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PUBLISHED ON June 08, 2016

Canada Basketball’s women’s high performance program is has announced the 17 athletes who have been invited to Development team training camp, which includes two Manitobans in Keneca Pingue-Giles & Emily Potter.

 Keneca is coming off an outstanding season at Ryerson University where she was named the CIS Player of the Year in her 5th and final season with the Rams.  She was also named the OUA Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year.  Keneca is a product of the University of Winnipeg Collegiate.

 Emily is currently in Europe with the Canadian Senior National Team as part of a pre-Olympic series of games and will be heading into her Junior year at the University of Utah this fall.     

 “We’re looking forward to a summer of training and gaining important international game experience,” said Fabian McKenzie, head coach. “Continuing to develop the next wave of talent in Canada is integral to our continued success on the world stage.”

McKenzie (Cape Breton University), will be joined by assistants Michele Belanger (University of Toronto), Jeff Speedy (University of New Brunswick) and Performance Analyst Sunny Ahluwalia.

The team will participate in a 9-day training camp from June 7th -16th at the University of Toronto – Mississauga. The final 12-woman squad will head to Prague for a 5-game exhibition tournament from June 20th – 25th.

In 2015, the Development team finished 2nd and won a silver medal at the FISU World University Games in South Korea – a best-ever finish for the team.

A full list of athletes and coaches can be found below. 

2016 DEVELOPMENT TEAM INVITEES
NAME                                POSITION           HEIGHT           HOMETOWN
Christina Buttenham          Guard                      5’11”              Hamilton, ON
Bridget Carleton                 Guard                      6’1”                Chatham, ON
Julia Chandler                    Forward                   6’2”                Toronto, ON
Shay Colley                        Guard                      5’7”                Brampton, ON
Mauranne Corbin                Forward                  6’3”                St. Bruno, QC
Paige Crozon                      Forward                   6’1”               Humboldt, SK
Quinn Dornstauder             Centre                      6’4”               Regina, SK
Tamara Farquhar                Forward                   6’0”               Pierrefonds, QC
Abigail Fogg                        Forward                   6’4”               Sault Ste Marie, ON
Mael Gilles                          Guard/Forward        6’1”                Montreal, QC
Sami Hill                             Guard                      5’10”               Toronto, ON
Keneca Pingue-Giles          Guard                      5’7”                Winnipeg, MB
Emily Potter                        Centre                      6’4”                Winnipeg, MB
Daneesha Provo                 Guard                      5’10”              Dartmouth, NS
Karly Roser                         Guard                      5’ 10”             Hamilton, ON
Dakota Whyte                     Guard                       5’9”                Ajax, ON       
Lauren Yearwood               Post                           6’3”               Victoria, BC
 
 
2016 COACHING & STAFF
NAMEHOMETOWNAFFILIATIONPOSITION
Fabian McKenzieGlace Bay, NSCape Breton UniversityHead Coach
Michele BelangerMississauga, ONUniversity of TorontoAssistant Coach
Jeff SpeedyFredericton, NBUniversity of New BrunswickAssistant Coach
Chantal ValleeWindsor, ONUniversity of WindsorGuest Coach
Sunny AhluwaliaSurrey, BCn/aPerformance Analyst
Patrice PepinQuebec, QCn/aPhysiotherapist
Sarah LeaitchNewmarket, ONn/aTeam Manager

2016 SCHEDULE
DATEITEMLOCATION
June 7th -16th, 2016Training CampUofT – Mississauga
June 20th, 2016Vs. Czech RepublicExhibition Tournament
Prague, Czech Republic
June 22nd, 2016Vs. Japan
June 23rd, 2016Vs. Slovakia
June 24th, 2016Vs. Czech Republic
June 25th, 2016Vs. Czech U20
 
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PUBLISHED ON March 16, 2016

FREDERICTON (CIS) – Winnipeg native Keneca Pingue-Giles, a fifth-year guard from Ryerson University, was named the CIS player of the year in women’s basketball, Wednesday night.

Pingue-Giles, a master’s student from Winnipeg, not only became the first Nan Copp Award winner in school history, she is also the first Ryerson female in any sport to be selected as CIS MVP.

Other CIS award recipients announced during the All-Canadian Celebration held at The Playhouse in Fredericton were Saint Mary’s guard Kennisha-Shanice Luberisse, who was named the defensive player of the year; Alberta forward Brooklyn Legault, who captured the Kathy Shields Award as the top rookie; McGill bench boss Ryan Thorne, who earned the Peter Ennis Award as TIMEX coach of the year; Dalhousie forward Ainsley MacIntyre, who merited the Sylvia Sweeney Award which recognizes excellence in basketball, academics and community service; as well as Ottawa guard Krista Van Slingerland, who was presented with the Tracy MacLeod Award for her determination and perseverance.

The ArcelorMittal Dofasco CIS championship gets under way Thursday at the University of New Brunswick’s Richard J. Currie Center and culminates Sunday at 1 p.m. Atlantic Time (12 noon Eastern) with the national final, live on Sportsnet 360. Saturday’s semifinals are live on Sportsnet ONE (12 noon & 2:30 p.m. Atlantic) and all 11 games from the eight-team tournament will also be streamed on www.CIS-SIC.tv.



NAN COPP AWARD (player of the year): Keneca Pingue-Giles, Ryerson

Pingue-Giles was so dominant at both ends of the court in her final university season, she was also voted the OUA defensive player of the year. The 5-foot-7 guard finished second in the Ontario conference and seventh in the country in scoring with 17.6 points per game, ranked first in the nation in steals (4.2 spg), and was fifth in the OUA in assists (4.1 apg). The most utilized player on the Ryerson roster with 29.5 minutes per contest, she also contributed 6.8 rebounds per outing, good for third on the team.

Her stellar play helped the Rams top the OUA East standings for the second straight campaign with a 16-3 record and take second place in the OUA RPI ratings. A year removed from making their first appearance at the CIS Final Eight, Pingue-Giles and the Rams were ranked no lower than fifth in the nation for the duration of the 2015-16 season.

For her career, Pingue-Giles, criminology graduate and current master’s of public policy and administration student, sits third on the all-time Ryerson list in both scoring and assists, fifth in rebounds, and second in steals.

“Keneca has been a trailblazer during her time at Ryerson. In addition to her relentless competitiveness being a major part of establishing our program as a national contender, individually she has improved every year and this is a testament to what can be accomplished with dedication, drive and passion,” said head coach Carly Clarke. “As the first Ryerson female student-athlete to be recognized with this award, I am incredibly proud of the impact she has had and the legacy she will leave with our women’s basketball program, Ryerson athletics, and our university as a whole.”

The other nominees were guard Paloma Anderson of Acadia, forward Jessica Lubin of UQAM and guard Laura Dally of Saskatchewan.

ALL-CANADIAN TEAMS

The all-Canadian teams were also announced on Wednesday.

Joining CIS MVP Keneca Pingue-Giles of Ryerson on the first squad were forward Jessica Lubin of UQAM (15.3 points per game), as well as guards Paloma Anderson of Acadia (18.7 ppg), Laura Dally of Saskatchewan (17.2 ppg) and Danielle Boiago of McMaster (17.4 ppg).

The second unit is comprised of guard Jessilyn Fairbanks of Alberta along with four forwards, including Kayli Sartori of Fraser Valley, Alex Kiss-Rusk of McGill, Alison Keough of Cape Breton and Charlotte Kot of Regina.

It marked the first career selection for all members of the two all-Canadian teams.

In addition to CIS top freshman Brooklyn Legault of Alberta, the national all-rookie squad is made up of forward Julia Curran of Western, as well as guards Kaylee Anagnostopoulos of Windsor, Gladys Hakizimana of McGill and Maria Mongomo of UNBC.

2015-2016 CIS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL AWARDS & ALL-CANADIANS
  • Nan Copp Award (player of the year): Keneca Pingue-Giles, Ryerson
  • Defensive player of the year: Kennisha-Shanice Luberisse, Saint Mary’s
  • Kathy Shields Award (rookie of the year): Brooklyn Legault, Alberta
  • Peter Ennis Award (TIMEX coach of the year): Ryan Thorne, McGill
  • Sylvia Sweeney Award (basketball, academics & community service): Ainsley MacIntyre, Dalhousie
  • Tracy MacLeod Award: Krista Van Slingerland, Ottawa
First Team
Pos. Athlete University Year Hometown Academic Program
  • G Keneca Pingue-Giles Ryerson 5 Winnipeg, Man. Ms. Pub. Pol. & Admin.
  • G Paloma Anderson Acadia 3 Phoenix, Arizona Arts
  • G Laura Dally Saskatchewan 5 Bright's Grove, Ont. Kinesiology
  • F Jessica Lubin UQAM 3 Montreal, Que. English Certificat
  • G Danielle Boiago McMaster 4 Hamilton, Ont. Kinesiology
Second Team
  • G Jessilyn Fairbanks Alberta 5 Edmonton, Alta. Medicine & Dentistry
  • F Kayli Sartori Fraser Valley 4 Abbotsford, B.C. General Studies
  • F Alex Kiss-Rusk McGill 3 Beaconsfield, Que. Arts
  • F Alison Keough Cape Breton 3 Marion Bridge, N.S. Science
  • F Charlotte Kot Regina 4 Regina, Sask. Kin. & Health Studies
All-Rookie Team

  • F Brooklyn Legault Alberta 1 North Vancouver, B.C. Phys. Ed. & Recreation
  • F Julia Curran Western 1 Waterloo, Ont. Brescia College
  • G Kaylee Anagnostopoulos Windsor 1 Waterloo, Ont. Forensic Science
  • G Gladys Hakizimana McGill 1 Montreal, Que. Social Work
  • G Maria Mongomo UNBC 1 Las Palmas, Spain Eng. Language Studies


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PUBLISHED ON March 07, 2016

The Ontario University Athletics (OUA) has announced the 2015-16 women's basketball major awards and all-stars.  In her fifth and final season, Ryerson Rams guard Keneca Pingue-Giles (Winnipeg, MB) had a season to remember and becomes the first player in program history to be named OUA Player of Year.

Pingue-Giles, who is currently pursuing her Masters of public policy & admin, finished the season averaging 17.6 points per game, to go along with 77 assists and 130 rebounds as she led the Rams to a 16-3 record and a first place finish in the OUA East division.

The Winnipeg, Manitoba native was also named OUA Defensive Player of Year after leading the conference with 79 steals.  Pingue-Giles was a force on the glass for the Rams as she finished third on the team with 4.6 defensive rebounds per game.  She becomes the first Rams player to win Defensive Player of the Year since former Ryerson standout Lacey O'Sullivan won award in 2009-10.

Pingue-Giles has also been named an OUA all-star for the third-time in her career.  This is the second consecutive season she has been selected to the first-team after being named an OUA East Division second-team all-star in 2013-14.

OUA Major Award Winners

  • Player of the Year: Keneca Pingue-Giles – Ryerson Rams
  • Defensive Player of the Year: Keneca Pingue-Giles – Ryerson Rams
  • Rookie of the Year: Julia Curran – Western Mustangs
  • Joy Bellinger Award: Abena Addo – Toronto Varsity Blues
  • Tracy McLeod Award: Krista van Slingerland – Ottawa Gee-Gees
  • Coach of the Year: Andy Sparks – Ottawa Gee-Gees

OUA First-Team All-Stars

  • Keneca Pingue-Giles – Ryerson Rams
  • Sofia Paska – Ryerson Rams
  • Jenny Wright – Queen's Gaels
  • Robyn Pearson – Queen's Gaels
  • Heather Lindsay – Carleton Ravens
  • Nicole Morrison – Laurier Golden Hawks
  • Danielle Boiago – McMaster Marauders
  • Kellie Ring – Ottawa Gee-Gees
  • Mackenzie Puklicz – Western Mustangs
  • Cheyanne Roger – Windsor Lancers

OUA Second-Team All-Stars

  • Bridget Atkinson – Guelph Gryphons
  • Kate MacTavish – Guelph Gryphons
  • Melissa Tatti – Brock Badgers
  • Elizabeth LeBlanc – Carleton Ravens
  • Clare Kenney – McMaster Marauders
  • Julia Soriano – Ottawa Gee-Gees
  • Catherine Traer – Ottawa Gee-Gees
  • Rahsida Atkinson – Toronto Varsity Blues
  • Caroline Wolynski – Western Mustangs
  • Emily Prevost – Windsor Lancers

OUA All-Rookie Team

  • Sandra Nagowska – York Lions
  • Katrina Collins-Samuels – York Lions
  • Chrissy Sirignano – Brock Badgers
  • Abbey Clark – Guelph Gryphons
  • Irena Rynkiewicz – Laurier Golden Hawks
  • Alexe Galipeau-Wilson – Nipissing Lakers
  • Myriam Fontaine – Queen's Gaels
  • Keyira Parkes – Toronto Varsity Blues
  • Julia Curran – Western Mustangs
  • Kaylee Anagnostopoulous – Windsor Lancers
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PUBLISHED ON March 04, 2015
Congrats to Winnipeg's Keneca Pingue-Giles of Ryerson named first-team all-star in the OUA conference averaging 17.5 points per game. Along with her scoring touch, Pingue-Giles got the job done in all areas for the Rams, finishing third in OUA with 3.3 steals per game, ninth in assists with 3.3 per game, and also averaged 5.6 rebounds.
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PUBLISHED ON August 22, 2014
The U22 Jr. Wesmen Women’s Basketball team is boarding a plane this morning for a road trip. Now it is just not any trip. The team is flying to the other side of the world to Japan.

The team will spend six days in the” Land of the Rising Sun” and will play in four friendly exhibition contests with the FUJITSU Red Wave Women’s Professional Program and a local University in Tokyo.

Former University of Winnipeg Wesmen basketball player Burke Toews currently coaches the Men's Professional Basketball Program with FUJITSU Red Wave and Assists the Women's Program in Tokyo, Japan.

Head Coach Tanya McKay connected with Toews to organize a travel team from Winnipeg to participate in friendly competition with the FUJITSU Red Wave Women's Program.  The Women play in the WJBL which is a Professional Basketball league in Japan.  Just less than a month ago they won the National Championship of the WJBL

"The girls are very excited to have this opportunity to play against the Red Wave as well a local university team.  The Red Wave program is the top Women's Professional Program in Japan.  This experience will be like no other - a once in a life time opportunity.  International travel, time change, language and food differences, four early morning practices, four afternoon games - in six days - will be a week to remember”, said McKay.

The Wesmen will practice and play with the Red Wave between August 24-27th at the same time experience the unique culture of Japan.

Roster

  • Stephanie Kleysen
  • Megan Noonan
  • Kerri Kuzbyt
  • Skylar Boulanger
  • Robyn Boulanger
  • Keneca Pinque-Giles
  • Taylor Thorkelsson
  • Katie Hasting Van
  • Paige Hastings Van
  • Shawn Pallister
  • Payton Gomes

Head Coach: Tanya McKay
Assistant Coach: Tami Pennell

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Sheldon Appelle
Sports Information Coordinator
University of Winnipeg
(204) 786-9823
s.appelle@uwinnipeg.ca
www.wesmen.ca
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PUBLISHED ON March 26, 2011
Kenesha-GilesLocal basketball player and former member of the Manitoba Provincial Team, Kenesha Pingue-Giles of Winnipeg was recently named the recipient of the Black Business and Professional Association (BBPA) Harry Jerome Awards for athletics.  This national recognition award are presented in a variety of
categories including arts, athletics, media, community service and
entertainment. Kenesha is currently finishing her grade 12 year at the University of Winnipeg Collegiate where she just helped the Collegiate Wesmen win their second AAA Girls Provincial title in as many years.  For more on Kenesha and the award...


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