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Byron Tokarchuk

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Byron Tokarchuk (born November 29, 1965 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a former basketball player from Canada, who played at the University of Saskatchewan Huskies in Saskatoon, with teammates David Karwacki (former leader of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party), John Cleland, Kirk Jones, and former Huskies Head Coach Greg Jockims. He and his teammates went on to the CIAU nationals twice.

Byron was a member of the 1983 Canadian National Junior team, and went on to play with the Canadian National Team between 1984 and 1988.

He was named as first team All-Canadian four consecutive years, named Conference Player of the year twice, and went on to play overseas, in Mexico and the UAE. He holds multiple records at the University of Saskatchewan, including most points in a game, and his all-time career scoring record was eventually surpassed by Andrew Spagrud.

He was invited to participate in the San Antonio Spurs rookie camp in 1989.

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