WBB: Top scorers, team leaders headline all-star rosters
Canada West announces its women's basketball all-star teams
CALGARY — These women know how to win. The headliners of Canada West's women's basketball all-stars led their team to impressive records this year. Those efforts earned them a nod as the best in the west, as the conference released its first team all-stars, second team all-stars, third team all-stars and all-rookie team Thursday.
1st Team All-Stars
Canada West's star-studded first team has representatives from each province, including four of the five top scorers this year.
Forward Summer Masikewich represents the top-ranked Saskatchewan Huskies, while Alberta's Emma Kary and Fraser Valley's Deanna Tuchscherer round out the honourees from the big three.
Winnipeg's Keylyn Filewich earned her top-team title, with her teammates also getting spots on the second-team and third-team rosters. The league's top point-getter, Fraser Valley's Ashlyn Day, completes the lethal first-team combination.
These all-stars will now look to add "CW Champions" to their already impressive resumes. That work begins Friday with the 17-team single knock-out playoff tournament that will decide the Final Four.
Full playoff details, results and recaps here.
POSITION / NAME / UNIVERSITY / YEAR / PROGRAM / HOMETOWN
First Team All-Stars
G / Ashlyn Day / Victoria / 4 / Business / Kelowna, BC
F / Keylyn Filewich / Winnipeg / 5 / Business & Admin. / Winnipeg, MB
G / Emma Kary / Alberta / 4 / Graduate Studies / Calgary, AB
F / Summer Masikewich / Saskatchewan / 5 / Nursing / Calgary, AB
G / Deanna Tuchscherer / Fraser Valley / 2 / Kinesiology / Chilliwack, BC
POSITION / NAME / UNIVERSITY / YEAR / PROGRAM / HOMETOWN
Second Team All-Stars
G / Carly Ahlstrom / Saskatchewan / 3 / Kinesiology / Calgary, AB
F / Nicole Fransson / Trinity Western / 3 / Human Kinetics / Edmonton, AB
G / Kyanna Giles / Winnipeg / 4 / Education / Winnipeg, MB
G / Jessica Haenni / Lethbridge / 4 / Science / Millet, AB
G / Alina Shakirova / Northern British Columbia / 4 / Psychology / Moscow, RUS
POSITION / NAME / UNIVERSITY / YEAR / PROGRAM / HOMETOWN
Third Team All-Stars
G / Jade Belmore / Regina / 1 / Kinesiology / Regina, SK
F / MacKenzie Farmer / MacEwan / 4 / Arts / Sherwood Park, AB
G / Maddy Gobeil / Fraser Valley / 2 / Kinesiology / Kamloops, BC
F / Faith Hezekiah / Winnipeg / 5 / Conflict Res. & Urban Studies / East St. Paul, MB
F / Claire Signatovich / Alberta / 2 / Engineering / Winnipeg, MB
POSITION / NAME / UNIVERSITY / YEAR / PROGRAM / HOMETOWN
All-Rookie Team
G / Jade Belmore / Regina / 1 / Kinesiology / Regina, SK
G / Morgan Harris / Alberta / 1 / Arts / Edmonton, AB
G / Surprise Munie / British Columbia Okanagan / 1 / Management / Vancouver, BC
G / Annacy Palmer / Calgary / 1 / Kinesiology / Edmonton, AB
F / Julia Tuchscherer / Fraser Valley / 1 / Science / Chilliwack, BC
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