Team
South Kamloops Secondary Girls’ Basketball Team
Year of Induction: 2017
The South Kamloops Titans Sr. Girls Basketball Team won Provincial High School AAA Championships in 2012 and 2013. The team was coached by Ken Olynyk with Sean Lamoureux, Jane Wolfram, and Cory Yamoaka serving as assistant coaches.
Four girls, Elizabeth Anderson, Ashley Lamoureux, Maya Olynyk, and Emma Wolfram, played on both championship squads
Other team members in 2012 included Sienna Aberdeen, Hailey Hamer-Jackson, Abby Grinberg, Madison Ellis, Bethany Del Begio, and Kiersten Landrie. Rounding out the 2013 team was Mieke Dumont, Emma Piggin, Anna Frankel, Daylynne Agar, Kanesha Reeves, Becca Peters, Emily Vilac, and Christine Clyde (manager).
SKSS beat the York House Tigers of Vancouver 65-61 to win the 2012 title and the Brookswood Bobcats of Langley 59-49 in the 2013 final to be the first back to back champions from Kamloops since 1962. The Titans won 8 straight games in the provincials to accomplish the feat.
Wolfram, now on scholarship at Gonzaga University in Spokane, also played in the 2011 season and was named the outstanding defensive player in all three provincial tournaments. She was the MVP in both championship years averaging 16.5 pts, 17.8 rebounds, and 7.3 blocked shots per game in 2012 and following it up with averages of 14.5 pts, 18 rebounds, and 8 blocked shots per game in 2013. Olynyk was a first-team all-star both years. Abby Grinberg was a second-team all-star in 2012, and Emma Piggin was an honourable mention in the second year.