Mario
Correia currently plays professional basketball in Europe, with the team Maia Basket of Portugal. Since 1997, he has been an integral member of the National Team of Cape Verde. In October 2006, he led the team in scoring and helped Cape Verde earn a Bronze medal at the Inaugural Lusophonia Games, an Internationally santioned competition between countries who speak Portuguese, such as Brazil, Portugal, Mozambique, Angola, East Timor and roughly a dozen other countries.
In his senior year at Bryant, Mario, a 6'3" guard, had 26 points in Bryant's
win in the nationally televised National Quarterfinal
game for the 2004-2005 season, propelling the Bulldogs
to the semifinal game. He is an excellent shooting
guard  with
terrific defensive skills. He has good shooting
range and outstanding moves in traffic! He is the #5 all-time scorer in Bryant basketball history.
Mario averaged 13.8 ppg for the season, and 16.3
ppg in NCAA Division II tournament action, and was
named to the Northeast-10 All-Conference 2nd Team.
Mario was the team's top returning scorer with 12.8
points per game in 2003-04. Mario graduated
from Bryant with a degree in Economics.
In 2005, Mario and his teammates on the Cape
Verde National Team took on some of the top teams
from across Africa in the African Basketball Championship
Tournament. That tournament was held in Mario's
home city of Praia, the Capital of Cape Verde. Go
C.V.!
The official website of the Cape
Verde National Basketball Team is (www.cvhoops.com).
For the 2005-2006 season, Mario joined the coaching
staff as an Assistant Coach.
Check Out: CACD
sponsors SuperMario Bulldog Basketball Camp,
CaboVerdeOnline.com, 4/18/05 |
area
youth, and more than 30 Bryant University students
and student-athletes worked together to put
this annual program together. We are officially sponsored
by the Bryant University
Department of History and Social Sciences; and the
Bryant University Athletic Department. The second annual camp was held on Saturday,
April 29th, 2006, from 11 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. SuperMarioCamp is a day in which 30 boys and girls, ages 10-12,
can participate in this exciting event. They will
learn about Capeverdean culture, play basketball,
and be entertained by Tupper the Bulldog, the Bryant
University Official Mascot, and the Bryant University
Dance Team. We invite you to learn more about this
event from our webpage, and we look forward to seeing
you soon on the beautiful campus of Bryant University
in Smithfield, RI!
Congratulations
to Dan Klotz and his students at Bryant University
for coming up with a terrific 
idea
and making it a reality. The SuperMario Bulldog
Basketball Camp should be a wonderful opportunity
for boys and girls of Capeverdean descent and all
nationalities to come together for a day to play
some basketball, to learn about the rich Capeverdean
culture and to connect with some wonderful role
models who are on the road to great success at Bryant
University. 
University
Without Walls. The 'SuperMario Bulldog Basketball
Extravaganza' is a class project originally started
with two student-athletes in Dan's 'Race and Ethnicity'
course this spring: John Williams, of Springfield,
MA, and Dan Hammond of Brunswick, ME. Dan has created
more than a dozen community service projects such
as this throughout the United States over the past
decade. He is currently co-president of the New England
Sociological Association (NESA), a former member of the
Board of Directors of Capeverdean American Community
Development (CACD), creator of the Djunta Mon Scholarship Foundation for Capeverdean students, founder of Bikes 4 CV,and the founder of Unity RI,
a celebration of multiculturalism and diversity
held annually during the month of February. In December 2006, Dan was named the US Representative to the National Men's and Women's Basketball Teams of Cape Verde. 
