Ransford Brempong

Ransford(Rans) Brempong
Personal information
Born	July 22, 1981 (age 43); Thornhill, Ontario
Nationality	Canadian
Listed height	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school	Thornlea Secondary School
College	Western Carolina (2000–2005)
NBA draft	2005: undrafted
Playing career	2005–present
Position	Power forward
Career history
2005–2007	Matrixx Magixx
2007–2008	Bayer Giants Leverkusen
2008–2009	Donar
2010–2011	Gloria Giants Düsseldorf
2018	St. John's Edge
2019	Fraser Valley Bandits
Career highlights and awards
	Broke the Southern Conference's All Time Shot Block Record (NCAAD1); Dutch Cup winner (2007); DBL rebounding leader (2007); 3× DBL blocks leader (2006, 2007, 2009); 2× DBL All-Star (2007, 2009);

Ransford Brempong (born July 22, 1981) is a former Canadian National Team member and professional basketball player for the Fraser Valley Bandits of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). He currently works as the colour commentator for the team. He also runs WCT Hoops which is a basketball organization that offers high level training and development for athletes in high school. Where he continues to provide opportunities for the next generation of basketball players in BC through his Bubble24 teams. He also runs a primary age basketball club called 3PointBasketball where we look to cultivate the love for the game at an early age. ^[1]

Career

Brempong played college basketball for the Western Carolina Catamounts where he was a 5yr starter. While at WCU he broke his conferences all time shot block record. He then went on to play professionally and played for Matrixx Magixx and Donar (then named Hanzevast Capitals for sponsorship reasons)^[2] in the Netherlands and Bayer Giants Leverkusen and Gloria Giants Düsseldorf in Germany.

In 2018, after being retired for 6 years Brempong joined the St. John's Edge of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBLC). He then went on to play for the Fraser Valley Bandits of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) in 2019.^[3]

Brempong also spent nearly 8yrs playing for the Canadian National Team. He first made the Jr. National Team in 2001 and eventually made his way up the ranks to the Senior Mens team where he competed for 3 summers. During this time Brempong had the fortune to play with and against many basketball greats such as Kobe Bryant, Dwayne Wade, Chris Paul, Dirk Nowitzki, Yao Ming, Steve Nash, Carmelo Anthony, Kelly Olynyk, and Kevin Martin.

Personal

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba to parents from Ghana, west Africa. Brempong moved to Toronto in 1993 where he spent the rest of his elementary/high school days in Thornhill, Ontario. While in high school, Ransford was selected to the Toronto Star top 5 player in the greater Toronto area. He spent 5 yrs in North Carolina where he went to Western Carolina University. In 2012, he was in a car accident where he broke his back. He spent the next 4 years doing extensive rehab before being able to make a full recovery and play basketball again 6 yrs later. Ransford currently lives in North Vancouver, British Columbia. He is married and has 3 young kids. ^[4]

References

^ "The Bandits Professional Basketball Team". www.thebandits.ca. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
^ Profile at donarmuseum.nl (in Dutch)
^ "The Bandits Professional Basketball Team". www.thebandits.ca. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
^ Fox, Liam (September 30, 2020). "Ransford Brempong uses poetry to voice frustrations on racial inequality and to push for positive change". Fraser Valley Bandits. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

External links

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[1] "The Bandits Professional Basketball Team". www.thebandits.ca. Retrieved 2022-06-10.

[2] Profile at donarmuseum.nl (in Dutch)

[3] "The Bandits Professional Basketball Team". www.thebandits.ca. Retrieved 2022-07-28.

[4] Fox, Liam (September 30, 2020). "Ransford Brempong uses poetry to voice frustrations on racial inequality and to push for positive change". Fraser Valley Bandits. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

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