Varsity
Blues Women's Basketball

2008-2009
Blues
Announce Recruits for 2009-10 Season
Robyn
Fashler transfers from UBC to join the Blues
Robyn comes to U of T from Vancouver, B.C. where she
led York House School to the B.C. Provincial AA
Championship as an all star in Grade 11 and earned best
defensive player in the school's runner-up finish in
Grade 12. She was selected to the Basketball Canada
Centre for Performance at 13 and participated in that
program for 3 years. She was selected for the
B.C. U16 provincial team. Robyn is a versatile
athlete with solid basketball skills and she has played
positions from point guard to power forward and can
guard all 5 positions. The 6 foot tall wing is
an honour student receiving both athletic and academic
scholarships entering UBC as a freshman in 2007 where
she was a member of the 2008 CIS National Championship
team. This summer, she will be playing basketball
for the Canadian team competing in the 18th Maccabi
Games in Israel.
In addition to basketball,
Robyn also competes in ultimate. As a member of
the B.C. Provincial Ultimate team in Grade 12, she won
the gold at the Canadian National Championships in 2007.
In university, she played on the UBC Women's Ultimate
team which won the North American Ultimate College Championship
in 2008. She was selected captain for the
Canadian National Junior Women's Ultimate team that
competed in the World's Tournament held in Vancouver
last summer.
Spending the last academic year away
from varsity basketball, Robyn is very excited to be
coming to U of T and hopes to contribute to the continued
success of the Blues next year.
Hayley
Max-Lino Joins Blues from Ottawa
Hayley Max-Lino a 5'10" forward will be coming
from Ottawa's Glebe Collegiate and the Gloucester Wolverines
Club team to join the Varsity Blues next season. In
high school Hayley was an honour role student since
grade 9. She was a basketball City All-Star who led
the Gryphons as a top scorer and team captain during
her four years on the senior team. She also was a star
and team captain on the touch football team which she
led in touchdowns scored. The Wolverines are a consistent
Division 1 OBA club team and Hayley has won many awards
as an on court and off court leader for this successful
squad from the Capital region.
Hayley has been accepted into the faculty of Physical
Education and Health and is excited to be joining the
Blues family.
Katelyn
McConnell Joins the Varsity Blues
Katelyn
McConnell, a 5'9" guard from Sinclair S.S. in Whitby
is looking forward to becoming a Varsity Blues team-member
next season. Katelyn is an accomplished versatile athlete
who has been named school Athlete of the Year in Grades
9, 10, 11 and 12. She has been a captain of both the
basketball and field lacrosse teams in her senior years
as well as MVP in basketball, lacrosse and badminton.
She has represented her school at the Ontario Athletic
Leadership Camp.
Katelyn also has been a captain of the Durham
Eclipse basketball team that has been an OBA first division
team for her two seasons with the Junior team. With
the Eclipse she has travelled to Vienna for an International
tournament.
Katelyn will be studying Social Sciences.
Alicia
Van Kampen Joins Blues
Alicia Van Kampen will travel down Highway
10 from Orangeville to join the Blues squad next year.
Alicia is a 6'1" post from Westside Secondary School
and the Oakville Vytis Break OBA club team.
Playing basketball for the Thunder, she was a
District Champion and District All-Star for all four
years and MVP of the District Final in '08. With Oakville,
she was a provincial Juvenile Silver medalist in '08
and the '09 Junior team qualified for the OBA first
division. Alicia was also a
four time All-Star for her Westside volleyball team
as well as competing in soccer, track and badminton
during her highschool career.
She will be studying Physical Education and Health
at UofT.
BLUES
ALL-STARS LEAD EAST TO WIN
As usual in all-star games it took a while for
the teams to get a feel for their new team mates and
find their shooting touch after two months away from
real competition. After a low scoring first quarter
the East team held a 16-13 lead but both teams opened
up, improved their finish and the West took a 41-35
lead into half time. The East team made another run
and pulled even at 58 after the third frame. Then in
the final quarter, the East continued their run and
went on to a 77-64 victory.
The East team was led by the two Varsity Blues
All-Stars as Alaine Hutton was named
Player of the Game with 20 points and 3 rebounds while
Nicki Schutz had 21 points, 11 rebounds
and 4 steals. Michele Belanger took
over the East coaching reins in the middle of third
quarter as Ottawa coach Andy Sparks had to leave to
coach his club team.

BEST
OF OUA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL SHOWCASED
An exciting 2008-09 season of Ontario University Athletics
(OUA) women's basketball will have a star-studded conclusion
on Saturday, May 9 in the inaugural OUA All-Star Game
to take place at RIM Park in Waterloo as part of the
2009 Ontario Basketball Association (OBA) Ontario Cup.
Twenty
players who were named OUA all-stars or members of the
all-rookie teams this past season will showcase their
skills in a battle of East versus West. The East is
led by its player of the year Alaine Hutton
(Hamilton, Ont.) of the Toronto Varsity Blues,
top rookie Abby Edmison (Carleton
Place, Ont.) of the Royal Military College Paladins
and defensive player of the year Tanya Perry
(Barrie, Ont.) of the Carleton Ravens. Hutton
will be joined by U of T teammate Nicki Schutz
(Toronto, Ont.) as together they formed the
most potent scoring duo in OUA this past regular season
with a combined 754 points, or 34.3 points per game.
The team is led by East Division coach of the year Andy
Sparks of the OUA finalist Ottawa Gee-Gees.
The
West also boasts a strong squad, including Dranadia
Roc (Montreal, Que.) and Alisa Wulff
(Pickering, Ont.), both members of the OUA
champion Windsor Lancers. They will have a familiar
bench boss in Chantal Vallée ,
who was named West Division coach of the year after
leading the Lancers to the best regular season record
(21-1) in OUA. Vallee also led Windsor to its! first
appearance at the CIS national tournament. They will
be joined by Western Mustangs guard Amanda Anderson
(Dover Centre, Ont.) who led all West Division
players averaging 16.1 points per game during the regular
season.
The
all-star showcase also marks a final opportunity for
a trio of players to wear the uniforms of their respective
teams. Sharlene Harding (Brampton,
Ont.) of the Paladins, Laura MacCallum
(Paris, Ont.) of the York Lions and Kathryn
Verboom (Thunder Bay, Ont.) of the Lakehead
Thunderwolves have completed their final year of CIS
eligibility, and have one final opportunity to play
alongside their peers. All three individuals have made
their mark on their respective programs with Harding,
a former Queen's Gael,! leading the Paladins in points
and rebounds in 2008-09, MacCallum finishing her career
as York's all-time leading scorer and Verboom placing
ninth on the all-time Lakehead points list.
Mascots
from the competing OUA schools will also be in attendance,
and will showcase their basketball skills during halftime.
Tip
off is set for 7 p.m. on May 9 at RIM Park in Waterloo.
Admission is free of charge.
The
OUA All-Star Game is being played in conjunction with
the Under 17 and Under 19 Girls Ontario Basketball Provincial
Championships. In all, 97 teams from across the province
will be competing in the two age categories in a quest
to have fun, play fair and to bring home a gold medal.
OUA
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-STAR GAME ROSTERS
EAST
DIVISION
Darrah
Bumstead |
F
|
New
Hamburg |
Laurentian
|
Abby
Edmison |
G
|
St.
Andrew |
RMC
|
Sharlene
Harding |
F
|
Brampton |
RMC
|
Jenny
Hobbs |
G
|
Burlington |
Ryerson
|
Alaine
Hutton |
G
|
Hamilton |
Toronto
|
Ines
Jelic |
F
|
London |
Carleton
|
Laura
MacCallum |
G
|
Paris |
York
|
Emilie
Morasse |
G
|
Quebec
City |
Ottawa
|
Tanya
Perry |
G
|
Barrie |
Carleton
|
Nicki
Schutz |
F
|
Toronto |
Toronto
|
Head
Coach: Andy
Sparks (Ottawa)
WEST
DIVISION
Renata
Adamczyk |
F
|
Dundas |
Laurier
|
Amanda
Anderson |
G
|
Dover
Centre |
Western
|
Kim
Lee |
G
|
Ajax |
Waterloo
|
Tasia
McKenna |
G
|
Timberlea,
N.S. |
Lakehead
|
Kelly
Moulden |
G
|
Dundas |
Western
|
Dranadia
Roc |
G
|
Montreal |
Windsor
|
Taylor
Smith |
G
|
Hamilton |
McMaster
|
Alisa
Wulff |
F
|
Pickering |
Windsor
|
Kathryn
Verboom |
F
|
Thunder
Bay |
Lakehead
|
Kris
Yallin |
G
|
Port
Colborne |
Guelph
|
Head
Coach: Chantal
Vallée (Windsor)
SCHUTZ,
KINNEAR SIGN WITH TORONTO STEALTH
University
of Toronto Varsity Blues Women's Basketball standouts
Nicki Schutz and Tara Kinnear
have signed with the Toronto Stealth, Canada's entry
in the summer Women's Blue Chip Basketball League (WBCBL).
A 2008-09 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) East first
team All-Star, Schutz (Toronto) transferred
to U of T after two years at the University of Winnipeg
and made an immediate impact, finishing eighth in Canadian
Interuniversity Sport (CIS) scoring with 16.5 points
per game. She was also the second leading rebounder
in the country with 11.7 boards per game.
Kinnear also transferred to U of T
to complete her Master's Degree in Nutritional Science
for the 2008-09 season after four years at St. Francis
Xavier. The Kemptville, Ont. native was third on the
Blues in scoring, averaging 11.1 points per game, and
led the CIS in offensive rebounds this season. She also
finished fourth in the OUA with 8.62 boards per game.
In addition to Schutz and Kinnear,
Varsity Blues alumnus Laila Bellony
(Toronto) has also signed with the Stealth. Bellony
played three seasons for the Blues (2005-08) after a
year at Texas Christian Junior College and a year at
Dillard University in New Orleans. She played 64 games
with U of T, and totaled 500 points and 335 boards.
The WBCBL provides highly competitive basketball for
women age 20 and older. The competition level ranges
from former college players to former National Women's
Basketball League (NWBL) and Women's National Basketball
Association (WNBA) players and current international
players.
In addition, the WBCBL has built a networking relationship
with professional international basketball scouts and
agents to broaden the possibility of higher-level professional
jobs being offered.
The WBCBL runs from May through July. The Toronto Stealth
kicks off their season on May 16 at 7:00pm when they
take on the Detroit Dolphins at Ryerson University.
Archives
for 2008-09 Pre-Season,
click here
Archives
for 2008-09 Season,
click here
Archives
for 2007-08 Season, click
here
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OUA Women's Basketball Home Page,
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here
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more Blues information click
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