18 Ontario Athletes Invited to Canada’s Senior Women’s Assessment Camp
On May 26 Canada Basketball’s senior women’s national program began its final push towards qualification for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games. The program is holding their 2019 assessment camp in Edmonton from May 26 to June 1. The camp features the 27 top female athletes from Canada including 18 from Ontario. Among the 27 invitees, six players are OSBA Alumnus.
The 17 athletes from Ontario invited to this year’s assessment camp is an improvement over last summer where only 13 Ontario players were invited to the camp.
Following the Senior Women’s National Team Program Assessment Camp, Canada will also hold Phase 1 Training Camp (June 2-9) at the Saville Community Sports Centre. Training camp will be followed by a five-game European exhibition tour in Belgium (June 14-16) and Great Britain (June 18-19).
The full list of Ontario Athletes invited to camp are below:
| Name | Position | Height | Hometown | 2018-2019 Club/School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natalie Achonwa* | Power Forward | 6'3" | Guelph, ON | Jiangsu Phoenix (China) / Indiana Fever (WNBA) |
| Kayla Alexander | Forward | 6'4" | Milton, ON | Adelaide Lightning (Australia) / Indiana Fever (WNBA) |
| Laeticia Amihere** | Forward | 6’3” | Milton, ON | South Carolina (NCAA) / King’s Christian Collegiate (OSBA) |
| Miranda Ayim | Forward | 6’3" | London, ON | Basket Landes (France) |
| Maggie Besselink | Guard | 6’2" | Kingston, ON | Holy Cross CSS (HS) |
| Hailey Brown | Forward | 6’3" | Hamilton, ON | Michigan (NCAA) |
| Bridget Carleton* | Guard | 6'1" | Chatham, ON | Iowa State (NCAA) / Connecticut Sun (WNBA) |
| Shay Colley | Point Guard | 5'9" | Brampton, ON | Michigan State (NCAA) |
| Aaliyah Edwards | Forward | 6’3" | Kingston, ON | Crestwood Prep (OSBA) |
| Abigail Fogg | Centre | 6'4" | Sault Ste Marie, ON | Elazig (Turkey) |
| Hanna Hall | Point Guard | 5'3" | Hamilton, ON | Buffalo (NCAA) |
| Sami Hill | Guard | 5'10" | Toronto, ON | Donau-Ries (Germany) |
| Alyssa Jerome** | Forward | 6'2" | Toronto, ON | Stanford (NCAA) |
| Miah-Marie Langlois | Point Guard | 5'8" | Windsor, ON | Dynamo Novosibirsk (Russia) |
| Ceejay Nofuente | Guard | 5'9" | Toronto, ON | SISU (Denmark) |
| Kia Nurse* | Guard | 6'0" | Hamilton, ON | Canberra Capitals (Australia) / New York Liberty (WNBA) |
| Shaina Pellington | Guard | 5'8" | Pickering, ON | Oklahoma (NCAA) |
| Merissah Russell | Guard | 5'11" | Ottawa, ON | Capital Courts ( OSBA) |
** Invited but unable to attend Phase 1
For more information view the full release from Canada Basketball, or check out the latest news from Ontario Basketball.