Veteran transfer Wol bringing dynamic overall game to Griffins after solid season in Medicine Hat
Jefferson Hagen
MacEwan Athletics
EDMONTON – With a lot of veteran leadership going out the door following the graduation of three key players – Job Janda, Milan Jaksic and Dami Osuma – the MacEwan men's basketball team is retooling for the 2026-27 season by bringing in a plethora of experienced players.
Wol Wol fits that bill. The dynamic 6-foot-7 forward is transferring from the Medicine Hat Rattlers to join the Griffins and will be entering his third season of eligibility.
"In a world where we're trying to change the brand of MacEwan men's basketball, I don't know if we have a lot of time to go young and wait until they're ready in their third or fourth year," said Griffins head coach David Kapinga. "I think we want to start punching and punching right away, while still bringing in some youth. That way we'll be able to compete until the freshmen are ready and when they are ready, they already have good habits, they've won games.
"I think the winning culture and winning habits are really hard to find. You find them by winning, you don't find them by talking about winning. For us, being able to win right away is very important.
"Older guys who've played and are transferring are guys who I think can help us do that right away while the freshmen get acquainted to U SPORTS."
Wol graduated from Calgary's Our Lady of the Rockies high school and first went to play at SAIT in 2022-23 as the team won a national championship.
He picked up his post-secondary career again last season when he joined the Rattlers and was among the best players in the ACAC, averaging 15.1 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.33 blocks per game.
"He should have been probably and all-star, but he was hurt midway through the year," said Kapinga.
Over his final seven games of 2025-26 after returning from an injury that kept out of January action, he averaged 17.4 points.
"Wol Wol is a big recruit for us because he brings a lot of length, a lot of athleticism, but is still skillful at his height. He's able to find the rim, get in the paint. "He's a good passer that has a good feel in basketball and defensively he can guard pretty much anyone, except for someone who's 6-10 with weights on him.
"He's about 185 at that height (6-7), so we're trying to get him to 200-210. He's very versatile offensively and defensively. That's where we're heading towards, so he's someone that's very useful in what we want to do on both sides of the ball.
"He's a good kid, well spoken, calm, very selfless, so we're really, really excited to have him."
