The 5-foot-10 combo guard from Waterloo Collegiate Institute (W.C.I) helped lead her team to three WCSSA championships (2010, 2008 & 2007) and one silver medal (2009). In 2007 and 2008 her team went on to win the CWOSSA Championships and an OFSAA bronze medal in 2008. Alyssa capped her high school career by being selected the WCSSA Most Valuable Player and a first team all star in 2010. She’s received excellent coaching from Doug Ranton and Craig Nickel, two of the top high school coaches in the province.
At the club level, she’s had success playing for the K-W Lightning for coaches Allan Bush and Bob Urosevic. She is currently playing in the newly formed KW Lightning JUEL team which is defending their Ontario championship title from last season.
“She is a wonderful person who will fit in very well with the current players,” said head coach Tom O’Brien. “The players were all very impressed with Alyssa when she came to scrimmage with us last summer.”
O’Brien also commented that Shortt’s versatility as a player allows her to play any of the three perimeter positions.
“At the university level Alyssa will play at the 2-guard spot. She is a very good perimeter shooter. Due to her size she will also be able to post up smaller guards. Alyssa played a lot of point guard in high school and she will be able to help the Gryphons at that spot in a pinch.”
Shortt becomes the first recruit committed to the 2011-2012 Gryphon women’s basketball team.
Shortt will study Bio Medical Science or Biology at the University of Guelph in the fall.
Athletes who commit to any Guelph Gryphon team will be eligible to compete provided they are academically admissible and eligible to the University of Guelph and have applied through the Ontario Universities Application Centre (OUAC).
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