Ukrainian basketball player Bogdan Bliznyuk, who speaks for the American team of the National Association of Student Sports (NCAA) "East Washington", said that he wants to play for the Ukrainian team.

"Of course, playing for the national team of Ukraine is something incredible and a great honor for me. This is what I definitely want to achieve. I never lost contact with Ukraine, I have a lot of relatives there, I talk very well in Ukrainian. Actually, almost all of our family communicate with each other in Ukrainian, "- said Bliznyuk in an interview to the website of the Ukrainian Basketball Federation.

Note that Bogdan was born in Lutsk, but since 6 years he lives in the USA.

This year he completes his education and receives a diploma from the University of East Washington.

And last weekend in San Antonio hosted the NCAA stars, among the players of the West team was and Bliznyuk. He became the first representative in the history of the team on Match stars.

For 21 minutes of playing time the Ukrainian scored 11 points, made 3 rebounds and 2 interceptions and helped the team of the West to defeat the East team - 98:94.