Varsity Blues Women's Basketball

RECRUITS for 2010-2011

Athletes who commit to the Varsity Blues will be eligible to compete provided that they are academically admissible to the University of Toronto and have applied through the Ontario University Application Centre.

Kristina Menton, a 5'10" perimeter player from Manotick outside of Ottawa. She attended St Mark HS where she led the Senior basketball team to the '09 City Championship. Kristina was selected as the basketball and touch football team MVP and she was named the school Athlete of the Year as well as the recipient of the Christian Athlete Award and St Mark Award of Excellence. Kristina was named as a two- time City All-Star for basketball and she was a starter on the Ottawa Shock OBA Club team that was ranked as the #6 Junior team in the province.

Kristina will be studying Engineering Science.

Jaine Taylor, a 6'2" post player from Vancouver.
Jaine attended Carson Graham High School and played on the senior basketball team since grade 10. Carson went to the provincial championships twice during her career.

In grade 10 she played for the regional basketball team and last summer she played on the the Simon Fraser Junior Club Team and her game improved immensely. In her grade 12 year she was selected to participate in the Basketball BC Center of Performance and was also selected as a North Shore Allstar for the top basketball league in North/West Vancouver.
Jaine has also played Volleyball during her High School Career and received an honourable mention in the North Shore Allstars for her grade 12 year. Jaine was also a rep level hockey player from Grade 3 until the beginning of Grade 12 going to provincials twice in her bantam and midget years. As well, she played in-line hockey for 7 of those years. Although passionate about hockey she chose to commit herself completely to her other passion, basketball, in her grade 12 year.

Jaine will be studying in the Arts Faculty at UofT.

Julie Longauer, a 6' forward, from All Saints Catholic Secondary School in Whitby.

Julie was a 4 year Honour Roll student and school Junior Athlete of the Year. She was the basketball team Captain as a senior and won the Coach's Award as both a Jr and Sr. She also holds nine school records for track and field. Julie was selected by the Toronto Star as a Durham Region basketball All-Star

and she participated on MDP and JDP Ontario Basketball Regional teams. She has played for 3 years on the OBA Division 1 Durham Eclipse Club team at the Junior level.With the Eclipse, she has played in an international tournament in Vienna and this summer will travel to Germany.

Last Fall Julie spent a month in Italy modelling. She will be studying Humanities as a New College student.

Jill Stratton, a 5'10" guard, from Etobicoke Collegiate in Toronto.

She was the school Junior Athlete of the Year and competed at OFSAA in Cross Country and Track. Jill played on the Sr basketball team from Gr 9 and finished her highschool career as a team captain. She was also a captain of her OBA Club team, Etobicoke Storm, which she led to the Division 1 Provincial Championships and this year she is playing for the Durham Eclipse, a Division 1 Junior team in OBA competitions.

Jill has been a tournament All Star and MVP many times and has been on the school honour roll every year. She will study Physical Education and Health.

Liane Bailey, a 6' forward, from CEGEP Vanier College in Montreal.

She played on the Quebec Provincial U15 team, Dawson U16 team and the Sun Youth U17 team before moving on to Vanier. She was also invited to attend the Basketball Canada Centre for Performance development camp for Quebec.

Last year Liane was a starter on the Vanier Provincial AAA third place team. This year she led the team to another third place finish at Provincials scoring 20 points as Player of the Game in the semi-final.

After receiving an Academic Entrance Scholarship, Liane made the Deans Honour Roll and had the top average in the Health Science Program. She has applied to study Biochemistry and plans to move on to Sports Medicine or Science Research in the future.

Rachael Sider, 5'10" guard/forward, from New Westminster S.S., Vancouver.

She was a three-time team captain for her high school basketball team that was the 2008 Provincial Junior silver medalist and she was a Provincial Championship First Team All Star. Rachael's basketball background includes selection for the Lower Mainland Regional Training Centre and the BC Centre for Performance. This year she led her highschool team to 6th place at AAA Provincials where she scored 64 points and pulled down 37 boards while shooting 9 for 16 from the three point line.

As a student she was on the Honour Roll throughout highschool. Rachael has applied to study Humanities.

Amanda Lauzon, a 6' forward from Niagara Falls transfers to join the Blues after playing 1 year at Brock. Amanda attended AN Myer Secondary School where she was a four-sport athlete playing basketball, volleyball, soccer and badminton... In her senior year averaged 24.0 points and 14.0 rebounds per game... In 2008 she helped AN Myer capture Zone 3 basketball and volleyball championships... was named Basketball MVP, Volleyball MVP, and the AN Myer Female Athlete of the Year in 2007-2008. Amanda played OBA Club bball with the St. Catharines Rebels capturing back-to-back Division 2 OBA Provincial Championship titles in 2006 and 2007. In 2007 she was named the Provincial Championship MVP and also received the Harold Biggar Award for best Female Basketball Player in Niagara Falls in 2008. Other accolades include three-time Regional HS All-Star Game Participant, 2008 Welland Tribune Second Team All-Star and 2006 AN Myer Junior Athlete of the Year.

In '09, Amanda was an Assistant Coach with the Basketball Ontario Girls BDP Niagara team and in '10 she was the Head Coach of the  Girls MDP Central East Elite Development Basketball Program.Currently Amanda is finishing her certification for Level 3 coaching in the NCCP Program and she will be a CP assistant coach for the Toronto area pod this year.