BALLARAT basketballer Sam Short has won a place in an elite player development squad aimed at identifying future Australian Boomers and Opals.
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A total of 44 players have been invited to Basketball Australia’s Athlete Development Camp, which also assesses potential scholarship holders for the Centre of Excellence.
At the camp – held between January 18-22 next year – players are also given the development opportunity to learn under top coaches and be exposed to the Boomers’ and Opals’ style of play.
The year-11 student has had an extremely productive year on court.
He has made it down to the last 17 athletes for the under-20 Victorian representative team – to be selected this month - and is also finishing a very strong scholarship year with the National Performance Program.