Ganes, Chapdelaine invited to try out for Canadian team
Carolyn Ganes and Kaela Chapdelaine were invited to tryouts for the Canadian Senior National Team, Oregon announced Tuesday.
The team is coached by Oregon associate head coach Allison McNeill, who took over for current Duck head coach Bev Smith in 2001. The tryouts will run from May 19 to June 8 at Trinity Western University in Langley, British Columbia.
McNeill’s husband, Mike, an
assistant with the Ducks, will
serve on the Canadian team’s staff in the same position, as will
University of Saskatchewan coach Lisa Thomaidis.
“I am thrilled Carolyn and Kaela have an opportunity to train with the Canadian National Team this summer,” McNeill said. “It is another incredible opportunity for them to learn and grow as basketball players.”
Ganes, who will be a junior next season, averaged 5.8 points and 2.6 rebounds per game for Oregon in the 2003-04 season. She was on the Senior National Team last year during the Pan American Games in the Dominican Republic.
Chapdelaine is the youngest invitee to the camp. She will be a redshirt freshman for the Ducks during the 2004-05 season after sitting out last year.
Fourteen players ranging in age from 19 to 29 were invited. Seven of the invitees played Division I basketball last season; Utah and Oregon are the only schools to have more than one player invited.

— Hank Hager