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Shane Bascoe joined the Sheridan Bruins men's basketball program in 1996 and immediately took a leadership role, playing in the point guard/shooting guard position. Bascoe was an OCAA League All-Star in each of his four seasons with the Bruins and was named an All-Canadian an incredible three times. His ability to change the course of any game with defence, scoring or rebounding was so outstanding that he was invited to a Canadian national team training camp. The Bruins won back-to-back OCAA championships in 1998 and 1999, with Bascoe being named Championship MVP in 1998. In the same season, Shane led the Central Region in scoring, averaging an impressive 21.5 points per game. In 1999, Sheridan took home the bronze medal at CCAA nationals, and Bascoe was named to the Championship All-Star team. That year, he was also named the OCAA Athlete of the Year. Bascoe was proudly named OCAA's Male Athlete of the Year in 1999-2000 and deservedly became a member of the OCAA Men's Basketball All-Millennium team. In 2005, Bascoe became the head coach of Sheridan Bruin women basketball team, where he rebuilt the women program into a juggernaut. During his coaching career at Sheridan, he guided the Bruins to three consecutive OCAA Championships, one provincial silver and a CCAA final. Shane threefold contributions to Sheridan's celebrated basketball history as a student, an athlete, and a coach make him a cornerstone member of the Sheridan Bruins Hall of Fame.