Canada's Uzoma Asagwara heads to the bench with a scratch above the eye while playing the United States during their Pan American Games basketball Monday, July 23, 2007. Semi - final game in Rio of Janeiro, Tuesday July 24, 01:53 AM

Uzoma is from the Prairie City of Winnipeg, Canada's jewel in the heart of the country.

The Afro-Caribbean, African and Multicultural communities are all rooting for this dynamo. We are all proud of her achievements