Ronn McMahon (born May 29, 1965) is a former

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player, but he was in fact born in

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in the United States. While playing in college at

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, McMahon A

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, McMahon ended his collegiate career with

men's

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's second best steals getter, with a 3.52 average per game, 225 over his 3-year career, an average that trails only

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's 3.8. McMahon's nine steals during a December 15, 1988 game against

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is his school's all-time record. He was named to the Big Sky all-conference first-team for 1989–90. McMahon was Canada's starting point guard at the

1994 FIBA World Championship The 1994 FIBA World Championship was the 12th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. The tournament was hosted by Canada from August 4 to 14, 1994. The tournament was held at SkyDome and Maple L ...

as well as the 1992 FIBA Tournament of the Americas. They finished 7th and 5th respectively in these tournaments. He played professionally in 1991–92 with the

Yakima Sun Kings The Yakima SunKings are a basketball team located in Yakima, Washington, covering the central Washington sports market of Yakima, Tri-Cities, and Ellensburg and plays at the Yakima SunDome. The team competed in the Continental Basketball Associat ...

of the

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. Born in Provo, Utah, McMahon now lives in

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with his family and works for the YMCA.

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