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ARMENIA PREPARES FOR BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Published: Wednesday January 15, 2014
Carl Bardakian (second from right) and team members in Yerevan last
August. Photolure
Yerevan - Armenia plans to host the FIBA Europe Division C Basketball
Championship in Yerevan in June 2014. Other participating countries
will include Scotland, Wales, Malta, Moldova, San Marino, Gibraltar,
and Andorra.
The plans were originally announced Mr. Artur Nazaryan, Secretary
General of the Basketball Federation of Armenia, last August, as
Armenia's Men's National Basketball Team concluded its intensive
training camp sessions in Yerevan. The training camp included
candidates for the national team from both Armenia and the Armenian
diaspora.
Head Coach Carl Bardakian stated, "Due to the vision and leadership
of the President of the Basketball Federation of Armenia, Hrachya
Rostomyan, we are privileged to host the FIBA Europe Division C
Basketball Championship next June. We expect to be a competitive team
right from the outset." Members of the national team, Zareh Zargaryan
and Mike Danielian, emphasized how honored they felt to represent
Armenia on the basketball court.
While in Yerevan, the team held a requiem service at the Armenian
Genocide Memorial Monument, Dzidzernagapert, in memory of the victims
of the genocide. The Basketball Federation of Armenia also arranged
for the team to visit the Republic of Artsakh upon the conclusion of
training camp.
National team updates
6'5" Mike Boornazian, a candidate for the Armenia national basketball
team from Bates College, was named the state of Maine's NCAA Div. III
player for the week for the first week of January 2014. Boornazian,
a sophomore, is averaging 18.7 points per game and 8 rebounds per
game for Bates College. On December 30, he led Bates College with
23 points against Berkeley (NY) College. Boornazian shot 8-16 from
the field, including 4-7 from the 3 point line with 6 rebounds. One
night earlier against Salem State University, Boornazian scored 23
points again on 8-14 shooting from the field, including 4-8 from the
3 point line with 7 rebounds.
On December 31, 2013 6'5" Garen Spendjian, a power forward for the
Armenia national basketball team, led Cortland University with 30
points against Utica College. Spendjian shot 12-15 from the field,
including 5-6 from the 3 point line with 7 rebounds.
6'7" Gor Plavchyan of the Armenia national basketball team, a native of
Etchmiadzin, Armenia, continues to show improvement in his sophomore
year at Glendale College. Plavchyan, an all-conference selection as
a freshman in 2013, is averaging 18 points and 10 rebounds per game
for Glendale College.
http://www.reporter.am/go/article/2014-01-15-armenia-prepares-for-basketball-championship
Published: Wednesday January 15, 2014
Carl Bardakian (second from right) and team members in Yerevan last
August. Photolure
Yerevan - Armenia plans to host the FIBA Europe Division C Basketball
Championship in Yerevan in June 2014. Other participating countries
will include Scotland, Wales, Malta, Moldova, San Marino, Gibraltar,
and Andorra.
The plans were originally announced Mr. Artur Nazaryan, Secretary
General of the Basketball Federation of Armenia, last August, as
Armenia's Men's National Basketball Team concluded its intensive
training camp sessions in Yerevan. The training camp included
candidates for the national team from both Armenia and the Armenian
diaspora.
Head Coach Carl Bardakian stated, "Due to the vision and leadership
of the President of the Basketball Federation of Armenia, Hrachya
Rostomyan, we are privileged to host the FIBA Europe Division C
Basketball Championship next June. We expect to be a competitive team
right from the outset." Members of the national team, Zareh Zargaryan
and Mike Danielian, emphasized how honored they felt to represent
Armenia on the basketball court.
While in Yerevan, the team held a requiem service at the Armenian
Genocide Memorial Monument, Dzidzernagapert, in memory of the victims
of the genocide. The Basketball Federation of Armenia also arranged
for the team to visit the Republic of Artsakh upon the conclusion of
training camp.
National team updates
6'5" Mike Boornazian, a candidate for the Armenia national basketball
team from Bates College, was named the state of Maine's NCAA Div. III
player for the week for the first week of January 2014. Boornazian,
a sophomore, is averaging 18.7 points per game and 8 rebounds per
game for Bates College. On December 30, he led Bates College with
23 points against Berkeley (NY) College. Boornazian shot 8-16 from
the field, including 4-7 from the 3 point line with 6 rebounds. One
night earlier against Salem State University, Boornazian scored 23
points again on 8-14 shooting from the field, including 4-8 from the
3 point line with 7 rebounds.
On December 31, 2013 6'5" Garen Spendjian, a power forward for the
Armenia national basketball team, led Cortland University with 30
points against Utica College. Spendjian shot 12-15 from the field,
including 5-6 from the 3 point line with 7 rebounds.
6'7" Gor Plavchyan of the Armenia national basketball team, a native of
Etchmiadzin, Armenia, continues to show improvement in his sophomore
year at Glendale College. Plavchyan, an all-conference selection as
a freshman in 2013, is averaging 18 points and 10 rebounds per game
for Glendale College.
http://www.reporter.am/go/article/2014-01-15-armenia-prepares-for-basketball-championship