Ronn McMahon
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- This page is on the basketball Canadian point guard. For the American basketball swingman of the similar name see Ronnie McMahanRonnie McMahan----Ronnie McMahan is a former professional American basketball player.McMahan, a 6'5 swingman, starred McMinn County High School where he played for two years under coach Ron Baker...
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Ronn McMahon is a former member of the Canadian national men's basketball team
Canadian national men's basketball team
The Canadian national men's basketball team represents Canada in international basketball competitions. The team is currently ranked 24th by FIBA. Athletes for this team are selected by Canada Basketball...
. He is also a career steal
Steal (basketball)
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s leader in NCAA Division I basketball.
A point guard
Point guard
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, McMahon ended his collegiate career with Eastern Washington University
Eastern Washington University
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college basketball
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's second best steals getter, with a 3.52 average per game, 225 over his 3-year career, an average that trails only Mookie Blaylock
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's 3.8. McMahon's 9 steals in a December, 1989 game against Portland State
Portland State University
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is a school all-time record. He was named to the Big Sky
Big Sky Conference
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all-conference first-team for 1990. He was a top three rated player for the school between 1980 and 1994. He stood as of January 2006 the Big Sky's 14th career assist leader with 421.
McMahon was Canada's starting point guard at the 1994 FIBA World Championship
1994 FIBA World Championship
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as well as the 1992 FIBA Tournament of the Americas. They finished 7th and 5th respectively in these tournaments.
McMahon played professionally in 1991-2 with the Yakima Sun Kings of the Continental Basketball Association
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Born in Provo, Utah, Ronn now lives in Tacoma, Washington with his family. Ronn works for the YMCA and still plays basketball all the time.