Fraser Valley Bandits Sign Levon Kendall
Bandits Staff • May 18, 2019
Team Canada and Kitsilano Secondary School alumnus joins BC’s new professional basketball team, the Fraser Valley Bandits.
GUELPH, ON, May 18, 2019 –
The Fraser Valley Bandits announced Saturday the signing of Levon Kendall, one of the Bandits’ Open Round selections at the inaugural Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) Entry Draft.
Kendall, a six-foot-ten centre from Vancouver, BC, last played in one of the world’s top professional leagues, the Liga Asociación de Clubes de Baloncesto (ACB), where he averaged 6.8 points and 3.7 rebounds per game across cup and league play for Gran Canaria in 2014-15 before last competing for Movistar Estudiantes in 2015-16.
“I am extremely excited for the opportunity to play professional basketball for the Bandits not only on home soil, but in my home province close to where I grew up,” Levon Kendall said.
“After playing professional basketball overseas for nearly 10 years, and travelling around the globe with the Canadian National Team, this is a great chance to come home and show future Canadian pros that there is a viable place for them to play in front of family and friends in Canada.”
Before embarking upon his pro career, Kendall played four years of NCAA Division I basketball at the University of Pittsburgh, including three straight NCAA Tournament appearances from 2004-2007. In his senior season, Kendall averaged 26 minutes per game and was instrumental as both a defensive and offensive cog for Pittsburgh.
Kendall’s is one of the most successful professional basketball players to emerge from BC. A three-time BC provincial champion, and BC’s Athlete of the Year in 2002, Kendall burst onto the international basketball scene as an upstart forward on Team Canada’s 2005 FIBA Under-21 World Cup team. Kendall posted a 40-point, 12 rebound performance in a gutsy 93-90 overtime win against Team USA before scoring16 points and collecting 9 rebounds against Australia to help Canada win bronze at the tournament. While at Pittsburgh, Kendall was named a two-time Big East Academic All-Star and Most Improved Player (Team Award, Pittsburgh Panthers, 2004-05).
Over the course of an illustrious career, Kendall played more than 12 years for Canada’s Senior Men’s National Team, playing more than 120 games and representing Canada in over 20 countries around the globe. His 8-year pro career spanned top tier European leagues such as the ACB (Spain), Basketball Bundesliga (BBL, Germany), and the EuroLeague.
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