Canada Basketball announced today the 12 athletes who will represent Canada in a four-game Asia Exhibition series in China and Japan from August 1-7. Winnipeg's Emily Potter has been selected as part of the roster. She recently signed a professional contract to play in Poland and finished her career at the University of Utah. Read more on Emily...
2018 WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM ASIA EXHIBITION ROSTER
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Name
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Position
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Height
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Hometown
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Club / School
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9
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Miranda Ayim
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Forward
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6'3"
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London, ON
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Basket Landes (France)
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6
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Bridget Carleton
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Guard
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6'1"
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Chatham, ON
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Iowa State (NCAA)
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13
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Shay Colley
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Point Guard
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5'9"
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Brampton, ON
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Michigan State (NCAA)
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7
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Abigail Fogg
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Centre
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6'4"
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Sault Ste Marie, ON
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BBC Troistorrents (Switzerland)
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15
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Saicha Grant-Allen
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Power Forward
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6'4"
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Hamilton, ON
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Bembibre (Spain)
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22
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Ruth Hamblin
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Centre
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6'6"
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Houston, BC
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Castor Braine (Belgium)
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5
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Sami Hill
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Guard
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5'10"
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Toronto, ON
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Donau-Ries (Germany)
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8
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Alyssa Jerome
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Forward
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6'2"
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Toronto, ON
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Stanford (NCAA)
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11
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Alex Kiss-Rusk
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Centre
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6'4"
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Beaconsfield, QC
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BC Marburg (Germany)
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4
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Miah-Marie Langlois
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Point Guard
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5'8"
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Windsor, ON
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Novosibirsk Dynamo (Russia)
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14
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Emily Potter
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Centre
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6'4"
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Winnipeg, MB
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Politechnika Gdanska (Poland)
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10
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Daneesha Provo
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Guard
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6'0"
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Dartmouth, NS
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Utah (NCAA)
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2018 WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM ASIA EXHIBITION COACHES & STAFF
Name
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Position
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Hometown
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Affiliation
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Steve Baur
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Head Coach
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Wolfville, NS
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Canada Basketball
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Carly Clarke
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Assistant Coach
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Halifax, NS
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Ryerson University
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Max Hirst
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Coordinator, Performance Analysis
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Collingwood, ON
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Canada Basketball
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Lauren Buschmann
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Sports Scientist & IST Manager
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St. Catherines, ON
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Canada Basketball/CSI-Ontario
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Rhonda Shishkin
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Physiotherapist
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Saskatoon, SK
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University of Saskatchewan
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Danielle Dobney
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Athletic Therapist
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Toronto, ON
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N/A
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Olesia Markevych
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Physician
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Edmonton, AB
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University of Alberta
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Anne Marie Thuss
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Team Manager
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Hamilton, ON
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McMaster University
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2018 WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM ASIA EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
DATE
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ITEM
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Location
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July 19 - July 27
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Phase 2 Training Camp
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Saville Community Sports Centre - Edmonton
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August 1
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Canada vs. China
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Zhangjiang, China
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August 3
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Canada vs. China
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Guangzhou, China
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August 5
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Canada vs. Japan
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Nagaoka, Japan
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August 7
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Canada vs. Japan
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Takasaki, Japan
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As preparations continue ahead of the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2018, Canada will face 10th ranked China and 13th ranked Japan. At the FIBA Women's Asia Cup 2017, Japan (champions) and China (3rd place) both qualified for this September's World Cup.
Steve Baur (Canada Basketball) will assume head coaching duties for the series and will be joined by fellow assistant Carly Clarke (Ryerson University).
Canada is currently ranked a program-high 5th in the FIBA World ranking presented by Nike.
Source: http://basketball.ca/en/news-article/12-athletes-selected-for-senior-womens-national-team-asia-exhibi