U Sports women's basketball

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U Sports women's basketball
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FormerlyCIAU women's basketball, CIS women's basketball
SportBasketball
Founded1977
No. of teams48, in four conferences
CountryCanada
Most recent
champion(s)		Saskatchewan Huskies
Most titlesVictoria Vikes (9)
Official websiteU Sports women's basketball

U Sports women's basketball is the highest level of play of women's basketball at the university level under the auspices of U Sports, Canada's governing body for university sports. There are 48 teams, all of which are based in Canada, that are divided into four conferences that are eligible to compete for the year-end championship. As these players compete at the university level, they are obligated to follow the rule of standard eligibility of five years. The winning team of the U Sports women's basketball championship is awarded the Bronze Baby trophy.[1] The championship has been played for since 1972, with the UBC Thunderettes capturing the inaugural championship.

History[]

Participating universities[]

As of the 2019–2020 U Sports season, 48 of the 56 U Sports member institutions have women's basketball teams. The teams are split into four conferences with some conferences splitting teams further into divisions. With the addition of Ontario Tech for the 2019–20 season, the OUA moved to three six-team divisions.[2] The Canada West conference had two divisions, but reverted to a one conference format for the 2016–17 season with 17 teams.[3] The AUS conference has eight teams while the RSEQ conference has five.

Atlantic University Sport[]

Further information: Atlantic University Sport
University Varsity Name City Province School
Founded		 Arena Arena
Capacity
Acadia University Axewomen Wolfville, Annapolis Valley NS 1838
Cape Breton University Capers Sydney, Nova Scotia NS 1951
Dalhousie University Tigers Halifax NS 1818 Dalhousie Memorial Arena 1,280
Memorial University of Newfoundland Sea-Hawks Saint John's NL 1925
University of Prince Edward Island Panthers Charlottetown PEI 1969
Saint Mary's University Huskies Halifax NS 1802 1,000
St. Francis Xavier University X-Women Antigonish NS 1853 1,500
University of New Brunswick Reds Fredericton NB 1785 Aitken University Centre 3,278

Canada West Universities Athletic Association[]

Further information: Canada West Universities Athletic Association
University Varsity Name City Province School
Founded		 Arena Arena
Capacity
University of Alberta Pandas Edmonton AB 1908 Clare Drake Arena 3,000
Brandon University Bobcats Brandon MB 1889
University of British Columbia Thunderbirds Vancouver BC 1906 Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre 5,054
University of Calgary Dinos Calgary AB 1966 Father David Bauer Olympic Arena 1,750
University of the Fraser Valley Cascades Abbotsford, Agassiz, Chilliwack, Hope & Mission, British Columbia BC 1974
University of Lethbridge Horns Lethbridge AB 1967
MacEwan University Griffins Edmonton AB 1971 1,000
University of Manitoba Bisons Winnipeg MB 1877 Max Bell Centre 2,121
Mount Royal University Cougars Calgary AB 1931 500
University of Northern British Columbia Timberwolves Prince George BC 1990
University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus) Heat Kelowna BC
University of Regina Cougars Regina SK 1974 1,300
University of Saskatchewan Huskies Saskatoon SK 1907 Merlis Belsher Place 2,300
Thompson Rivers University WolfPack Kamloops BC 1970
Trinity Western University Spartans Langley BC 1962 Langley Events Centre 5,300
University of Victoria Vikes Victoria BC 1963
University of Winnipeg Wesmen Winnipeg MB 1871

Ontario University Athletics[]

Further information: Ontario University Athletics

East Division[]

University Varsity Name City Province School
Founded		 Arena Arena
Capacity
Carleton University Ravens Ottawa ON 1952
Laurentian University Laurentian Voyageurs Sudbury ON 1960 Countryside Arena
Nipissing University Lakers North Bay ON 1992 North Bay Memorial Gardens 4,246
University of Ontario Institute of Technology Ridgebacks Oshawa ON 2002 800
University of Ottawa Gee-Gees Ottawa ON 1894 850
Queen's University Gaels Kingston ON 1841 Kingston Memorial Centre 3,300

West Division[]

University Varsity Name City Province School
Founded		 Arena Arena
Capacity
Algoma University Algoma Thunderbirds Sault Ste. Marie ON 1965
University of Guelph Gryphons Guelph ON 1964 1,400
University of Waterloo Warriors Waterloo ON 1957
University of Western Ontario Mustangs London ON 1878
Wilfrid Laurier University Golden Hawks Waterloo ON 1957 3,400
University of Windsor Lancers Windsor ON 1857

Central Division[]

University Varsity Name City Province School
Founded		 Arena Arena
Capacity
Brock University Badgers St. Catharines ON 1964 1,400
Ryerson University Rams Toronto ON 1948 Mattamy Athletic Centre at the Gardens 2,796
Lakehead University Thunderwolves Thunder Bay ON 1947
McMaster University Marauders Hamilton ON 1887
University of Toronto Varsity Blues Toronto ON 1827 Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport 2,000
York University Lions Toronto ON 1959 Tait McKenzie Centre

Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec[]

Further information: Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec
University Varsity Name City Province School
Founded		 Arena Arena
Capacity
Bishop's University Gaiters Sherbrooke QC 1843 800
Concordia University Stingers Montreal QC 1896
Université Laval Rouge et Or Laval QC 1663
McGill University Martlets Montreal QC 1821
Université du Québec à Montréal Citadins Montreal QC 1969

Conference championships[]

= Indicates national champion

Critelli Cup (OUA)[]

The OUA postseason tournament champions are awarded the Critelli Cup.

Championships by School[]

Team Wins Losses Appearances MRC MRA
Laurentian Lady Vees 14 2000
Toronto Varsity Blues 9 2002
Windsor Lancers 6 1 (2012[6]) 2015
McMaster Marauders 5 1 (2018)[7] 2019 2019
Brock Badgers 2 2020 2020
Western Mustangs 3 1974
Carleton Ravens 2 3 (2011,[8] 2013[9]) 2018 2018
Ottawa Gee-Gees 2 3 (2010,[10] 2016,[11] 2019) 2012 2019[12]
York Lions 2 2007
Guelph Gryphons 2 2005
Ryerson Rams 1 2 (2015,[13] 2020) 2016 2020[14]
Queen's Golden Gaels 1 2 (2014,[15] 2017[16]) 2001
  • MRC = Most Recent Championship
  • MRA = Most Recent Appearance

Atlantic University Sport[]

Canada West[]

Year Winning team Coach
2020 Saskatchewan Huskies women's basketball Lisa Thomaidis
2019 Saskatchewan Huskies women's basketball Lisa Thomaidis
2018 Regina Cougars Dave Taylor
2017 Saskatchewan Huskies women's basketball Lisa Thomaidis
2016 Saskatchewan Huskies women's basketball Lisa Thomaidis
2015 UBC Thunderbirds women's basketball Debbie Huband
2014 Saskatchewan Huskies women's basketball Lisa Thomaidis
2013 Regina Cougars Dave Taylor
2012 UBC Thunderbirds women's basketball Debbie Huband
2011 Saskatchewan Huskies women's basketball Lisa Thomaidis
2010 Simon Fraser Clan
2008 UBC Thunderbirds women's basketball Debbie Huband
2007 UBC Thunderbirds women's basketball Debbie Huband

Championships by School[]

Team Wins Losses Appearances MRC MRA
Victoria Vikes women's basketball 18 2000
UBC Thunderbirds women's basketball 8 2015
Saskatchewan Huskies women's basketball 7 2020 2020
Simon Fraser Clan 5 2010
Regina Cougars 3 1 (2019[17]) 2018
Alberta Pandas 1 (2020[18]) 2020
Lethbridge Pronghorns 1 1993

Awards and honours[]

U Sports championship MVP[]

Player of the year (Nan Copp Award)[]

Rookie of the year[]

Kathy Shields Award

Defensive Player of the year[]

Outstanding student-athlete[]

Sylvia Sweeney Award

Coach of the Year[]

Peter Ennis Award

Fair Play Award[]

R.W. Pugh Fair Play Award

2019-20 Not Awarded
2018-19 Not awarded
2017-18 Not awarded
2016-17 Not awarded
2015-16 Krista Van Slingerland, Ottawa
2014-15 Ryerson University
2013-14 Jessica Clemençon, Windsor
2012-13 Not awarded
2011-12 Not awarded
2010-11 Ashley Stephen, StFX
2009-10 Lindsay DeGroot, Saskatchewan
2008-09 Not awarded
2007-08 Not awarded
2006-07 Julia Wilson, Simon Fraser

Perseverence Award[]

Tracy MacLeod Award

Top 100[]

In celebration of the centennial anniversary of U SPORTS women’s basketball, a committee of U SPORTS women’s basketball coaches and partners revealed a list of the Top 100 women's basketball players. Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first Canadian university women’s contest between the Queen’s Gaels and McGill Martlets on Feb. 6, 1920, the list of the Top 100 was gradually revealed over four weeks. Culminating with the All-Canadian Gala, which also recognized national award winners. [20]

1930-1980[]

Player Team(s) Years Accolades
Ruth Wilson UBC 1937-41
Nora McDermott UBC 1945-49 She coached the bronze medal winning women's basketball squad at the 1967 Pan American Games
Patricia Lawson Saskatchewan 1947-50
Arlene McGinn Saskatchewan 1950-54
Mary MacDonald Toronto 1951-53
Linda Winter-Barrett Memorial 1956-58
Darlene Currie Calgary 1956-58
Ann Mosher-MacVicar Acadia 1957-61
Barb Robertson UBC 1959-64
Sandra Barr UNB 1964-68
Mary Coutts Victoria 1965-67
Pauline Genzick UBC 1966-69
Betty Ross UBC 1966-71
Joanne Sargent UBC 1968-73
Terri McGovern UBC 1969-72
Bev Barnes UBC 1970-74
Joyce Douthwright-Slipp UNB 1971-74 She competed for the Canada women's national basketball team from 1969 to 1976.[21]


She played at the 1971 FIBA World Championship for Women and 1975 FIBA World Championship for Women.[22] In international competitions, Slipp was on the Canadian team that placed sixth at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[23]
In 1976, Slipp became the head coach of the women's basketball team at the University of New Brunswick.
From 1976 to 1980, Slipp had 63 wins and 23 losses with UNB.[24]

Debbie Phelan UBC 1970-75
Kathy Williams-Shields UBC
Laurentian		 1969-71
1972-76
Angie Johnson Winnipeg 1971-77 Competed in the World University Games in Moscow
Played for Canada at the 1973 World championships in Cali, Colombia
Competed at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City
Played for Canada in Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Member of Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame (inducted 2007)[25]
Coleen Dufresne Ottawa
McGill		 1971-80 Played for Canada in Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Liz Silcott Concordia
Waterloo
UBC		 1972-79
Sylvia Sweeney McGill
Concordia
Laurentian		 1973-79 Played for Canada in Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Played for Canada in Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Carol Turney-Loos Saint Mary's
Victoria
UBC		 1973-80 Recipient of the 1980 Nan Copp Award
Chris Critelli Winnipeg
Laurentian		 1974-78 Played for Canada in Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Debbie Huband Bishop's
Concordia		 1976-80 Captained Bishop's to three consecutive QUAA titles from 1977-80
Played for Canada in Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Set a Canada West record with 344 coaching wins with the UBC Thunderbirds women's basketball program

1980 to 1990[]

Player Team(s) Years Accolades
Janis Paskevich-MacDonald Calgary 1977-82
Luanne Hebb Krawetz Victoria 1977-82
Candi Clarkson-Lohr Guelph
Brock		 1977-84 Played for Canada in Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Anna Pendergast-Stammberger Dalhousie 1978-83 Played for Canada in Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Tracie McAra-Sibbald Victoria 1978-83 Played for Canada in Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Andrea Blackwell Bishop's 1979-84 Played for Canada in Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Lynn Polson Bishop's 1980-84 Played for Canada in Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Won a bronze medal for Canada at the 1986 FIBA World Championship for Women
Patricia Melville Toronto 1980-86
Sandy Espeseth Victoria 1981-88
Angela Orton Toronto 1982-86
Beth Cochran Winnipeg 1982-87
Karla Karch Calgary
Victoria		 1982-88
Carol Hamilton Laurentian 1984-87 Bronze medalist at 1986 FIBA World Championship for Women
Lori Clarke Victoria 1984-87 Victoria Vikes Hall of Fame Class of 2019 Inductee[26]
Janet Fowler Victoria 1984-87
Mary-Ann Kowal Toronto 1984-89
Kathy MacCormack-Spurr Dalhousie 1985-89
Veronica VanderSchee Calgary 1985-90

1990 to 2000[]

Player Team(s) Years Accolades
Kelly Boucher Calgary
Victoria		 1985-91 Played for Canada in Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Also played for Canada in Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Competed for the Charlotte Sting of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).[27]
Cynthia Johnston Bishop's 1986-91 Played for Canada in Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Female Athlete of the Year at Bishop's University
Jodi Evans Calgary 1986-91 Attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar in 1991
Made history as the first woman to represent the Oxford University men's basketball team in The Varsity Game against Cambridge.
Played for Canada in Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Shawna Molcak-Kolaczek Lethbridge 1986-91 Played for Canada in Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Kim Bertholet Manitoba 1986-91
Jackie Moore Regina 1986-91
Andrea Hlady Lethbridge 1987-93
Denise Scott Toronto 1988-93
Dianne Norman Laurentian 1989-95 Played for Canada in Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Sue Stewart Laurentian 1989-95 Played for Canada in Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Sandra Carroll Winnipeg 1991-95 Won the 1994 Lieutenant Governor Athletic Awards
Michele Vesprini Western 1991-96
Theresa MacCuish StFX 1991-97
Justine Ellison-Sharp Toronto 1992-96 Won the 1996 Lieutenant Governor Athletic Awards
Vicky Tessier McGill 1992-97
Terri-Lee Johannesson Manitoba 1993-97 Won the 1997 Lieutenant Governor Athletic Awards
Lisa Koop Victoria 1993-98
Stephanie Harrison Laurentian 1995-00
Jessica Mills UBC 1995-00
Jackie Simon Alberta 1995-00
Caroll-Ann Tull Concordia 1996-99

2001-2010[]

Player Team(s) Years Accolades
Anne Smith Manitoba 1995-01
Leighann Doan Calgary 1996-01 Won the 2001 Lieutenant Governor Athletic Awards
Corrin Wersta Regina 1996-01
Erin Soroko-Drazic Winnipeg 1996-01
Isabelle Grenier Laval 1998-03
Cymone Bouchard-Bernauer Regina 1999-04
Teresa Kleindienst-Gabriele Simon Fraser 2000-02
Jessica Kaczowka Simon Fraser 2000-03
Jenine Browne-MacFadden Memorial 2000-05
JoAnne Wells Winnipeg 2000-05
Sarah Crooks Saskatchewan 2002-07
Cassandra Carpenter Laurentian 2003-08
Lani Gibbons Simon Fraser 2003-08
Katherine Quackenbush-Morrow Memorial 2005-08
Kelsey Hodgson Cape Breton 2005-10
Lindsay Degroot McMaster
Saskatchewan		 2005-10
Robyn Buna Simon Fraser 2006-10

2011-2020[]

Player Team(s) Years Accolades
Marie-Michelle Genois Laval 2006-11
Kayla Dykstra Victoria 2006-11 Recipient of the 2009 Nan Copp Award
Hannah Sunley-Paisley Ottawa 2007-12 Recipient of the 2012 Nan Copp Award
Justine Colley Saint Mary's 2009-14 Recipient of the 2013 and 2014 Nan Copp Award
Won the 2014 Lieutenant Governor Athletic Awards
Jessica Clemencon Windsor 2009-14 Winner of the 2010 Kathy Shields Award
Recipient of the 2011 Nan Copp Award
Won the 2011 Lieutenant Governor Athletic Awards
Miah-Marie Langlois Windsor 2009-14 Three-time winner of the CIS Defensive Player of the Year (2012, 2013, 2014)
Most Valuable Player of the 2011, 2012 and 2014 CIS National Championship
Played professionally for WBC Dynamo Novosibirsk
Won gold medal for Canada in Basketball at the 2015 Pan American Games
Also won gold medal for Canada in 2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship and at the 2017 FIBA Women's AmeriCup
Played for Canada in Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Kristjana Young UBC 2010-15
Korissa Williams Windsor 2010-15 Most Valuable Player of the 2013 and 2015 CIS National Championships
Won the 2015 Lieutenant Governor Athletic Awards
Keneca Pingue-Giles Ryerson 2011-16 Recipient of the 2016 Nan Copp Award
Danielle Boiago McMaster 2012-17 Recipient of the 2017 Nan Copp Award
Jylisa Williams Lakehead 2013-15 Recipient of the 2015 Nan Copp Award
Alison Keough Cape Breton 2013-18
Alex Kiss-Rusk McGill 2013-18 Most Valuable Player of the 2017 CIS National Championship
Antoinette Miller Saskatchewan
Winnipeg		 2013-18
Paloma Anderson Acadia 2014-18 Recipient of the 2018 Nan Copp Award
Participated for Canada at 2019 Winter Universiade
Sarah-Jane Marois Laval 2014-19 Recipient of the 2019 Nan Copp Award
Participated for Canada at 2019 Winter Universiade[28]
Jenna Mae Ellsworth UPEI 2016-Present Recipient of the 2020 Nan Copp Award
2020 UPEI Panthers Female Athlete of the Year[29]

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