Female athlete of the week: Shanica Baker

November 24, 2009

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SHANICA BAKER

SCHOOL: Notre Dame

LEAGUE/CITY: Durham/Ajax

GRADE: 11

AGE: 16

Scored 21 points and was dominant in rebounds in a 58-40 victory over Pickering in the region's Tier One senior basketball championship
Team captain and MVP of the senior basketball team, which is off to the provincial quad-A playoffs
A 5-foot-10 post player, she averaged 11 points a game for a team that compiled a 34-2 record.
On the senior basketball team since grade 9
Chosen to all-star teams at Scarborough (SBA) and Limestone tournaments
Has a 65 per cent academic average.
Lots of interest from the University of Vermont
Playing with a knee injury suffered in a club basketball game and might require surgery.
Picked as athlete of the year while at Terry Fox Public School in Ajax.

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