YKEALO ARAIA

Ykealo Araia, 6’5″ Canadian Shooting Guard from Columbia Bible College CCAA, signed in A Coruña, Spain for the remainder of the 2021-22 season. Ykealo attended EuroProBasket’s European Summer League in June of 2021, following his collegiate career in Canada. There he played for multiple Universities in the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association. His last season in college was 2018-19 in which he put up strong numbers averaging 18.5 points, 5 rebounds, 2.5 assist and 3.3 steals in 16 games playing for Columbia Bible College. That year Ykealo Araia was top 10 in scoring, first in steals and first in three pointers made per game in the PACWEST conference. He also held the best three point percentage in Canada at 48.5%. He struggled to sign with a team regardless of his solid performance in college which led him to attend EuroProBasket. In 4 European Summer League games Araia posted 15 points, 8.8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2.3 steals while shooting 49.3% from the two and 35% from the three. He signed with an EBA team in A Coruña for the season making it is his first experience playing basketball overseas.