March 31st, 2016Basketball BC Announces U16 and U17 Girls Provincial Team

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 31, 2016

BASKETBALL BC – Basketball BC announces the athletes who will represent BC on the U16 and U17 Girls Provincial Teams for the 2016 season.

This year’s teams are made up of the top athletes from across the province, and will represent BC at a number of tournaments across North America and for the U17’s concluding at the 2016 Canada Basketball Girls National Championships which will take place July 25-30 in Regina.

Coach McGuinness of the U17 team said “I am very excited about working with this group of players. To date they have proven themselves to be hard working, dedicated and highly skilled. We have a very competitive schedule and are looking forward to representing BC both internationally and at the National Championships in Regina.”

2016 U17 Provincial Team Staff:

Head Coach: Shaun McGuinness (BBC)

Assistant Coach: Leanne Evans (UVic)

Program Analyst: Cheryl Jean-Paul (TWU)

Program Trainer: Chris Spencer (Level 10)

Player City Ht. High School Coach

Georgia Alexander Victoria 6’2 Oak Bay Rob Kinnear

Sadie Beers Vancouver 5’10 L.F.A. Doug Beers

Lyndzie Caron Penticton 5’10 Penticton Dustin Hyde

Lesley Lacroix

Hailey Counsell Coquitlam 5’9 Heritage Woods Kelly Powell

Ashlyn Day Kelowna 5’11 Immaculata Dino Gini

Andrew Gini

Sophie De Goode Victoria 6’1 Oak Bay Rob Kinnear

Kate Johnson Kelowna 5’7 Immaculata Dino Gini

Andrew Gini

Madison Legault North Vancouver 5’11 Windsor James Legault

Tanis Metcalfe North Vancouver 6’2 Carson Graham Scott Bennett

Sage Stobbart North Vancouver 6’2 Seycove Darcy Grant

Hannah Walline Kelowna 5’10 Okanagan Mission Meghan Faust

Imogene White Victoria 6’1 Oak Bay Rob Kinnear

Coach Luyken of the U16 team said “Love this group. There is opportunity for tremendous growth and development. The exciting part is we even don’t know where our ceiling lies. “

2016 U16 Provincial Team Staff:

Head Coach: Anthony Luyken
Assistant Coach: Erin Button

Player Ht School City

Emelia Leigh 5'11 Whistler Secondary Whistler

Rachel Hare 5'7 Kelowna Sr. Secondary Kelowna

Alex Toporowski 6'1 Brentwood College Kamloops

Jaya Bannerman 5'7 GW Graham Chilliwack

Nelli Larjava 5'9 Mulgrave North Vancouver

Alex Walker 5'8 Carson Graham North Vancouver

Jasmine Lambert 5'5 Oak Bay Secondary Victoria

Jessica Nycholat 5'9 CHSS Prince George

Katie Anne Reimer 5'7 Lord Byng Secondary Vancouver

Madison Draayers 5'11 Yale Secondary Abbotsford

Natalie Froese 5'11 Oak Bay Secondary Victoria

Sydney Fetterly 5'6 Abbotsford Secondary Abbotsford

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We are committed to growing the game by involving players at all stages of development, coaches at the community and institutional level, assisting in the development of officials and sustaining partnerships to assist in the provision of opportunities and developing an infrastructure that supports our game.

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