Ceejay Nofuente
Ceejay Nofuente
  • Title:
    Head Coach
  • Year:
    First Season

Bio

Head Coaching Tenure

First Season

About

Ceejay Nofuente was named the seventh head coach in program history by Athletic Director Ray Chateau on April 22, 2024, following two seasons as an assistant coach for the legendary Ajay Sharma (2011-24).

Nofuente joined the Hawks as a student-athlete in 2013, making an immediate impact and changing the direction of Humber Basketball. A two-time national champion, the Toronto native finished her career as the most decorated women's team sport student-athlete in CCAA history. She is the only female athlete to earn CCAA National Player of the Year honours three times and currently holds the Humber records for most career points, assists, and steals. Nofuente finished her collegiate career with a 100-3 record against CCAA opponents.

In her final regular-season home game, Humber retired Nofuente's jersey, cementing her legacy as the best to ever do it for the Hawks and earning her a spot in Humber's exclusive Hall of Fame.

After her career with the Hawks, Nofuente became the first women's basketball player in team history to sign a professional contract. She inked a one-year contract with SISU Basketball Klub, a Danish basketball club located in Gentofte, Denmark, a suburb of Copenhagen. She nearly averaged a double-double (19.3 PPG, 9.4 RPG) in her rookie season with SISU Copenhagen in 2018 – earning a first-team all-star selection. She then inked her second professional contract, moving to Sweden to play for Högsbo, earning the 2019 Defensive Player of the Year award as a point guard and leading her team to a second-place finish at the Swedish Cup.

In August 2017, Nofuente made her international debut for Canada Basketball. A first-time member of the Development Women's National Team that went to compete at the 2017 FISU Games in Taipei, Taiwan, where Canada finished seventh. A year later, Nofuente represented Canada at the Commonwealth Games in Australia - Canada's first-ever appearance - leading the squad to a fourth-place finish.