U16 WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM ANNOUNCES FIBA AMERICAS ROSTER

TORONTO, ON - Canada Basketball Women’s High Performance is pleased to announce the final roster for the U16 Women’s National Team that will compete in the FIBA Americas championship in Puebla, Mexico.

“This is the first time many of these athletes will compete on the international stage. We had a strong training camp and this team is ready to compete,” said co-Head Coach Carly Clarke.

Clarke (Ryerson University) is in her 5th year with the U16/U17 program. She will be joined by co-Head Coach Jodi Gram (Bill Crothers S.S.), Assistant Coach Dani Sinclair (University of Victoria) and Performance Analyst Michele Hynes (University of Manitoba).

The team will play exhibition against the USA and Brazil prior to starting the tournament in which they will face off against Cuba, Venezuela and Brazil in preliminary round.

“We have been working with a pool of young athletes from across the country over the past year in preparation for this main international competition” said Denise Dignard, Director Women’s High Performance. “We are excited to observe their growth during this competition and see the key learnings to integrate into their training after this experience competing against the best of their age in our Americas zone.”

Athletes were identified throughout the year in a series of identification camps and recommendations from the Provincial/Territorial Service Organizations. In 2014, the U17 Women’s National Team finished 6th at the U17 FIBA World Championships. Canada is currently ranked 4th worldwide in the FIBA Women’s age-group rankings.

NAME POSITION HEIGHT HOMETOWN Laeticia Amihere Forward 6-1 Mississauga, ON Hailey Brown Forward 6-1 Hamilton, ON Macaela Crone Forward 6-1 Moose Jaw, SK Sarah Donovan Forward 5-9 London, ON Louise Forsyth Guard 6-0 Langley, BC Taya Hanson Guard 5-7 Kelowna, BC Alyssa Jerome Forward 6-1 Toronto, ON Roxane Makolo Guard 5-7 St-Hubert, QC Kate Moran Centre 6-2 Kitchener, ON Shaina Pellington Guard 5-6 Pickering, ON Aiden Rainford Forward 5-10 Toronto, ON Kyla Shand Centre 6-2 Saskatoon, SK

COACHING STAFF

NAME POSITION AFFILIATION HOMETOWN Carly Clarke Co-Head Coach Ryerson U Halifax, NS Jodi Gram Co-Head Coach Bill Crothers S.S. Markham, ON Dani Sinclair Assistant Coach U of Victoria Victoria, BC Michele Hynes Performance Analyst U of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB Michelle Bell Therapist Ryerson U Brampton, ON Megan Pinske Team Manager U of Alberta Coquitlam, BC Marcus Jansen Physician Toronto, ON Agnes Borg Manager – Youth Player Development Toronto, ON

U16 Women’s National Team competition schedule – Puebla, Mexico

OPPONENT DATE TIME (EST) Cuba June 24 2:00 p.m. Venezuela June 25 6:00 p.m. Brazil June 26 6:00 p.m. Semifinal June 27 TBC Final June 28 TBC

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