
Team Canada Women Announce Tryout Roster

There has been much speculation about which NBA stars will be appearing together for the Pan Am Games and FIBA Americas, but Canada Basketball’s Senior Men’s program is still very much in its infancy.
The Women, however, are poised for podiums at both Pan Ams and the Olympic qualifying FIBA Women’s competition hosted in Edmonton.
With an ambitious schedule and player pool loaded with the likes of Natalie Achonwa, Kayla Alexander, Adut Bulgak, Nirra Fields, Kia Nurse, Korissa Williams, and the Plouffe sisters, these women will be tough to stop.
Per Canada Basketball:
Team Canada Prepares For Exciting Competitive Season & Hosting Olympic Qualifier
At the completion of training camp the women will head to Spain and France for a six-game European Exhibition Tour, facing off against Poland, Great Britain, Italy, Spain and France. The team will then return to Canada to participate in the TORONTO 2015 Pan Am Games. The final Pan Am team roster will be announced in June, before the team plays in Toronto from July 16-20 at the Mattamy Athletic Centre.
DATE | TIME | LOCATION |
Thursday, May 14 | 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Saville Community Centre – Edmonton, AB |
Sunday, May 17 | 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | |
Monday, May 18 | 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. | |
Thursday, May 21 | 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | |
Sunday, May 24 | 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
ATHLETES INVITED TO 2015 TEAM CANADA TRYOUTS BY INVITATION
Name Position Height Hometown Club / School(’14-‘15)
Natalie Achonwa Power Forward 6’3” Guelph, ON Indiana Fever (WNBA)
Kayla Alexander Power Forward 6’4” Milton, ON Chevakata (Russia)
Miranda Ayim Power Forward 6’3” London, ON Toulouse (France)
Krysten Boogaard Centre 6’5” Regina, SK Unattached
Adut Bulgak Centre 6’4” Edmonton, AB Florida State (NCAA)
Shay Colley Guard 5’7” Brampton, ON St. Edward Campion S.S.
Quinn Dornstuader Centre 6’4” Regina, SK Arizona State (NCAA)
Nirra Fields Guard 5’6” Montreal, QC UCLA (NCAA)
Kim Gaucher Shooting Guard 6’1” Mission, BC Sopron (Hungary)
Saicha Grant-Allen Forward 6’5” Hamilton, ON Dayton (NCAA)
Ruth Hamblin Centre 6’6” Houston, BC Oregon State (NCAA)
Miah-Marie Langlois Point Guard 5’8” Windsor, ON Northland, Lulea (Sweden)
Lizanne Murphy Small Forward 6’1” Beaconsfield, QC Angers (France)
Kia Nurse Point Guard 6’0” Hamilton, ON UConn (NCAA)
Katherine Plouffe Small Forward 6’3” Edmonton, AB Arad (Romania)
Michelle Plouffe Small Forward 6’3” Edmonton, AB Arras (France)
Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe Forward 6’2” Vernon, BC Donau-Ries (Germany)
Tamara Tatham Small Forward 6’1” Brampton, ON Piestanske Cajky (Slovakia)
Shona Thorburn Point Guard 5’10” Hamilton, ON Nantes Reze (France)
Jamie Weisner Guard 5’9” Clarkston, WA Oregon State (NCAA)
Dakota Whyte Guard 5’9” Ajax, ON Wisconsin (NCAA)
Korissa Williams Point Guard 5’9” Amherstburg, ON Windsor (CIS)
2015 WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM STAFF | ||
NAME | POSITION | HOMETOWN |
Lisa Thomaidis | Head Coach | Dundas, ON |
Shawnee Harle | Assistant Coach | Calgary, AB |
Bev Smith | Assistant Coach | Eugene, OR |
Steve Baur | Assistant Coach | Wolfville, NS |
Theresa Burns | Guest Assistant Coach | Hamilton, ON |
Fabian McKenzie | DWNT Head Coach | Sydney, NS |
Dipesh Mistry | Performance Analyst | Markham, ON |
Joan Mlynarczyk | IST Lead & Head Therapist | Toronto, ON |
Marcel Charland | Athletic & Massage Therapist | Toronto, ON |
Chris DalCin | Basketball Scientist | Toronto, ON |
Sarah Kim | Lead Physician | Toronto, ON |
Marni Wesner | Edmonton Lead Physician | Edmonton, AB |
Peter Jensen | Sport Psychologist | Toronto, ON |
Susan Cockle | Sport Psychologist | Edmonton, AB |
Anne Marie Thuss Elaine Sun |
Team Manager Team Manager |
Hamilton, ON Thornhill, ON |
Mikaela Berza | Team Manager | Mississauga, ON |
PHASE 1 SCHEDULE | |
Training Camp – Saville Community Centre, Edmonton | May 10-24 |
Exhibition Tournament *Live stats and game reports will be available | |
Tournament in La Rioja, SpainCAN vs POL: 1:00 p.m. ET CAN vs. GBR: 1:00 p.m. ET CAN vs ESP: 6:00 a.m. ET |
May 28 May 29 May 30 |
Tournament in Lille, FranceCAN vs POL: 12:00 p.m. ET CAN vs ITA: 12:00 p.m. ET CAN vs FRA: 2:45 p.m. ET |
June 3 June 4 June 5 |