KAMLOOPS – TRU WolfPack head coach Nevin Gleddie will be welcoming some top prairie players to the WolfPack men’s basketball team for the coming season’s CIS play.

Simon Doty, who last played for King’s University College in Edmonton, was in the top 10 in the Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference in scoring and led his team in scoring and rebounding in the 2006/07 season. The 6’4 athlete from Okotoks, Alberta, who will be majoring in economics this fall, also plays volleyball and badminton, and was named MVP of Holy Trinity Academy’s basketball team in Grade 12.

“Simon is a deceptively athletic and versatile player that will fit in well in our systems,” said WolfPack men’s basketball head coach Nevin Gleddie. “He is a very intelligent player with the ability to play inside and out. With the league going to FIBA rules, Simon will really fit into our systems and we are excited to have him.”

Matthew Pierce, a 6’1″ guard, one of the leading scorers for #1 provincially ranked Silver Heights Collegiate in Winnipeg, will be studying business at TRU this fall. He is a member of the 2007 All Manitoba basketball team, was named MVP at the 2007 Luther Invitational Tournament in Regina, was named to the 2007 Provincial All Star Team at the Winnipeg Invitational tournament, and rated as the seventh top player in Manitoba by the Winnipeg Sun.

“We are very excited to have Matt join our program,” said Gleddie. “He is a very good shooter and scorer with a high basketball IQ.  He is an extremely hard worker and will only get better through the years that he is here. I think that Matt will become one of the better defenders in the conference.  He’s is a very determined young man and I look forward to the opportunity to coach him.”

For more information, please contact:
Nevin Gleddie at 250-828-5272 or 250-318-8733 or by email.
Matthew Pierce at 204-488-4902 or by email.
Simon Doty at (780) 932-3689 or by email.