Basketball Western Australia is pleased to announce the players, staff and officials that will represent the four teams attending the Australian Junior Championships in July.

The tournament will be held in Ulverstone, Tasmania from the 11th - 18th of July and WA will be sending Metro (Men & Women) as well as Country (Men & Women) teams.

After the tough initial try-outs athletes have been training with their respective teams for over three months now and each team has slowly selected their final ten players to represent the State later this year.

The teams are as follows:

Metro Teams
Men	Women
Caleb Davis (Stirling)	Breanna Shepperd (Willetton)
Daniel Dragicevich (Wanneroo)	Rebecca Doyle (Eastern Suns)
Nikolas Iliadis (Stirling)	Rebecca Motroni (Eastern Suns)
Tevin Jackson (Cockburn)	Sophie Gilbert (Wanneroo)
Ben Lee (Willetton)	Erika Perret (Perry Lakes)
Ben Levey (Stirling)	Monique Hague-Smith (Perry Lakes)
Matej Mandic (Cockburn)	Rebecca Boynich (Eastern Suns)
Beau Samuelson (Rockingham)	Amy Kidner (Wanneroo)
Oliver Sherratt (East Perth)	Carleen Steacy (Eastern Suns)
Nathan Smith (Wanneroo)	Jorjah Smith (Eastern Suns)
Reserves	Reserves
Jake Amos (Rockingham)	Lucy Sewart (Perry Lakes)
Nicholas Parrish (Willetton)	Pheobe Strickland (Eastern Suns)
Jake Polce (Cockburn)
Bryce Williamson (Stirling)

Country Teams
Men	Women
Damien Lee (Busselton)	Stacie Baker (Geraldton)
Beau Chinnery (Busselton)	Ellie Deighton (Southwest)
Jarrad Watson (Southwest)	Caitlin Dowding (Mandurah)
Dylan Ness (Busselton)	Dena English (Southwest)
Kia Moran (Kalgoorlie)	Darcee Garbin (Kalgoorlie)
Pirita Church (Kalgoorlie)	Britany Gliddon(Southwest)
Carey Warkins (Southwest)	Laura Jeffery (Southwest)
Charles Thurkle (Geraldton)	Emma Klasztorny (Mandurah)
Connor Bradbury (Busselton)	Jamie Shanahan (Mandurah)
Liam Hunt (Geraldton)	Teisha Standen (Geraldton)
Reserves	Reserves
Simon Green (Southwest)	Jemma Stallard (Busselton)
Nathan Berryman (Southwest)	Rikki Cameron (Margaret River)

The coaching staff for the Metro Men are Mark Clayden (Head Coach), Brett Banting (Assistant Coach), Ashley McCormick (Assistant Coach), Drew Banting (Development Coach), Paul Cassir (Development Coach) & Michelle Fletcher (Manager).

The staff for the Metro Women are Craig Mansfield (Head Coach), Mark Loxley (Assistant Coach), Shane Perret (Assistant Coach), Nicole Moyle (Development Coach) & Sue Theunissen (Manager).

The Country Men staff is Scott Rubery (Head Coach), Peter Feast (Assistant Coach), Dan Hunt (Assistant Coach) & Julie Feast (Manager).

The Country Women are led by Bruce Nairn (Head Coach), Toni Bray (Assistant Coach), Bree Klasztorny (Assistant Coach & Luisa Stade (Manager).

The Officials who have been selected to represent Western Australia at the tournament are Travis Stewart, Blaine Krapljanov, Rhys Briggs & Chris Hawley.

Basketball WA would like to congratulate everyone who has been selected to attend the tournament and we wish all participants the best of luck for their time away.

You can check out www.nationals.basketball.net.au for details on the Australian Junior Championships, WABL.asn.au will also be keeping you up to date on the team's progress.