Simon Fraser University forwards Erin Chambers and Meg Wilson are among 22 athletes invited to a tryout camp to represent Canada at the FISU games in Gwangiu, South Korea.
The tryout camp is the first stage for Canada Basketball's Development Women's National Team. Tryouts are by invitation only and will be held June 6-9 at the University of Toronto's Goldring Centre.
Fabian McKenzie returns as the head coach of the Development Women's National Team.
"This is going to be a highly-competitive training camp. There is an incredible amount of talent in this group and I'm excited to see how it all comes together as we prepare for the FISU games," said McKenzie.
After the tryout period, the Development Women's National Team will take part in a training camp at the Goldring Centre from June 10-19. Ahead of the FISU games, the squad is participating in a Chinese exhibition tournament from June 22-28.
The team will then compete in the FISU games, an international competition that brings together student-athletes from around the world. The women's basketball competition runs July 5-13.
Chambers was the Great Northwest Athletic Conference 2015 Player of the Year and West Region All-Region First Team after setting the GNAC all-time women’s scoring record and finishing third in NCAA Division II in scoring, averaging 23.5 points per game.
The senior from Mission, BC, finished her university career as the leading scorer in GNAC history with 1,946 points. She started 113 of 114 games over her four-year career.
Wilson will be a senior with the Clan this fall. She was the conference's thirteenth-highest scorer, averaging 12.9 points per game, while also pulling down 8.7 rebounds per contest. She shot .538 from the field.
The roster of athletes invited to the tryout camp is here: http://www.basketball.ca/en/news-article/development-womens-national-team-announces-tryout-roster
