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Find Your Role: Greg Surmacz’s Journey Beyond the St. Denis Centre
Greg Surmacz coaching during a game against McMaster Marauders. Alex Binaei (@alexbinaei) By: Ethan Lutz Some decisions you wrestle with. Some are made easily – the right thing to do. For Greg Surmacz, leaving his professional basketball career behind in Europe to be closer family members in failing health was no choice at all. It was automatic. Here’s his tale. The Journey Begins Surmacz’s story starts far from the courts at the University of Windsor or the professional arenas in Europe. It begins in Poland, where his parents, yearning for freedom from the confines of communism, made the
Resilience in the Return: How Lancer Athletes are Preparing to Restart the Competition Season
Student-athletes can resume training. As of January 31, the province started to lift the lockdown restrictions; including the reopening of gyms. For over a month, both Lancer athletes, as well as athletes across the OUA, had to put a pause on their respective seasons as a consequence of the shutdown in late December. There was much uncertainty as to whether or not teams would even continue their seasons and if the work put in for half the year would be in vain. Alongside the announcement came the hope that the remainder of the season would go on as expected; however,
From Playing on the Floor to Stylizing it: How a former Lancer Basketball Player Became a Fashion Entrepreneur
by: Shaun Smith What comes after the Lancers? For Chris Poloniato, who played guard on the varsity men’s basketball at the University of Windsor from 2016-2020, the answer was slightly different from most graduates: a clothing line. “It was an idea where I’d seen shirts that said [basketball related-phrases] before, but it was a one-off. I’d think that’s a really cool shirt, and then I’d never see one again.” Chris, a graduate of the kinesiology program, and his brother, Nick, co-founded “Hoopn” last year and launched their first products in December. Through their line, they contend, basketball players to be