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Surrey's Sarai makes NCAA hoops history as first turban-wearing Canadian player

Sarai becomes the first Canadian turban-wearing player in NCAA Division I men’s basketball after signing with Winthrop, officials said.

Eesher Singh Sarai is soon headed back to Rock Hill, South Carolina to make history as the first Canadian turbaned Sikh to play for an NCAA Division I men’s basketball program. Last May the six-foot-nine forward signed with Winthrop University to fulfill his dream of playing hoops at the highest college level possible, three years after he last wore a Fleetwood Park Dragons jersey in Surrey. In the NCAA the 20-year-old will be the first Canadian…

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North Delta Reporter broke the news on Monday, August 17, 2026.
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