Courtnay Pilypaitis Explained

Courtnay Pilypaitis
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
League:LMKL
Position:Shooting guard
Birth Date:11 February 1988
High School:St. Peter
(Orleans, Ontario)
College:Vermont (2006–2010)
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:2010
Career Start:2010
Years1:2010–2011
Team1:VIČI-Aistės
Nationality:Canadian
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Courtnay Pilypaitis (born 11 February 1988) is a Canadian women's basketball coach and former professional basketball player. She played for Canada women's national basketball team. She competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1] She is 1.85m (06.07feet) tall. In July 2016, she was named as an assistant coach with the UMBC Retrievers women's basketball team.[2]

Pilypaitis attended the University of Vermont, where she graduated in 2010. She returned to her alma mater as an assistant coach during the 2012/13 season. Pilypaitis retired as a player in April 2015.[3]

Vermont statistics

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FIBA

She was invited to join the national team, to play in the 2013 FIBA Americas Championship for Women, held in Xalapa, Mexico from 21 to 28 September 2013. She averaged 3.2 points per game, and helped the Canadian National team to a second place, silver medal finish. Canada faced Cuba in a preliminary round and won 53–40, but in the championship game, Cuba prevailed 79–71.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women's Basketball. London2012.com. July 30, 2012. August 1, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120801020517/http://www.london2012.com/basketball/event/women/teams/team%3Dcanada-bkw400can01/. dead.
  2. Web site: Stern Names Courtnay Pilypaitis as Assistant Coach - UMBC. umbcretrievers.com. 2016-06-20.
  3. Web site: Pilypaitis closes fulfilling basketball career at age 27 . SportsOttawa.com . Jhalli . Anil . April 9, 2015 . March 22, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160919225930/http://sportsottawa.com/content/pilypaitis-closes-fulfilling-basketball-career-age-27 . September 19, 2016 . dead . mdy-all .
  4. Web site: NCAA Statistics. web1.ncaa.org. 2021-06-27.