After graduating from Northwestern University, the five-foot-ten guard spent last season as a member of the TG Neuss Tigers in Germany, about 6,000 kilometres from her hometown of Hamilton, Ont.

"I knew I had to keep playing professionally if I wanted to remain in the pool of athletes considered for Canada Basketball, so that was a big pull (to Germany)," she explained.

Mission accomplished for Roser, who was among the invitees to Phase One of the Senior Women's National Team training camp in Edmonton and is now attending camp with the Development Women's National Team at the University of Toronto, Mississauga. The DWNT will head to Prague for a five-game exhibition tournament June 20-25.

Roser enjoyed a terrific rookie season, helping the Tigers to the fourth best record in the Bundesliga while earning an honourable mention on the league's All-Star teams. The 22-year-old  was the only Canadian and one of just two North Americans on the team in Neuss, which has a population of just over 150,000 and holds the distinction of Germany's oldest city.

"It was a fairly small town but I love the German culture, the people were amazing, and the basketball was a good experience," said Roser, who averaged 12.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.1 assists in 22 games with the Tigers.

"It was a good learning experience for me to be in a different type of environment and to try to really step up to the occasion and show my stuff and be more of a scorer and a leader on the team."

A member of last summer's DWNT that won silver at the FISU Games, Roser has played 31 career games for Canada Basketball, dating back to her first season with the Cadet Women's National Team in 2009.

She cherished sharing the court with Olympians during the recent SWNT camp.

"Just being invited and having that humbleness come that knowing I'm on the level with these girls makes me feel very special, and knowing that my hard work has actually gotten me to a point that I didn't myself (reaching) but I had goals for," Roser said.

"Every year I come back to Canada Basketball, I say that summer was the most fun I've ever had playing basketball, so it just keeps getting better and better."

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