Calgary Surge select U of C guard Noah Wharton [Video]

The Calgary Surge made three picks in the 2024 Canadian Elite Basketball League Draft on Thursday, including University of Calgary guard Noah Wharton.

The draft saw 30 Canadian student-athletes selected from 20 Canadian post-secondary institutions.

Through the three-round draft, the Surge selected Dondre Reddick, a guard from St. Francis Xavier University, in the first round; Mike Demagus, a guard from McMaster University, in the second round; and Wharton in the third round.

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Hailing from Brampton, Ont., Wharton averaged 15.1 points per game in 2023-24 and was a sharpshooter from behind the arc – sinking nearly 42 per cent of his three-point attempts on the year.

“Being a professional basketball player has always been a dream of mine so having the opportunity to start off my professional career with the Surge is something I’m very excited about and grateful for,” Wharton said, in a news release.

The fourth-year guard started all 17 games he played in for the Dinos …