Canada Basketball has announced that Winnipeg’s Niyah Becker has been named to the Senior Women’s National Team training camp roster as preparations continue for the FIBA Women’s Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament 2026 and the Road to LA 2028.
The Winnipeg native is one of 17 athletes invited to attend Canada’s national team training camp from July 18–25 in Victoria, British Columbia, where the squad will continue preparations ahead of this summer’s international competition.
As part of the week-long camp, Canada will face the reigning NCAA champion UCLA Bruins in an exhibition game on July 22 during the W’HOOP IT UP showcase at Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre before travelling to Guadalajara, Mexico, for the FIBA Women’s Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament, scheduled for August 17–23.
The tournament marks the opening step on the Road to LA 2028, with the tournament champion advancing to the FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournaments in 2028.
For Niyah, the invitation represents another milestone in a basketball journey that began in Winnipeg and has taken her around the world. She developed her game through Manitoba’s basketball community, competing at Vincent Massey Collegiate along with local club programs before earning selection to the Manitoba’s Provincial Team Program, where she represented the province at the Canadian National Championships culminating with a Bronze Medal at the 2017 Canada Games hosted in Winnipeg. Her success at the provincial level led to opportunities with Canada Basketball’s age-group national teams, laying the foundation for an outstanding collegiate, professional and international career.
Following a standout high school career, she began her NCAA career at the University of Utah before transferring to Wake Forest University, where she graduated in 2023 after becoming one of the Atlantic Coast Conference’s premier forwards.
Professionally, Becker has established herself as one of Canada’s emerging international players. Since graduating from Wake Forest, she has competed professionally in Slovenia, Spain, Latvia and Japan,
Internationally, Becker has represented Canada for nearly a decade. She has competed with Canada’s U18 Women’s National Team, represented Canada at the FIBA U19 Women’s Basketball World Cup in Thailand, earned multiple selections to the Senior Women’s National Team, helped Canada capture the bronze medal at the 2025 FIBA Women’s AmeriCup, and now returns once again as Canada builds toward the 2028 Olympic Games.
Canada Basketball’s Victoria camp follows last month’s national team gathering in Montreal and brings together a talented mix of Olympians, World Cup veterans, AmeriCup athletes and emerging players from Canada’s high-performance pathway.
Canada currently sits No. 7 in the FIBA Women’s World Rankings, presented by Nike, and will be looking to build momentum heading into this summer’s Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament.
Basketball Manitoba congratulates Niyah on another well-deserved national team selection and wishes her and Team Canada every success as they continue their journey toward LA 2028!
Source: http://www.basketball.ca
