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| Niyah at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia |
Head Coach Claire Meadows (University of Saskatchewan) will be joined by assistants Ryan Thorne (McGill University) and Erin McAleenan (York University).
Prior to departing for Mexico City, Mexico to begin their quest for a gold medal in the FIBA U18 Women's Americas Championship 2018, the U18 women's national team will play an exhibition game on Friday night prior to the Nike Crown League Finals. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:30 pm at Kerr Hall (Ryerson University).
A full list of athletes and coaches can be found below.
2018 U18 WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER
#
|
Name
|
Height
|
Hometown
|
2017-18 School Team
|
12
|
Carly Ahlstrom
|
5'11"
|
Calgary, AB
|
Centennial H.S.
|
8
|
Niyah Becker
|
6'1"
|
Winnipeg, MB
|
Lincoln Prep
|
13
|
Kiandra Browne
|
6'2"
|
Pointe-Claire, QC
|
E. S. St-Laurent
|
10
|
Julia Chadwick
|
6'0"
|
Ottawa, ON
|
Durham Elite
|
6
|
Kenya Cote-Lysius
|
5'8"
|
St. Constant, QC
|
E. S. Lucien-Page
|
11
|
Ashley de Sousa Martins
|
5'11"
|
Saskatoon, SK
|
Aden Bowman C.I.
|
9
|
Taya Hanson
|
5'9"
|
Kelowna, BC
|
Kelowna S.S.
|
5
|
Justina King
|
5'7"
|
Scarborough, ON
|
Ribet Academy
|
7
|
Roxane Makolo
|
5'10"
|
St. Hubert, QC
|
Dawson College
|
14
|
Sammie Martin
|
6'2"
|
Sudbury, ON
|
Southwest Academy
|
15
|
Christina Morra
|
6'3"
|
Mississauga, ON
|
King's Christian College
|
4
|
Keishana Washington
|
5'5"
|
Pickering, ON
|
Durham Elite
|
2018 U18 WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM COACHES & STAFF
NAME
|
POSITION
|
HOMETOWN
|
AFFILIATION
|
Claire Meadows
|
Head Coach
|
Brantford, ON
|
University of Saskatchewan
|
Ryan Thorne
|
Assistant Coach
|
Montreal, QC
|
McGill University
|
Erin McAleenan
|
Assistant Coach
|
Sussex, NB
|
York University
|
Erika Persson
|
Physician
|
Edmonton, AB
|
University of Alberta
|
Elyse Jobin
|
Physiotherapist
|
Quebec City, QC
|
N/A
|
Connor Jay
|
Performance Analyst
|
Saskatoon, SK
|
University of Saskatchewan
|
Elaine Sun
|
Manager, Basketball Operations
|
Thornhill, ON
|
Canada Basketball
|
Mireille Beland
|
Head of Delegation
|
Repentigny, QC
|
Vanier College
|
2018 U18 WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM SCHEDULE
DATE
|
ITEM
| |
July 13-29
|
Training Camp
|
York University - Toronto
|
August 1
|
Canada vs. Colombia
|
FIBA U18 Women's Americas Championship 2018
Mexico City, Mexico
|
August 2
|
Canada vs. El Salvador
| |
August 3
|
Canada vs. Mexico
| |
August 5
|
Quarter-finals
| |
August 6
|
Semifinals
| |
August 7
|
Finals
|
Canada is currently ranked 4th worldwide in the FIBA World Ranking Presented by NIKE.
Source: http://basketball.ca/en/news-article/u18-womens-national-team-announced-ahead-of-fiba-u18-womens-amer