Briyona Canty

G • 5-8 / 173 cms • 150 / 67 kgs • 2011 • Trenton Catholic Academy • Willingboro, NJ

USA Basketball
• Member of the 2010 USA Youth Olympic Games Team that posted a 6-1 slate and captured the bronze medal in Singapore.
• Participated in the 2009 USA U16 National Team Trials.

Honors
• Named the Trentonian’s 2010 Burlington County Scholastic League Player of the Year.

High School
• Has played three varsity seasons at Trenton Catholic Academy in New Jersey.
• Played varsity at Trenton Catholic as a junior in 2009-10 and helped her team to a 25-5 record and a Non-Public B state championship.
• As a sophomore in 2008-09, helped Trenton Catholic to a
13-8 record.
• As a freshman in 2007-08, helped Trenton Catholic to a 28-3 record.

Personal Notes
• Born on Jan. 23, 1993.
• Daughter of Jessie and Joe Canty, has two sisters: Shakia and Takia.

The Scoop
• This right-hander wears number: 15, because it was my first AAU number.
• Favorite food: French fries.
• Favorite player: Stephen Curry, LeBron James
• Favorite sport other than basketball: ftrack.
• Strangest place you’ve ever played basketball: On a tennis court.
• Your favorite college or pro basketball announcer: Dick Vitale.
• You’d most like to play one-on-one against: LeBron James.
• Away from the court you enjoy: Hanging out with family or friends, going to the movies, shopping or the park.
• The most interesting place you’ve visited: Brooklyn, N.Y. It was exciting.
• Your first basketball memory: When I was 9 years old, no one could stop me on the court. I heard the people saying, ‘Who is that?”
• Something not many people know about you is: I’m not quiet!
• Can’t live without: my mother, cell phone, iPod, basketball, television, food, computer, sneakers and people.
• Stranded on an island, you’d want: cell phone, food and my mother.