GUELPH — Erica McFadden, the two-time most valuable player in the District 10 high school senior girls basketball league, has committed to join the Guelph Gryphons women’s team for the 2012-13 season.
A 5-foot-7 point guard, McFadden was an all-star and the league MVP in both her years in the D10 league after moving to Alma from Chatham. She led the Centre Wellington Falcons to the league title both years.
“Any success I have had is due to the hard work of many dedicated coaches,” McFadden said in a news release. “I chose the University of Guelph because I really felt comfortable on the beautiful campus.
“Overall Guelph seemed to be the best fit for me both academically and athletically. Coach (Tom) O’Brien’s basketball philosophy and his priorities both on and off the court fit well with my values. The basketball team is motivated toward success and the players I had the opportunity to meet made me feel welcome. I feel as though I will ‘gel’ with this group.”
Along with her success at Centre Wellington, McFadden won a national championship in 2011 and a silver medal in 2010 with the provincial under-17 team and a national title with the Ontario under-15 team in 2009.
She also participated in the Basketball Canada Centre for Performance from 2002 to 2009.
“Erica is a great recruit for our program and she is CIS-ready having played at an elite level for a number of years,” O’Brien said. “She was recruited by a number of high-profile basketball programs both north and south of the border. To Erica’s credit her, first decision was that she did not want to go to an American school. Her next decision was to stay in Ontario and finally to attend Guelph.”
McFadden intends to study psychology at the U of G.
She is one of three recruits who have committed to the team.
The others are guard Brooke Kelly of Elgin, Ont., and wing Kate Yallin of Port Colborne.
The 5-foot-9 Kelly was also her high school league’s MVP this season. She’s helped her team get to the OFSAA A championship tournament each of the last three years and it won medals each time — two silver and a bronze.
The six-foot Yallin will be the fifth of five Yallin sisters to play for the Gryphons, following older sisters Andrea, Alex, Kris and Stephanie — all guards. She led her high school team the last three years and was an all-star the last two.
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