Daviau’s golden weekend
Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 by scottrennie in Sports
JONATHAN BRODIE
SPORTS REPORTER
LONDON— Hawks’ basketball guard, Daviau Rodney, had a monumental day last Saturday, as he watched his first child being born in the morning then helped the team take home OCAA gold and was named tournament MVP that night.
“I don’t think a word can explain the events that happened,” said Rodney.
“I mean it was just an enormous feeling having the baby, becoming an MVP, winning the gold, and just being able to celebrate with my teammates.”
Rodney was awakened at 3:30 a.m. by coach Darrell Glenn, informing him Kaitlynn Pauley, manager of the women’s basketball
team and mother of Rodney’s child had gone into labour.
Rodney and Glenn then rushed to William Osler Health Center in Etobicoke for the birth.
“I just really kind of told him to relax,” said Glenn. “I asked him a lot about how he was feeling and he was pretty calm about the whole situation – he did a really good job.”
Rodney said Glenn’s advice was invaluable to him.
“We had a really good talk in the car about kids and advice on everything, and emotions, and all that,” said Rodney.
“It was actually really good bonding for me and him.”
Rodney said he wasn’t worried about not making it in time for the OCAA gold medal tipoff.
“I knew I was going to make it back for game time,” said Rodney.
“After the baby was born I felt so blessed and the next thing I wanted to do was play the game.”
Rodney finished the championship victory against Fanshawe with a game high 20 points and shooting 8-for-12 from the field earning him the provincial tournament MVP.
“I expected Daviau to have a big game regardless of sleep or no sleep,” said teammate and forward
Jeremy Alleyne, “that’s just how good of a player he is.”
Rodney said he wants his newborn son, Jayce Nehemiah Duvaar Rodney, to be involved in many sports.
“At the end of the day it’s what he likes and if he likes basketball then it’s something we can share, but if he likes soccer, baseball, football it doesn’t really matter, as long as he wants to do it then it’s fine with me.”
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