TORONTO, Ont. (September 19, 2019) - Canada Basketball is pleased to announce the Senior Women’s National Team roster for the FIBA Women's AmeriCup 2019.

“We’re excited to officially start the Tokyo Olympic qualification process with this team at the FIBA Women's AmeriCup,” said Lisa Thomaidis, Head Coach, Senior Women’s National Team.  “Following a productive training camp at home in the City of Edmonton, we’re excited to compete with the top teams in the Americas.”

The FIBA Women’s AmeriCup 2019 will be played September 22-29 in San Juan's historic Coliseo Roberto Clemente.  Canada is in Group A for the FIBA Women’s AmeriCup along with Dominican Republic, Cuba, Mexico, and hosts, Puerto Rico.

“The FIBA Women’s Americup is always a great opportunity for our women’s team to compete against the best in our zone,” said Denise Dignard, Director Women's High Performance.  “We are looking forward to seeing our team in action as this will be valuable and great stepping stone as part of the new FIBA Olympic Qualification system.”

Fans in Canada can catch all the action from the FIBA Women’s AmeriCup 2019 streaming live and on demand on DAZN.

Entering the tournament as two-time defending FIBA AmeriCup champions, Canada has found a spot on the podium in seven of the last eight competitions dating back to the 2003 FIBA Americas Championship for Women in Culiacan, Mexico.

The FIBA Women’s AmeriCup 2019 will begin with a Group Phase, where teams play round-robin format for four days. The top two teams from each group advance to the semifinals of the FIBA Women’s AmeriCup 2019, where the top team of Group A will play the second team of Group B and the top team of Group B will play the second team of Group A. The winners of the semifinals will go-on to play for the continental title on September 29. Click here for the competition schedule.

As part of the Women's National Team Competition System, the FIBA Women’s AmeriCup 2019 will qualify the top 8 teams to the FIBA Women’s Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments in November.

The FIBA Women's Pre-Qualifying Tournaments in Americas will qualify the top four teams for the four global FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2020, taking place in February 2020.  Canada will qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with a top three finish in their group in the FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2020.

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

Canada is currently ranked 5th worldwide in the FIBA World Ranking Presented by NIKE.

SENIOR WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM FIBA WOMEN’S AMERICUP 2019 ROSTER

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="770"><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>#</strong></p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p><strong>Name</strong></p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p><strong>Position</strong></p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p><strong>Height</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Hometown</strong></p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p><strong>2019-2020 Club / School</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p>Kayla Alexander</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p align="center">Centre</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p align="center">6'4"</p></td><td><p>Milton, ON</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p>Chicago Sky (WNBA) / Cukurova Mersin (Turkey)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p>Miranda Ayim</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p align="center">Forward</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p align="center">6'3"</p></td><td><p>London, ON</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p>Basket Landes (France)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p>Bridget Carleton</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p align="center">Guard</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p align="center">6'1"</p></td><td><p>Chatham, ON</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p>Minnesota Lynx (WNBA) / Townsville Fire (Australia)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p>Shay Colley</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p align="center">Guard</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p align="center">5'9"</p></td><td><p>Brampton, ON</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p>Michigan State (NCAA)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p>Quinn Dornstauder</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p align="center">Forward</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p align="center">6'4"</p></td><td><p>Regina, SK</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p>Zamarat (Spain)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p>Aaliyah Edwards</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p align="center">Forward</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p align="center">6'3"</p></td><td><p>Kingston, ON</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p>Crestwood Prep (OSBA)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p>Kim Gaucher</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p align="center">Guard</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p align="center">6'1"</p></td><td><p>Mission, BC</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p>Mondeville (France)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p>Ruth Hamblin</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p align="center">Centre</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p align="center">6'6"</p></td><td><p>Houston, BC</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p>Dynamo Novosibirsk (Russia)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p>Sami Hill</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p align="center">Guard</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p align="center">5'10"</p></td><td><p>Toronto, ON</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p>Donau-Ries (Germany)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p>Miah-Marie Langlois</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p align="center">Guard</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p align="center">5'8"</p></td><td><p>Windsor, ON</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p>Dynamo Novosibirsk (Russia)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p>Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p align="center">Forward</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p align="center">6'2"</p></td><td><p>Toronto, ON</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p>New York Liberty (WNBA) / Nadezhda Orenburg (Russia)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p>Jamie Scott</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p align="center">Guard</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p align="center">5'10"</p></td><td><p>Clarkston, WA</p></td><td nowrap="nowrap"><p>Dynamo Novosibirsk (Russia)</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

SENIOR WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM FIBA WOMEN’S AMERICUP 2019 COACHES & STAFF

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="584"><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Position</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Hometown</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Affiliation</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lisa Thomaidis</p></td><td><p>Head Coach</p></td><td><p>Dundas, ON</p></td><td><p>University of Saskatchewan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Steve Baur</p></td><td><p>Assistant Coach</p></td><td><p>Sackville, NS</p></td><td><p>Canada Basketball</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carly Clarke</p></td><td><p>Assistant Coach</p></td><td><p>Halifax, NS</p></td><td><p>Ryerson University</p></td></tr><tr><td>Glen Grunwald</td><td>President &amp; CEO, Canada Basketball</td><td>Franklin Park, IL</td><td>Canada Basketball</td></tr><tr><td><p>Max Hirst</p></td><td><p>Coordinator, Performance Analysis</p></td><td><p>Collingwood, ON</p></td><td><p>Canada Basketball</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lauren Buschmann</p></td><td><p>Sports Scientist &amp; IST Manager</p></td><td><p>St. Catharines, ON</p></td><td><p>Canada Basketball/CSI-Ontario</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhonda Shishkin</p></td><td><p>Physiotherapist</p></td><td><p>Saskatoon, SK</p></td><td><p>University of Saskatchewan</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Danielle Dobney</p></td><td><p>Athletic Therapist</p></td><td><p>Toronto, ON</p></td><td><p>York University</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bryce Tully&nbsp;</p></td><td><p>Mental Performance Consultant</p></td><td><p>Halifax, NS</p></td><td><p>CSC-Atlantic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kristin Anstey</p></td><td><p>Physician</p></td><td><p>Edmonton, AB</p></td><td><p>University of Alberta</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anne Marie Thuss</p></td><td><p>Team Manager</p></td><td><p>Hamilton, ON</p></td><td><p>McMaster University</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denise Dignard</p></td><td><p>Director, WHP</p></td><td><p>Port Cartier, QC</p></td><td><p>Canada Basketball</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mike MacKay</p></td><td><p>Performance Manager, WHP</p></td><td><p>Truro, NS</p></td><td><p>Canada Basketball</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Matt Walker</p></td><td><p>Communications Manager</p></td><td><p>Ancaster, ON</p></td><td><p>Canada Basketball</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

2019 SENIOR WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM FIBA WOMEN’S AMERICUP 2019 SCHEDULE

<table border="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>DATE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ITEM</strong></p></td><td><p align="center"><strong>TIME (ET)</strong></p></td><td><p>&nbsp;<strong>LOCATION</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 22</p></td><td><p>Canada vs. Mexico</p></td><td><p align="center">12:30 PM</p></td><td rowspan="6"><p align="center"><strong>FIBA Women’s AmeriCup 2019</strong></p><p align="center">San Juan, Puerto Rico</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 23</p></td><td><p>Canada vs.&nbsp;Cuba</p></td><td><p align="center">5:30 PM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 24</p></td><td><p>Canada vs.&nbsp;Puerto Rico</p></td><td><p align="center">8:00 PM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 26</p></td><td><p>Canada vs. Dominican Republic</p></td><td><p align="center">5:30 PM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 28</p></td><td><p>Semifinals</p></td><td><p align="center">TBD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 29</p></td><td><p>Finals</p></td><td><p align="center">TBD</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

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