2020-21 StFX X-Women Basketball News

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Jamie McCarron selected for U SPORTS female apprentice coach program
Jamie McCarron selected for U SPORTS female apprentice coach program

X-Women basketball graduate assistant coach Jamie McCarron is one of 18 former student-athletes to have been selected for the 2021-22 U SPORTS Female Apprentice Coach Program.

X-Women Basketball to raise funds for national Shoot for the Cure campaign
X-Women Basketball to raise funds for national Shoot for the Cure campaign

U SPORTS announced Wednesday the 14th edition of Shoot for the Cure will be held virtually for the 2020-21 season – taking place the Week of Feb. 1-7.

File Photo (photo credit Vaughan Merchant)
X-Women basketball player garners inaugural racial justice leadership grant

Aliyah Fraser says – as an African Nova Scotian student-athlete – she is “familiar with racial injustice in sport and have experienced the consequences of racial injustice first-hand.”

File Photo - Marley Bonnick, 2019-20 season
Osei predicts X-Women will be ‘better in every way’

StFX X-Women basketball head coach Lee Anna Osei predicts her team will be “better in every way” this season. “I am really proud of what we are doing,” the third-year White and Blue bench boss says.

Getting to Know...Marley Bonnick
Getting to Know...Marley Bonnick

X-Women Basketball forward Marley Bonnick is the latest athlete featured in our Getting to Know your X-Women and X-Men series throughout the summer. Marley is a second year Arts student from Brampton, Ont.

Leader on and off the court – StFX women’s basketball head coach LeeAnna Osei creates platform for People of Colour in Canadian sports community
Leader on and off the court – StFX women’s basketball head coach LeeAnna Osei creates platform for People of Colour in Canadian sports community

StFX X-Women basketball head coach Lee Anna Osei hasn’t let the pandemic slow her down. In fact, she established and founded the Black Canadian Coaches Association (BCCA), a newly formed not-for-profit organization committed to providing a platform for Black Canadians in sport.

Getting to Know...Briar MacDonald
Getting to Know...Briar MacDonald

X-Women basketball forward Briar MacDonald is the latest athlete featured in our Getting to Know your X-Women and X-Men series throughout the summer. Briar is a second year Human Kinetics student from Antigonish, N.S.