Azania Stewart Blogs (#3) About her Summer Adventures in Europe
Saturday, June 12, 2010 | Women's Basketball
Florida junior Azania Stewart (Wood Green, England) traveled to her native country of England, where she will be playing basketball throughout the summer, strengthening her chances of making the 2012 Great Britain Olympic Team.
Azania promised to share her summer adventures as often as she can and her blog can be read on www.CoachAmandaButler.com. From the main page of the website, click on the “GATOR TALK” icon and enjoy!
She added a THIRD entry on June 12.
Stewart, a 6-foot-4 center, started 23 of the 27 games she played during the 2009-10 season, when during her sophomore campaign, led the Southeastern Conference in field goal percentage, hitting 61.9 percent (91-147) from the floor. She ranked third for the Gators in scoring 8.7 points, while collecting 3.6 rebounds and blocking a team-best 46 shots.
Stewart was selected to play this summer for her native country's Great Britain Standard Life team.
GB Standard Life women's head coach Tom Maher has selected a strong roster for his debut campaign leading the senior team as they look to qualify for the Eurobasket Championship which will be held in Poland in 2011.
Maher who has an impressive coaching pedigree at club and international level, leading Australia, New Zealand and China to Olympic Games - including a silver and bronze for Australia in 2000 and 1996 respectively and a fourth place finish for China in Beijing in 2008.
In preparation of the campaign, camp will commence on 4 June at a training base in Stirling before a number test games, two of which will be at Surrey University, and away fixtures in Belgium, Holland and Israel. All the test fixtures will supersede the competitive Eurobasket schedule which gets underway on 14 August at home to Slovakia.
Check out Azania's previous entries from her summer of hoops across Europe on www.CoachAmandaButler.com!
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