Basketball players in Salmon Arm will be coached by Canada鈥檚 best, come the end of April.

Here鈥檚 how she can be described. Former Salmon Arm Jewel. Legendary coach of the Simon Fraser University (SFU) team with an acclaimed record over a decade that included 11 trips to the NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) championships. Coach of the Canadian women鈥檚 team for a decade. Coach of the Canadian women鈥檚 team who led the squad to Canada鈥檚 best-ever result 鈥� a quarter-final placing at the 2012 London Olympics that included defeating host England and an upset over Brazil. SFU Hall of Famer. .

These are some of the milestones that mark the storied basketball career of Allison McNeill. McNeill and her spouse Mike, also a successful high-level basketball player and coach who was inducted into the Basketball BC Hall of Fame, will be coaching a Salmon Arm Basketball Camp on April 28 and 29.

Tekki Brown-Hryniw, athletic director and senior girls basketball coach at Salmon Arm Secondary, explained that she grew up in Salmon Arm and was recruited to play for Allison (and Mike) at Simon Fraser University, along with many other Jewels alumni over the years.

鈥淲hen I reached out to Allison in February, she said she would be happy to offer a camp that both she and her husband would run as a way of giving back to the community of Salmon Arm, where her name is on the wall as an Olympian (head coach of the women鈥檚 national team), and as a graduate of our high school,鈥� said Brown-Hryniw.

鈥淚 am excited because it is an opportunity for all our local coaches to gain some knowledge and ideas from a very successful coach who has dedicated most of her life to the game.鈥�

Brown-Hryniw said the hope is to continue to generate momentum and excitement at the lower grade levels in order to build the quality of programs by getting more kids playing and loving the game of basketball.

The camp will include two sessions for grades 4 to 7 (U13) students 鈥� 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, April 28 and 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 29.

For the older students, grades 8 to 11 (U18), sessions will run 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, 9 to 12 p.m. Saturday, also with a scrimmage on Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. The cost of the camp is $75.

To pay and sign-up, e-transfer the fee to sas@sd83.bc.ca and include 鈥楤ball Camp,鈥� full name and age group: U13 or U18. The camp will take place at Salmon Arm Secondary Sullivan.

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