Taylor's team wins championship!
Taylor Coppenrath, former standout basketball player at St Johnsbury Academy and UVM finished a very successful year in Alicante, Spain. On Sunday, 5/31/09, the Lucentum Alicante professional basketball team won the championship of the LEB Gold Division in Spain with a win over Melilla 72 - 66. The win moves the team into the ACB Division from where the Euroleague teams play. Taylor played 27 ½ minutes, scoring 10 points and shutting down the paint on defense to the Melilla low post players. Over the season Taylor averaged about 10.6 pts and 4.5 rebounds per game playing about 20 minutes per game.
After graduating from UVM in 2005 Taylor played on the NBA summer league teams for the Boston Celtics, AEK in Athens, Greece 2005 -06; NBA Indiana Pacers summer league 2006; Angelico Biella in Biella, Italy 2006 – 07, and Lucentum Alicante for the past two seasons. Alicante had specifically wanted Taylor to help them ascend to the ACB based on his past European experience. It turned out to be a good decision as Alicante is now in the ACB!
Taylor returns to Vermont on Wednesday and will be hosting basketball camps in Winooski and St Johnsbury this summer.
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Coppenrath signs with Spanish Team
We have exciting news! Taylor recently signed with the Alicante Costa Blanca professional basketball team of Alicante, Spain. Taylor first played professionally in Greece two years ago and spent the 2006-2007 season in Biella, Italy where he averaged 7.6 points and 4.8 rebounds per game while battling an ankle injury from the beginning of the season. His new team, Alicante Costa Blanca, plays in the ULEB Gold League and has also signed American Cameron Bennerman from North Carolina State. Alicante is located on the Eastern Coast of Spain and borders the Mediterranean Sea. Taylor is really looking forward to being in Spain and meeting his new team. "I am very excited to play in the city of Alicante. It sounds like a beautiful city with a wonderful fan base" Taylor said. Also adding, "I will hope to help the team make the ACB and have a winning season overall." He flys out early next week.
Coppenrath Signs with Spanish Professional Team
Alicante Costa Blanca
Thursday August 23, 2007, Caledonian Record
Former University of Vermont basketball standout Taylor Coppenrath recently signed with the Alicante Costa Blanca professional basketball team of
Alicante, Spain. The West Barnet native first played professionally in Greece and spent the 2006-2007 season in Biella, Italy where he averaged 7.6 points and 4.8 rebounds per game while battling an ankle injury from the beginning of the season.
Alicante Costa Blanca plays in the ULEB Gold League and has signed American Cameron Bennerman from North Carolina State.
Alicante is located on the Eastern Coast of Spain and borders the Mediterranean Sea.
Coppenrath attended St. Johnsbury Academy and is the second-highest scorer in UVM history with 2,442 career points. The former America East Player of the Year is best remembered for leading the Catamounts to an upset win over Syracuse in the first round of the 2005 NCAA
tournament.
Coppenrath Signs
with Italian Team
Former University of
Vermont men's basketball standout Taylor
Coppenrath is heading back to Europe. The
West Barnet native, who spent his first
professional season in Greece, recently signed to
play with Angelico Biella of the Italian Serie A,
the country's top division, according to the
league's Web site.
Taylor's Sights Set
on NBA Future
More than 50 boys and
girls buzzed around a humid gymnasium Tuesday
afternoon. The instructor swiftly moved from one
drill station to the next, a whistle dangling from
his thick shoulders, waving his arms like a police
officer directing traffic. Taylor Coppenrath
is certainly keeping busy these days, immersed in
his first week-long youth basketball camp ...
Life is Great
... Except in Elevators
Life in Greece is certainly becoming easier as
I adjust to both the lifestyle and my new team.
I have really settled into my routine and I know
what to expect with games, practices and travel.
Lately, we have had some really good games where
it seems like we can't be beat by the best team;
on the other hand, we come out some nights and
play like we could be defeated by anyone...
It's All Greek to
Coppenrath
Less than a month after he signed with Greek professional
basketball team AEK, West Barnet native Taylor
Coppenrath hopped on a red eye flight to Athens.
He arrived on little sleep and was welcomed to
a country he didn't know by a driver who didn't
speak English...
Hoop Dream Ends for
Cats
Now the Catamounts know what it's like on the
other side of the rainbow. Five minutes past 2
on Saturday afternoon, a sea of purple and gold
flooded the Recreation and Convocation Center
court in celebration, and the University of Vermont
released its grip on the America East Conference
men's basketball trophy.
TV, radio keep Brennan
involved in basketball
Tom Brennan is still working the officials. Before
a conference game, he sat on the sidelines talking
to and joking with the game's referees. But this
season, he's doing it from press row, not his
team's bench.
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