Point guard extraodinaire Alexa McCarthy helped her UFV team to the CIS Final 8 National Basketball Championship in Regina last weekend, but it was her work ethic off the court that has won her even more recognition.
T he University of the Fraser Valley's Aieisha Luyken has been named to the 2013 Canada West second all-star team and Alexa McCarthy has been named the 2013 Canada West nominee for the CIS Sylvia Sweeney Award.
The University of the Fraser Valley women's basketball team raised close to $3,400 at their inaugural 'Shoot for the Cure' breast cancer awareness fundraiser and silent auction recently at Finnegan's Pub.
From the start, Rosedale Middle School girls basketball coach Jim Adam knew there was something special about Alexa McCarthy, Courtney Bartel and Sarah and Nicole Wierks.
From the start, Rosedale middle school girls basketball coach Jim Adam knew there was something special about Alexa McCarthy, Courtney Bartel and Sarah and Nicole Wierks.
women's basketball squad remained undefeated after beating a pair of Manitoba schools last weekend.
It took the longest game in their Canada West history, but the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) Cascades women's basketball squad beat the University of British Columbia (UBC) Thunderbirds 88-82 Saturday to remain unbeaten on the season.
The Cascade women's basketball team recorded two huge wins over UBC last weekend, beating the Thunderbirds 76-48 Friday and then 88-82 in double overtime on Saturday in Vancouver. The Cascades improve to a perfect 6-0 in the Pacific Division of CIS Canada West.
The University of the Fraser Valley recognized many of its athletes that made 2011-12 one of the most successful campaigns in the school's 34 years of interuniversity sport.
The University of the Fraser Valley named its Cascades/Abbotsford Heat Athletes of the Week for Feb. 12.
The University of the Fraser Valley women's basketball team raised more than $1,500 at the annual Shoot for the Cure recently. The Cascades team sold pink mittens, lapel pins, ribbons, water bottles, pens and T-shirts with the logo designed by the WBCA.