Whitecaps

This is my first year participating in the Whitecaps Residency Program. It is a team that trains together all year, plays exhibition games and enters tournaments. Tournaments such as Surf Cup in San Diego and a college showcase tournament down in Las Vegas. This team consists of about 22 players, both of '92 and '93 born. Most of the older girls that play on this team I've played with in the National Training Center. Training takes place up at Simon Fraser University about 4 times a week. I just started training in January of this year as I was out because of my leg when the program started back in September. It's been difficult getting back to playing because I had been out for about 8 months. Going from playing with the provincial team to breaking my leg then to getting into playing with the Whitecaps has been really hard because it's such a big difference between the two teams. Whitecaps is a lot more intense with the older girls as the are very good players. The timing of breaking my leg between the programs was pretty bad. I've been playing with the team for over five months now and it's still pretty difficult having to play again. This program runs until August so maybe hopefully by then I'll be fully used to playing again. However this program has a great reputation from over the years from doing well in tournaments and I am fortunate to be apart of it. Many college/ university scouts have come to see our team play in showcase tournaments which is great exposure for all of our players. Many of our older players have already committed to schools like the University of Victoria, Trinity Western University, Washington and many others. I am hoping to have the opportunity like our older girls to get into any of these great schools.