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Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast, we have Erfan Nasajpour.

He is a Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute graduate in Winnipeg, where he won a provincial championship and was ranked the number 1 player in the province.

He played for the Manitoba Provincial Team program for 2 summers.

He went on to play at the University of Winnipeg Wesmen. There he was


Second Team All-Canadian two times
Canada West Conference Rookie of the Year
Canada West Conference First Team All-Star three times
Canada West Conference Second Team All-Star once

He finished his career with all-time records with the Wesmen.


1st in points
3rd in rebounds
1st in field goals
1st in assists
1st in steals

He played on the Canadian U18 National Team and the University National Team.

He then went on to play professionally in Iran for ten years.  During that time, he represented the Iranian national team for two summers.

He is now a Personal Trainer & Nutrition Coach, Attack Basketball Program Coordinator and head coach. Most recently, he is his wife launched "Bballerz Athletic Academy", focusing on teaching basketball to kids aged 2-10 in Richmond Hill, Ontario.


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Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast, we have Marjorie Kelly.  She graduated from Daniel McIntyre Collegiate and went on to play at the University of Manitoba. 


During her time there, she was a 
Canadian National Rookie-of-the-Year 
National Defensive Player of the Year 
Three-time GPAC Conference All-Star
Two-Time CIS All-Canadian

Additionally, she was a member of the two consecutive National Championship teams with the Bisons in 1996 and 1997, and she was named a Tournament All-Star in both years. 

She is a two-time Hall of Fame member, first with the Manitoba Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2011 and with the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 2021.


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Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast, we have Rashawn Browne. 

Rashawn played college basketball at New Mexico State University and then transferred to the California University of Pennsylvania for one season before returning to Canada. He played his final three years at the University of Manitoba. 

During his final season in Manitoba, he led them to the most wins in school history (at the time) while playing in the Canada West Conference. 

While with the Bisons, he was named…


Second Team All-Canadian 
Canada West First and Third Team All-Star
University of Manitoba Male Athlete of the Year in 2019-20
Men's Basketball Team MVP 

After ending his university career, Browne was selected eighth overall in the 2020 Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) draft by the Saskatchewan Rattlers. As a rookie playing the CEBL Summer Series, he averaged 8.5 points, 3.5 assists and 3.2 rebounds and was the runner-up for USPORTS Player of the Year.

Currently, Rashawn is an assistant coach with the Manitoba Bisons and is an Advisory Board member for the newly founded Winnipeg Sea Bears of the Canadian Elite Basketball League. 


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Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast, we have Xavier Smith.

Xavier is a graduate of Sisler High School and played basketball at Lakeland College before transferring to Brandon University and finally to the University of Manitoba.

He played for the Manitoba Provincial Team for three summers from 2002 to 2004.  He returned to his alma mater Manitoba Bisons, to be an assistant coach from 2019 to 2021.

Upon ending his college career with the Bisons in 2013, he played internationally at the 3x3 level. Since 2012, he has volunteered his time offering skill camps with community centres around the city and has been the SWISH Basketball program coordinator.  The program offers free basketball drop-in experiences for inner youth through the summer months and will see its return this coming summer after a three-year pause during the pandemic.


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Today on the  Basketball Manitoba podcast, we have a very special guest, Todd MacCulloch.

Todd is a Manitoba basketball legend.  He attended Shaftsbury High School, where he helped lead the team to consecutive championships in 1993 and 1994. He was also a member of the Manitoba Provincial Team program for four summers, including at the 1993 Canada Summer Games, where he helped lead Manitoba to a victory over a Steve Nash-led Team British Columbia.

He was heavily recruited from high school and decided to play at the University of Washington.  He was named an All-Pac 10 First Team All-Star and led all NCAA Division 1 players in field goal percentage in his last three seasons.

In 1999, he made Manitoba history by being selected 47th overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA draft.   He played in the NBA Finals two years in a row (2001 and 2002).

However, after four seasons in the NBA, he was forced to retire prematurely because of a neuromuscular disorder that affected his feet.

Internationally, he represented Canada 93 times.  He won bronze at the 1995 Universiade Games   In 1999, He won Silver at the FIBA Americas championship and qualified for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.

In Sydney, Canada won its group defeating Yugoslavia but lost to eventual Silver Medalist France in the quarterfinals and finished seventh. This is the last time the Men’s program has been at the Olympic Games.

He rounded out his international career with a Bronze at the 2001 FIBA Americas in Argentina.

He has been a great supporter of inner-city basketball programs in Winnipeg for over 20 years, with a program that has seen over 10,000 children participate that still bears his name to this day, the Todd MacCulloch Hoops School.

He is a Manitoba Basketball Hall of Fame member (2009), Manitoba High Schools Hall of Fame class of 2009, Manitoba Sports Hall member Class of 2014 and was inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017.


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Today on the Basketball Manitoba Podcast, we have Graham Bodnar.

He is a staple in the basketball community.  If there is a basketball event, he will be there as a player, coach, or simply supporting in some way.

He is a graduate of Providence College in Otterburne, Manitoba, where he lead his team to two MCAC Championships and two ACCA National Championships. During his time there, he was recognized as 2nd team All-Conference two times, as well as an academic All-American.

He played professional 3x3 Basketball in 2014, qualifying for the FIBA 3x3 World Tour twice. Additionally, he played professionally in Japan for one season.

He is a member of Canada’s Deaf National Basketball Team. He’s played in the USADB National Tournament, where he was named MVP, and his team won the Division 2 National Championship. Most recently, he participated in the Deaf Pan American Basketball Championships in Argentina.

He is the current head coach and teaches at Richer School in South East Manitoba, a position he’s held for 14 years.

He was the head coach of the Providence College women’s program, assisted with the men's program, and was a regular instructor at their summer camps.  Additionally, he’s coached for one year with the Manitoba Provincial Team program.

Most people know him from his dominance in Sr Men’s, winning many championships over the years. However, he will remember for holding the “unofficial” record for playing on most teams simultaneously in a single season.


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