University of Toronto Varsity Blues badminton players Bethany So and Andrew Wilkinson were named among 11 student-athletes who will represent Canada at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia as announced Thursday morning by the CIS and Badminton Canada.
 
Summer Universiade website: www.kazan2013.com/en
Team Canada website: http://english.cis-sic.ca/universiade/summer/2013 
 
A native of Scarborough, Ont., So has enjoyed great success in her two seasons with the Varsity Blues. The kinesiology major was named the female rookie and player of the year in leading U of T to the OUA silver medal in 2012. She earned her second consecutive OUA all-star nod in helping the Blues to their first OUA championship banner in a decade this past March.

Similarly, Wilkinson (Toronto) was named the 2012 OUA male rookie of the year after claiming the gold medal in mixed doubles with partner Fiona McKee.
 
The Kazan badminton tournament is scheduled for July 5 to 11. All finals are set for July 11 with the exception of the women's and men's team finals, which will be contested on July 7.
 
Canada's lone previous appearance in the sport at the world university games dates back to 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand.
 
TEAM CANADA ROSTER
 
Name                                    University/College         Hometown                         Events                 
 
Women
 
Alexandra Bruce                   Western                          Toronto, Ont.                     D & MD
Roxanne Fraser                   UQAM                              Shawinigan, Que.            D & MD
Adrianna Giuffre                   Western                          Calgary, Alta.                     S & D
Stephanie Pakenham         Laval                               Quebec City, Que.             S & D
Bethany So                            Toronto                           Sarnia, Ont.                        S & MD
 
Men
 
François Bourret               UQAM                                  Loretteville, Que.             MD
Philippe Charron               Montreal                             Montreal, Que.                 D & MD
Philippe Gaumond           UQAM                                  Saint-Hyacinthe, Que.    S & D
Martin Giuffre                     Western                              Calgary, Alta.                    S & MD
Andrew Lau                       Humber College               Toronto, Ont.                    S & D
Andrew Wilkinson            Toronto                               Toronto, Ont.                    D
 
Team Leader / Coach
Stéphane Cadieux           Badminton Canada          Cornwall, Ont.
 
LEGEND:
S: singles
D: doubles
MD: mixed doubles
 
About the Summer Universiade

The Summer Universiade is an international multi-sport event that takes place every two years and is second only to the Olympic Games in the number of participating athletes and countries. The Universiade is open to competitors who are at least 17 and less than 28 years of age as of January 1 in the year of the Games. Participants must be full-time students at a post-secondary institution (university, college, CEGEP) or have graduated from a post-secondary institution in the year preceding the event.
 

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