points per game in 2009-10 and was an All-Star at the Fraser Valley Championships. Spencer will move on to play for the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades.
2009 Tommy Nixon (Kitsilano and UBC)A guard-forward, Tommy shows great poise and understanding of the game. He is an inside and outside force with excellent versatility. Not only is he a skilled player but a solid student and accomplished musician (violin). As a complete player, he can pass smartly, score easily and rebound voraciously. He played on the B.C. Under-17 team and could play all 5 positions for the Blue Demons. The discipline required for both his athletic and musical endeavours and his accomplishments as a player are indicative of why he was chosen for the QKF AAA Boys Scholarship.
2008 Nick DeKoster (White Rock Christian)Nick was chosen the Most Inspirational Player at the 2008 AAA Boys Provincial Championship as well as a First Team All-Star. He scored a last-second lay-up in the AAA provincial semi-final to put the game into overtime and a key 3 in the extra frame, for a game high 29, to advance the Warriors to the final. Those on-court heroics were fleeting for a young man who had honed his game at WRCA over 4 years as a member of the senior Warriors. Nick showed exceptional dedication to the team game of basketball and to his individual development.
2007 Colton Bradford (Mt. Baker and Red Deer C.C.)Colton comes from a basketball family based on a cattle ranch in the east KootenSpencer's Pitt Meadows Marauders finished 4th in the 2010 AAA Provincials where he was named a second team All-Star. As a point guard and team captain, he has solid leadership and ball-handling skills. He averaged 19 points per game in 2009-10 and was an All-Star at the Fraser Valley Championships. Spencer will move on to play for the University of the Fraser Valley Cascades.ay region of B.C. and attends Mount Baker Secondary School in Cranbrook, the only AAA school in the East Kootenay Zone. Having started playing in Grade 6, he settled in at the point guard position. An excellent student, Colton also volunteered as a coach. He is dedicated and hard-working both in his athletics and his academic pursuits and respected and well-liked by his peers and teachers. He was a captain and two-year starter for the Wild and their top scorer in 2006-7. Colton's character and accomplishments make him an ideal recipient of the inaugural Quinn Keast Foundation AAA Boys Scholarship