Fleming Basketball Player Gaining National Recognition

Fleming Phoenix’s Shawn Blackwood of the men’s basketball team has gained provincial and national recognition by being named to several honours.

Photo courtesy of Fleming College.

The Ajax native was named one of the Fleming Phoenix Athletes of the Month for January, an OCAA Athlete of the Week and a CCAA Athlete of the Week.

Blackwood attends Fleming for their Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technician program. He joined the basketball team last month, averaging 27.5 points, shooting 59.4 per cent from the field and averaging almost 10 rebounds in his six games with the team.

On Jan. 30, Fleming lost a narrow 103-101 overtime road game to the Loyalist Lancers. Blackwood led Fleming with 30 points and 13 rebounds.

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