ROCKY MOUNTAIN COACHING STAFF 2015 Jordan Anstice - played four years with the Concordia Thunder. During her time at Concordia she won an ACAC Championship in 2008 and was named a 2010 CCAA All Canadian. During her final season with the Thunder Jordan received a CCAA Academic All Canadian. She finished her career playing at Mount Royal University in 2013. Jordan now spends her time coaching at a variety of levels. She spent 4 seasons with the Archbishop Jordan Scots and has coached for many clubs and camps. Jordan also spent last summer coaching the Zone 5 team where they were successful in winning Summer Games.

Brielle Wise - Member of the highly respected St Albert Skyhawks program for my three high school years. During those years Brielle was apart of a 3A provincial championship and a 4A provincial bronze medallist. In grade 10 she received 3A Rookie of the Year, grade 11 she received 4A Player of the Year, and in grade 12 she received 4A Player of the Year and League All-Star. In addition to, Brielle was a recipient of many tournament all stars and MVP awards. This fall she will be continuing her basketball career playing post secondary with the MacEwan Griffins. This is her first year coaching at Rocky Mountain Hoops and she states “I'm looking forward to the experience and what I will gain from it!“

Lucia Popovici – She played basketball for Coastal Carolina University for four years and acquired my Bachelor's degree. In NC I acquired my Master's degree. I've been coaching basketball for the past 14 years in and the U.S. Georgia Mader - Basketball has been a huge part of her life for 20 years . She played at Jasper Place High School for 4 years and then I received a division 1 scholarship at North Dakota State University. She has also played at Grant MacEwan and where she finished her last year . Georgia graduated from the University of Alberta with an Education degree and is currently a teacher at Westmount Junior High . Fun facts about her , “I have two dogs (Odie and Jon), I got married last year , and am going on a 3 week vacation to Europe this summer ! “

Ben Grimsrud – He played High School Basketball in Fernie, BC. Ben attended Rocky Mountain hoops camps for 6 years and was able to play college basketball at Concordia in large part because of Rocky Mountain hoops and the guidance of Rick Stanley. H did not play much in my first year but was able to work my way into the starting line up by my second year and started every game of the second semester, as well as their run to a provincial silver medal and their national seventh overall finish in 2013.

Cassandra Anastacio – She played for Archbishop O'Leary Senior Girls Basketball team for all 3 years of high school where they won one city championship and came third in provincials. Cass is currently going into my fourth year of Secondary Education at the University of Alberta in which my major is English and my minor is Social Studies. Over the years she has coached at both the Junior High and High School level. Coach Anastacio currently coaching Senior Girls basketball at Archbishop O'Leary High School.

Megan Wood – Megan played basketball on the Senior Women's team at Jasper Place High School for three seasons. For the past 3 years she has been a member of the MacEwan Women's Basketball team. Megan is going into her fifth year as a Griffin, playing in the Canada West League. She was ACAC Rookie of the Year in 2012-13, ACAC Player of the Year and All-Canadian in 2013-14 and this season, their first in the CIS she was named a 3rd Team Allstar. She loves coaching and has been with the Jr. Griffins for the past four years. This is her third summer at Rocky Mountain Hoops, and no doubt it will be another great two weeks! Ken King - received his Bachelor of Physical and Health Education from , and is currently completing his Master's Degree in Human Kinetics. Ken spent 3 years as an Assistant Coach with the Laurentian University Men's Basketball Team in Sudbury, Ontario. Prior to this he has experience coaching both boys and girls at the club and high school levels. He has been actively involved in the Talent Identification and Development Program in Ontario for the past five years, and continues to support the development of young players. He is going into his second season as Head Coach of the Red Deer College Queens.

Thomas Laxdal - Rocky Mountain Team camper three times and the individual camp three times. Plays Basketball at Paul Kane High School where he is heading into his senior year. 6"5 shooting guard who can play multiple positions on the floor including point guard. Luke Praught - Canmore AB – Luke played 3 years of High School basketball at Canmore Collegiate High School averaging 33 points per game in my senior year. He spent 4 years playing club basketball in Calgary along with 2 years with Team Alberta. During this time he played in tournaments all over North America including San Francisco, Portland, Spokane, Las Vegas, and Sherbrooke for the 2013 Canada Summer Games. Throughout this period he was a 2 time league champion, 2 time league all-star, and top 3-Point shooter at the Summer Games. Currently entering his second year playing basketball as a member of the University of where he is completing a Natural Science degree.

Zane Warren - Started Basketball in grade 9 where he won the city championships with VJM. Moving into the summer he played Team Alberta Basketball which was a great experience preparing me for high school ball. In High school he played for Paul Kane winning the city championship in grade 10. He ended up finishing his high school career there where he was a captain in grade 11 and 12. Zane attended Augustana this past year where he played College basketball for the Vikings. This upcoming year he will be going to the U of A studying the Bachelor of Commerce. “As a kid I enjoyed going to the Rocky Mountain Basketball camps because I not only got to play the sport I love but the good times I had. I was a two time camper and this is my second year coaching there. I am a dedicated athlete and sports fanatic who enjoys fitness.”

Mitch Buffie - "One of the top 3 point shooters coming out of /Alberta in 2010. Went on the play for the Concordia Thunder. Played for the thunder for 4 years while battling through multiple knee injuries and surgeries. Finished my playing career this past season and am transitioning to the world of coaching. Next year I will be coaching at the high school level, unsure as of where yet."

Jordan Loughlin - Coach Loughlin has been coaching basketball for over 13 years, the last 4 he has been at the helm of the Sr. Boys at Glenmary High School in Peace River, where he also runs the Peace River Steve Nash Youth Basketball League. He recently has joined the Warriors club to coach the U15 girls team, where they have been very successful in their first season. He has coached the 2012 Zone 8 boys Summer games team, and this past summer he coached the 2014 Zone 8 girls team. Coach Loughlin has worked at many camps in the Peace Country area and is excited to be back at Rocky Mountain Hoops for another summer! Kyle Palmer - has been coaching for 8 years. He started his team coaching career with Lethbridge Collegiate Institute as an assistant coach where he was there for two years, winning a zone title and a provincial bronze at the 4A Boys level. He then moved to Catholic Central, where he head coached the JV Boys team to a zone championship for a year and took over as the Head Coach of the Varsity coach the next season, where they finished fourth in the south zone and missing provincials in a two point loss to the Magrath Zeniths. Coach Palmer has also been an assistant for the u14s Team Alberta squad and has spent time working with the University of Lethbridge and Trinity Western University as well. In the fall Kyle will be teaching at Chinook High school in Lethbridge AB, where he will be teaching PE and CALM.

Kayla Donaldson played basketball at Archbishop O'leary High school and won 3 City Championships and one 4A provincial title. After she pursued a Bachelor of Education Degree at the University of Alberta. During this time, she also returned to help assistant coach her former high school team for 4 years. Once graduated she took on the role of Head Coach of the Senior Womens program at O'Leary, and has been there for the past 4 years. Kayla is one of the youngest 4A Head Coaches in the province.

Andrew Salcedo has been playing basketball since the age of 5. He has played community basketball in the EYBA with St. Albert SLAM in initiation through midget levels. He then played for Richard S. Fowler and St. Albert Catholic High School. Andrew has played for Team Alberta and for other spring and summer teams. Andrew has a passion for performing and can be found on stage at many festivals and public events playing guitar, singing and looping. He works out every day and is committed to fitness for life. Andrew plans to achieve a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, followed by a Masters in Physiotherapy. Marinya Marcichiw played basketball at St.Albert high for 3 years. In grade 10 they won the 3A gold provincial medal and she received 3A rookie of the year and in grade 11 received 4A player of the year as well as earned a bronze medal at provincials in the 4A division. Marinya competed on Team Alberta for 4 years, earning a bronze medal at Western Canada Summer Games in u15 and earning a bronze medal at nationals in my last year of u17. In 2013 she travelled to South Korea with team Alberta to compete and travel the country and later competed at Canada Summer Games. This spring she assisted in coaching the Junior Pandas u13 team and really learned a lot about coaching and that aspect of the game. Next year she will be continuing her basketball career playing at the University of Alberta. Sebastian Cava was born in Lima, Peru where he started playing basketball at the age of 10. Back at home he was a 3 time national champion 3 years in a row with his school where they went to represent their country afterwards in the South American Tournament for schools. Sebastian was named MVP of the South American tournament for schools on his last year. He was also named MVP of the South American tournament for clubs in 2006. In 2007 at the age of 15 he played for the U-16 and U-17 Peruvian national team. In 2008 he moved to Edmonton, Alberta to study and play basketball. He went to Jasper Place High School where he played for the senior team all 3 years and was and all-star in grad 11 and 12. In grade 12 he was named Edmonton public MVP and Edmonton journal all star. Coming out of high school Sebastian played his rookie season with the University of Alberta Golden Bears where they won Canada West and finished 2nd in nationals. Now Sebastian plays for the Nait Ooks where he has two more years of eligibility.

Blain Labranche attended Jasper Place High School and had a successful career in which he led the team in scoring his senior year. Blain was selected for the Alberta provincial team which finished 2nd in Canada and was also invited to the Nike All-Canada Camp. After high school blain was recruited to Brandon University where he was named first team all rookie. returning to Edmonton, Blain attended Grant MacEwan played one year and was recruited to play for the University of British Columbia. The team made it to the national finals 2 out of the 3 years he attended. Blain then played professional basketball in Mexico, and China. Upon returning to Edmonton, Blain played for the Edmonton Energy and now operates Enhance Basketball Academy.

Coach - Brian Anstice Brian has been coaching for the past 30+ years. His passion is bringing out the best in young athletes, both on and off the court. He has helped hundreds of young players with their confidence and assisted them in believing, striving and reaching their goals. Brian coached in his first High school season back in 1982 at ME Lazerte High School in Edmonton. Currently he’s coaching Team Alberta U14 Girls, but recently spent a number of years coaching community sports, but his enthusiasm has always been focused in and around basketball. Coach Brian spent ten years at Archbishop Jordan High School in Sherwood Park, where he coached both football and basketball, over that period he helped his teams win two city championships in basketball and two Provincial championships in Football. Brian and his wife Darlene have always been active in the basketball community, they ran a high level girls development program for years, where they graduated 20 plus athletes to post secondary basketball. Brian has served as a Director for Basketball Alberta, as the President of the EYBA and to this day remains as the Commissioner for Youth Basketball in the Edmonton area. Next High School season Brian takes over the Girls basketball program at Salisbury High School in Sherwood Park.

Michelle Steeves – originally from Canmore, AB, Michelle has been involved with the Rocky Mountain Hoops organization for almost 10 years; first as a camper, now as a coach. She has travelled the England, Ireland and Wales on a youth basketball team and played at the college level for 5 years, both at Red Deer College and St. Mary’s until receiving her Bachelor of Arts & Education degrees. Michelle spent last season building a basketball program at St. Patrick’s Middle school in Red Deer, where she coached the Sr. Boys and will continue coaching there next season.

Ryan Dunkley - As a player, Coach Dunkley was fortunate enough to represent the University of Alberta as team captain, win 2 CIS silver medals and a Canada West Championship, and be selected as a CIS Canada West All star (Alberta Golden Bears 1995-1999) and ACAC All Star (MacEwan 93-95). Since his playing days, Coach Dunkley has been involved in coaching extensively throughout Canada. Coach Dunkley started out at the high school level (M.E.LaZerte) and moved into coaching Alberta provincial teams early in his career. Moving forward, Coach Dunkley has been an ACAC head coach at Grant MacEwan University (ACAC Coach of the Year 2009), and won a 3rd CIS silver medal coaching at the University of Alberta. As an assistant, Coach Dunkley was fortunate enough to learn from the legendary Don Horwood and Canada Basketball's Greg Francis. Sydney Hurlburt – Graduated out of Paul Kane Additionally, Coach Dunkley was involved with Canada Basketball and the Center High School where she played three years for the for Performance as a head coach. Recently, Coach Dunkley completed his senior team. Sydney is now at NAIT where she Masters of Education at the University of Victoria. Coach Dunkley is a big plans on taking Personal Fitness Training. Sydney supporter of youth sports and proper development of young athletes. He also has 13 years of Basketball behind her. This will be works as a volunteer community coach for his 3 young children in soccer, her second year at Rocky Mountain and she is basketball and . looking forward to a great camp.

Megan Tywoniuk played basketball at Archbishop O’Leary for three years. She won rookie of the year and MVP two years in a row during her high school career. Megan also played for team Edmonton at the Alberta summer games in 2010 and played for team Alberta for three years during which the team won a bronze medal at Nationals in 2014. On top of winning several all-star and MVP always at tournaments she also received a bronze medal at provincials for javelin. Following her high school years she continued on to the U of A to play for the Pandas and will be returning for her second year in September. She has many memories of participating in the Rocky Mountain Hoops camps and is looking forward to a great week of basketball!