The 2024 CEBL season is fast approaching, and one the league’s premier events is now officially in the books. 30 collegiate level players from across the U Sports, and CCAA landscape hear their names called as the results of the 2024 edition of the CEBL draft were announced Thursday.
All in all, 20 different Canadian post-secondary institutions had players selected, with 19 of those coming from the U Sports world, and Mohawk College becoming the first CCAA school to graduate a player into the CEBL ranks.
Montreal kept things local selecting 3 players from Quebec based institutions, while Jerry Jr. Mercury from Mohawk College became the first CCAA player taken in the CEBL draft in league history. CCAA athletes were eligible for selection this season for the first time following a rule change in the offseason.
Mercury is a 6’4″ forward who averaged 22.6 points and 10.4 rebounds per game for the Mountaineers in 2023-24.
The 2024 CEBL season officially kicks off on May 21st with a battle between the Calgary Surge and the Edmonton Stingers.
2024 CEBL Draft Results
| RD 1 | ||||
| PICK | OVR | TEAM | PLAYER | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 1 | Montréal Alliance | Ismaël Diouf | Laval University |
| 2 | 2 | Brampton Honey Badgers | Callum Baker | University of Toronto |
| 3 | 3 | Saskatchewan Rattlers | Elias Ralph | University of Victoria |
| 4 | 4 | Vancouver Bandits | Adam Olsen | University of British Columbia |
| 5 | 5 | Edmonton Stingers | Aaron Rhooms | Toronto Metropolitan University |
| 6 | 6 | Scarborough Shooting Stars | Malcolm Christie | Dalhousie University |
| 7 | 7 | Ottawa BlackJacks | Dragan Stajic | University of Ottawa |
| 8 | 8 | Winnipeg Sea Bears | Simon Hildebrandt | University of Manitoba |
| 9 | 9 | Calgary Surge | Dondre Reddick | St. Francis Xavier University |
| 10 | 10 | Niagara River Lions | Jordan Tchuente | Brock University |
| RD 2 | ||||
| PICK | OVR | TEAM | PLAYER | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 11 | Niagara River Lions | Luka Syllas | Queen’s University |
| 2 | 12 | Calgary Surge | Mike Demagus | McMaster University |
| 3 | 13 | Winnipeg Sea Bears | Tyler Sagl | Lakehead University |
| 4 | 14 | Ottawa BlackJacks | Justin Ndjock-Tadjoré | University of Ottawa |
| 5 | 15 | Scarborough Shooting Stars | Koat Thomas | St. Francis Xavier University |
| 6 | 16 | Edmonton Stingers | Taye Donald | Wilfrid Laurier University |
| 7 | 17 | Vancouver Bandits | Jerric Palma | Western University |
| 8 | 18 | Saskatchewan Rattlers | Alexander Dewar | University of Saskatchewan |
| 9 | 19 | Brampton Honey Badgers | Cole Syllas | Queen’s University |
| 10 | 20 | Montréal Alliance | Bahaïde Haïdara | Université du Québec à Montréal |
| RD 3 | ||||
| PICK | OVR | TEAM | PLAYER | SCHOOL |
| 1 | 21 | Montréal Alliance | Renoldo Robinson | University of Victoria |
| 2 | 22 | Brampton Honey Badgers | David Walker | Toronto Metropolitan University |
| 3 | 23 | Saskatchewan Rattlers | Isaac Simon | University of Alberta |
| 4 | 24 | Vancouver Bandits | Connor Platz | Trinity Western University |
| 5 | 25 | Edmonton Stingers | Nate Petrone | University of Calgary |
| 6 | 26 | Scarborough Shooting Stars | Davanté Hackett | Brock University |
| 7 | 27 | Ottawa BlackJacks | Michael Kelvin II | Queen’s University |
| 8 | 28 | Winnipeg Sea Bears | Shawn Maranan | University of Winnipeg |
| 9 | 29 | Calgary Surge | Noah Wharton | University of Calgary |
| 10 | 30 | Niagara River Lions | Jerry Jr. Mercury | Mohawk College |