Awarded Recipients

2007 CIIM Canada Ambassador Award - Andrea Bargnani

ANDREA BARGNANI TORONTO RAPTORS NBA nicknamed "Il Mago" (translated to "The Magician) Position: Forward Height: 7-0 Weight: 250 NBA Experience: 1 Year Birthdate: October 26, 1985 (Rome, Italy) High School: Farmesina (Rome, Italy) College: N/A Offseason home: Rome, Italy

PROFESSIONAL CAREER: Played three seasons with Benetton in Italy's Lega A and one season with Stella Azzura Roma in the Serie B2 division … Averaged 13.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.8 steals and 1.3 blocks in 85 career Lega A games with Benetton … Played in 38 Euroleague games with Benetton, where he averaged 6.8 points and 2.9 rebounds … Played in five Toshiba Vegas Summer League games with the Raptors in 2006, averaging a team-high 13.2 points, with 3.8 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in 26.2 minutes … Scored 20 points in his Summer League debut, going 7-of-11 from the field … Had 13 points, five rebounds, one steal and two blocks in 22 minutes as a member of Benetton on October 20, 2003 in a preseason loss, 86-83, to the Raptors at Air Canada Centre … 2005-06: Led Benetton to Italy's Lega A Championship, downing Climarnio Bologna in the championship series, 3-1 … Was named Top European Young Player of the Year … Averaged 15.3 points, 7.1 rebounds, 1.7 blocks and 1.8 steals in 47 games for Benetton in Lega A play … Posted a season-high 25 points against Rome … Shot .528 (153-290) from the field, .408 (89-218) from three-point range and .798 (146-183) from the charity stripe … Led Lega A with 82 blocks … In Euroleague competition, averaged 10.9 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.3 blocks … Shot .558 (43-77) from the field, .434 (23-53) from three-point land and .712 (42-59) at the charity stripe … Recorded a season-best 20 points against Panathinaikos and Strasbourg … Had a high of nine rebounds versus Efes Pilsen and Panathinaikos … 2004-05: Helped Benetton to a second consecutive Italian Cup … Averaged 12.2 points and 5.4 rebounds in 28 Lega A contests, shooting a career-best .623 (114-183) from the field … Averaged 3.7 points and 2.1 rebounds in 18 Euroleague contests … Was 6-for-12 (.500) from three-point range … 2003-04: Was a member of Benetton's Italian Cup winning team … Saw limited playing time in his first season with Benetton, averaging 4.9 points and 2.0 rebounds in 10 Lega A outings …Shot .545 (12-22) from the field … Averaged 2.4 points and 1.5 rebounds in eight Euroleague games … 2002-03: Averaged 13.2 points and 4.5 rebounds in 23 games for Stella Azzura Roma in Serie B2 division … Shot .588 (87-148) from the field, .364 (24-66) from three-point range and .817 (58-71) from the foul line … Played in eight Euroleague contests, where he averaged 2.4 points and 1.5 rebounds.

PERSONAL: Pronounced AN-dre-ah BARN-neon-ee … First European to be selected with the number one pick in an NBA Draft … Joined Andrew Bogut (Australia, Milwaukee, 2006) and Yao Ming (China, Houston, 2002) as the only international players to be first overall draft picks … Selected uniform number 11 but gave it to T.J. Ford when Ford was acquired from Milwaukee … Raptors Vice President and Assistant General Manager Maurizio Gherardini was general manager of Benetton Treviso during Bargnani's three seasons with the club … Was a teammate at Benetton of current Raptor Jorge Garbajosa (2003-04) … Played for the Italian Under 18 and Under 16 National Teams.