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Papa Oppong
Papa Kwaku Oppong (born March 10, 1987) is a Canadian professional basketball player who last played for the Windsor Express of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL). He is currently a student at the teacher's college of the University of Windsor. Oppong competed with three different college basketball teams from 2006 to 2010. He played with Coffeyville Community College as a freshman, Panola Junior College as a sophomore, and Eastern Kentucky of the NCAA Division I as a junior and senior.
At Panola, Oppong earned all-conference honors and led them to a fairly successful season in the NJCAA Region XIV. Entering the next season, he became a high-end Canadian recruit for programs in the NCAA. Oppong ultimately chose to play for Eastern Kentucky under head coach Jeff Neubauer. He was a starter from time to time as his junior season progressed. However, he suffered a shoulder injury in the middle of the season that sidelined him for several of his games. He returned to the starting lineup by the postseason. Oppong did not earn any major awards at the Division I level, but was considerably more effective as a senior, as he developed into a bigger scorer for Eastern Kentucky.
Oppong has spent his entire professional career in the NBL Canada. He was drafted into the league by the Halifax Rainmen at the 2011 draft as the 13th overall pick in the second round. Following a brief stint with the team, he was traded mid-season to the Oshawa Power and starred for them for the next two years. In his second season with the Power, Oppong was named to the NBL Canada All-Star reserve team and the league's All-Canada second team. After the season, he signed with the Windsor Express due to his academic obligations at the University of Windsor. In the playoffs, he played a key role by substituting for Stefan Bonneau in multiple contests, helping his team win the league title.
== Early life and high school ==
Papa was born on March 10, 1987 to Kwaku and Gertrude Oppong and was brought up in the Pickering, Ontario area.〔〔 Both of his parents were natives of Ghana in West Africa, and Papa began playing soccer. He could not skate, meaning he struggled with ice hockey, Canada's most popular sport.〔 Oppong said, "Soccer is really popular in Africa, so my dad got me into soccer. Basketball is more of my love. I was sitting down and watching Michael Jordan and Kobe and all of those guys when I was younger, and I had more of a passion for it." He learned the basics of basketball with the Ontario Basketball's Scarborough, Ontario club team.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.basketball.on.ca/userfiles/file/BHM_Papa_Oppong_Interview.pdf )〕 Oppong attended Blessed Mother Teresa Catholic Secondary School in Scarborough. He helped the team win the provincial Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) championship.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.powerbasketball.ca/p/14513/nr/100078/congratulations-papa-oppong-windsor-express )〕 He was also named Ontario Mr. Basketball.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ekusports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2826 )〕
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