
The University of Winnipeg Wesmen have announced that Women’s Basketball player Lena Wenke has been selected to the German U20 National Women’s Basketball team. The team will participate in the U20 Women’s European Championships taking place from July 7-18 in Matosinhos, Portugal.
“I am very proud to be able to represent my country. It is my third time playing at the European Championships and it has always been an honour. We have a great team and everybody is ready to go and compete. I am very excited and am really looking forward to the next two weeks”, said Wenke.

“We are very proud that Lena made the Germany U20 National Team. Lena is an extremely dedicated and hardworking athlete and she deserves this selection. Lena had a great rookie season with us and I know this National team experience will only build her confidence and motivate her to help our team moving into this coming season”, said Tanya McKay, University of Winnipeg Wesmen Women’s Basketball head coach.
Germany will play three group stage games on the following dates:
For all the up to date news and scores from the European Championships log onto http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2016/
Source: http://www.wesmen.ca