TORONTO, Ont. (August 23, 2018) – Canada Basketball is pleased to announce the invites for training camp ahead of the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2018.
For a full list of athletes, coaches and team schedule, click here. Or see below
Head Coach Lisa Thomaidis (University of Saskatchewan) will lead Canada and be joined by assistants Steve Baur (Canada Basketball) and Carly Clarke (Ryerson University).
“This is an exciting time for our women’s national team,” said Lisa Thomaidis, Head Coach, Senior Women’s National Team. “We are looking forward to starting training camp with the deepest talent pool we’ve had in recent memory.”
“With many of our athletes playing in the best leagues in the world, we are excited to get everyone together to prepare to represent Canada with pride and passion at the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup,” Thomaidis said.
Currently ranked a program-high 5th in the FIBA World Ranking Presented by NIKE, Canada qualified for the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2018 last summer after winning their second consecutive FIBA Women’s AmeriCup title.
The FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup is the biggest international women’s basketball competition with 18th edition of the event taking place in Spain from September 22-30, 2018 in San Cristobal de la Laguna and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Following training camp, Canada will travel to Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut for a two-game exhibition series against Japan (Sept. 7) and USA (Sept. 8). Before arriving in Tenerife, Canada will face France, USA and Senegal in a four-team tournament in Antibes, France (Sept. 15-17).
“We have a great exhibition schedule lined up leading into the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup and look forward to the team coming together and competing against the best teams in the world,” said Denise Dignard, Director Women’s High Performance.
Canada is in Group A for the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2018 and will face Greece (Sept. 22), Korea (Sept. 23) and France (Sept. 25) in the Group Phase. Click here for the competition schedule.
Media interested in attending training camp can contact Matt Walker (mwalker@basketball.ca). Practices will take place at the Mattamy Athletic Centre.
Thursday, August 30
12:30 PM – Gym Opens
1:00 PM – Availability
Saturday, September 1
12:30 PM – Gym Opens
1:00 PM – Availability
Tuesday, September 4
12:30 PM – Gym Opens
1:00 PM – Availability
2018 WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM PHASE 3 TRAINING CAMP ROSTER
| Name | Position | Height | Hometown | Club / School |
| Natalie Achonwa | Power Forward | 6’3″ | Guelph, ON | Indiana Fever (WNBA) |
| Kayla Alexander | Forward | 6’4″ | Milton, ON | Indiana Fever (WNBA) |
| Miranda Ayim | Forward | 6’3″ | London, ON | Basket Landes (France) |
| Bridget Carleton | Guard | 6’1″ | Chatham, ON | Iowa State (NCAA) |
| Shay Colley | Point Guard | 5’9″ | Brampton, ON | Michigan State (NCAA) |
| Nirra Fields | Guard | 5’6″ | Lachine, QC | Energa Torun (Poland) |
| Kim Gaucher | Shooting Guard | 6’1″ | Mission, BC | Mondeville (France) |
| Ruth Hamblin | Centre | 6’6″ | Houston, BC | Castor Braine (Belgium) |
| Sami Hill | Guard | 5’10” | Toronto, ON | Donau-Ries (Germany) |
| Miah-Marie Langlois | Point Guard | 5’8″ | Windsor, ON | Novosibirsk Dynamo (Russia) |
| Kia Nurse | Guard | 6’0″ | Hamilton, ON | New York Liberty (WNBA) |
| Katherine Plouffe | Forward | 6’3″ | Edmonton, AB | Bourges (France) |
| Michelle Plouffe | Forward | 6’4″ | Edmonton, AB | Lyon (France) |
| Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe | Forward | 6’2″ | Toronto, ON | Bourges (France) |
| Jamie Scott | Guard | 5’10” | Clarkston, WA | Bendigo Spirit (Australia) |
2018 WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM PHASE 3 TRAINING CAMP COACHES & STAFF
| Name | Position | Hometown | Affiliation |
| Lisa Thomaidis | Head Coach | Dundas, ON | University of Saskatchewan |
| Steve Baur | Assistant Coach | Wolfville, NS | Canada Basketball |
| Carly Clarke | Assistant Coach | Halifax, NS | Ryerson University |
| Max Hirst | Coordinator, Performance Analysis | Collingwood, ON | Canada Basketball |
| Lauren Buschmann | Sports Scientist & IST Manager | St. Catharines, ON | Canada Basketball/CSI-Ontario |
| Rhonda Shishkin | Physiotherapist | Saskatoon, SK | University of Saskatchewan |
| Danielle Dobney | Athletic Therapist | Toronto, ON | N/A |
| Bryce Tully | Mental Performance Coach | Halifax, NS | CSC-Atlantic |
| Marni Wesner | Lead Physician | Edmonton, AB | University of Alberta |
| Jessica Curran | Physician | Ottawa, ON | N/A |
| Elaine Sun | Manager, Basketball Operations | Thornhill, ON | Canada Basketball |
| Anne Marie Thuss | Team Manager | Hamilton, ON | McMaster University |
| Denise Dignard | Director, WHP | Port Cartier, QC | Canada Basketball |
| Mike MacKay | Performance Manager, WHP | Truro, NS | Canada Basketball |
| Matt Walker | Communications Manager | Ancaster, ON | Canada Basketball |
2018 WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM SCHEDULE
| DATE | ITEM | |
| August 30-September 5 | Training Camp | Ryerson University (Mattamy Athletic Centre) Toronto, ON |
| September 7 | Canada vs. Japan | Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, Connecticut |
| September 8 | Canada vs. USA | |
| September 15 | Canada vs. USA | Antibes, France |
| September 16 | Canada vs. France | |
| September 17 | Canada vs. Senegal | |
| September 22 | Canada vs. Greece | FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2018 Tenerife, Spain |
| September 23 | Canada vs. Korea | |
| September 25 | Canada vs. France | |
| September 26 | Quarter-Final Qualifications | |
| September 28 | Quarter-Finals | |
| September 29 | Semi-Finals | |
| September 30 | Finals |
Courtesy Canada Basketball
