**MEDIA ALERT**
For Immediate release -- June 29, 2007
St.Vincent Performance Center Clients Top 2007 NBA Draft
WHO:
- Greg Oden, No. 1 overall pick, Portland Trailblazers
- Mike Conley Jr., No. 4 overall pick, Memphis Grizzlies
- Daequan Cook, No. 21 overall pick, Philadelphia 76ers
- Carl Landry, No. 31 overall pick, Seattle Supersonics
WHAT:
2007 NBA Draft
DETAILS:
St.Vincent Sports Performance Center’s NBA Readiness roster earned top spots in the 2007 NBA draft. The sports performance roster was led by the number one overall pick Greg Oden, who was chosen by the Portland Trailblazers. The 7-foot center is the first player from Indiana selected number one in the NBA draft since Glenn Robinson in 1994.
Other St.Vincent Sports Performance Center athletes drafted include Ohio State standouts Mike Conley Jr. at the No. 4 overall pick by the Memphis Grizzlies, Daequan Cook at No. 21 by the Philadelphia 76ers. Former Purdue University player Carl Landry was selected at No. 31, the first pick in the second round, by the Seattle Supersonics.
The Sports Performance Center teams with Champions Academy, a basketball-training academy, to prepare top collegiate prospects for pre-draft camps and the NBA draft. St.Vincent Sports Performance and Champions Academy provide comprehensive strength and conditioning training, fundamental skill and character development for each respective professional basketball prospect. Athletes are coached by Sports Performance Center strength and conditioning professionals and by Champions Academy staff.
“We are excited for these great young men, and proud to have prepared them for 2007 NBA Draft,” said Ralph Reiff, director of the St.Vincent Sports Performance Center. “Our program provided nutrition consultation, sports psychology, and the strength and conditioning for these athletes, but their hard work earned them top spots in this year’s draft.”
St.Vincent Sports Performance Center is a world destination for athlete development in all sports. More than 50 NFL players; IndyCar Series drivers Dan Wheldon, Tony Kanaan and Marco Andretti; members of the U.S. National Gymnastics team; and Tamika Catchings, the WNBA’s Defensive Player of the Year in 2005 and 2006, are just a few of the high caliber athletes trained by the staff at St.Vincent Sports Performance Center.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Johnny Smith
(317) 338-2036
(317) 338-3550 #8225
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St.Vincent Hospitals and Health Services
Launched by four Daughters of Charity who arrived in Indianapolis in 1881 with $34.77 in their pockets, the mission of St.Vincent is to treat the poor and sick by following our Core Values of Service to the Poor, Reverence, Integrity, Wisdom, Creativity and Dedication. Our healthcare ministry has grown to include St.Vincent Indianapolis Hospital, St.Vincent Children’s Hospital, St.Vincent Women’s Hospital, the St.Vincent Pediatric Rehabilitation Center and the St.Vincent Stress Center. St.Vincent is known for programs in cardiology and neurosciences and holds the Certification for Disease Specific Care in Joint Replacement and Primary Stroke Center from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The ageless mission of St.Vincent remains unchanged: to minister to the minds, bodies and spirits of those in need.