WHEELCHAIR basketball player Ben Fox is determined to make history after he was named in Great Britain’s Junior squad for the World Championships.

Westlea’s Fox, who plays domestically for Premier League side Sheffield Steelers, will travel to Toronto for the tournament early next month.

This will be the last junior tournament the 21-year-old will compete in and he is desperate to sign off with a positive display in North America.

Fox will have a few busy days leading up to the tournament, with the Premier League’s play-off games taking place on June 3-4, before flying out to Canada a day later.

Before that, Fox was heading to Dubai to take part in a warm-up tournament.

“It has been a mixture of emotions. It’s been a bit hectic and I haven’t really had time to think about it,” said the 21-year-old.

“I’ll be doing lots of training in the meantime, that and rest, really.

“It is a bit of a busy schedule but luckily we get three days in Canada where we can rest and get used to the jetlag.

“It’s my last junior tournament, I have been in the juniors for nearly five years now.

“No GB team have ever medalled at a World Championships so it would be good to make a bit of history for the country. It would be good to be a part of that first step, if I can.

“It’s going to be tough because we face USA straight up. Basketball is massive over there and they are probably the favourites for the tournament.

“It was the same for us at the Euros. We lost our first game and everyone wrote us off after that. But then we came back and played the best I have ever seen us play.”

Recently, the 21-year-old was also included in the senior side for the first time, one of two new faces for the PaPa Championships.

His first experience proved to be a good one as GB won all of their games on their way to winning gold at the tournament.

Fox believes he is making all the right moves as he strives towards Tokyo for the Paralympics in three year’s time.

“I want to win every game, even if it is a training game. The juniors are a second family to me because I have been in the squad for so long,” added the former Swindon Shock man.

“That’s the aim but there is a long way to go. I’m heading in the right direction and I’ll be moving to Sheffield in September to train full-time.

“It is a massive thing to say you train full-time and hopefully one day I’ll make the Paralympics.”