Steve Enoch from UConn to join Armenia national basketball team

PanARMENIAN.Net - Steve Enoch from UConn (The Connecticut Huskies men's basketball program – the intercollegiate men's basketball team of the University of Connecticut), the 6-foot-10 rising sophomore, will play for Armenia’s U20 national team in the FIBA Europe Championships this July in Greece, the New Haven Register reports.

The Armenian team is allotted two slots for dual-citizen players — one for its U20 team, another for its older team — and the U20 team specifically wanted a big man. Sevag Keuchayan, a Swiss native who played for coach Jere Quinn at St. Thomas More some 20 years ago and is heavily involved with European basketball, got wind of this and called his old coach.

Enoch was the first player who came to Quinn’s mind.

“I just thought it would be such a wonderful opportunity for Steve,” said Quinn. “He needs to play. He needs to play in a variety of settings, because he’s young to the game. The more he plays, the better he’s going to be.”

Enoch is currently working on paperwork to provide him with dual citizenship in Armenia, but it’s not expected to be an issue. Otherwise, all his plane tickets are bought and everything else is set. After taking summer courses at UConn in June, he’ll leave on July 1 to begin working out with the team. The tournament will be held in Greece.