Sport: Basketball

Brenda Carachure is an integral part of the OCAA bronze medalist women’s basketball team.

Born in Acapulco, Mexico, she’s been playing basketball since 16-years-old. Carachure said basketball helped her adapt to living in a new country when she moved to Canada in 2005. “It makes me so happy just playing the sport,” said Carachure. “And I always want to be good at what I do.”

Carachure has received a diploma in the crime scene investigations program and will be graduating from the Police Foundations program this year. Carachure said her career at Humber would not be the same without the wonderful people she’s met along the way.

“The people in Athletics are amazing, the coaches are mentors and getting to meet Doug Fox was a privilege,” said Carachure. “I don’t have a family here so they’ve become my family”.

Maria Suriani has been a cornerstone of the women’s varsity basketball team at Humber since her rookie year in 2009.

This 2012–2013 season will be her fifth with the Hawks squad that she has captained for the past three years. Maria credits basketball with teaching her countless life lessons, including discipline, leadership, respect, and work ethic, while also allowing her to travel across North America.

Despite her love for the sport itself, she says that the best part of being a varsity athlete has been the Humber Athletics family and its close-knit atmosphere.

Maria will graduate from the Sport Management program this year and plans to work with at-risk youth to give them an opportunity to compete in sports and gain the same valuable lessons and experiences that she did.