The Douglas College Royals have added height and an accurate arm from around the arc to its women's basketball roster this fall.
And it's an official signing over a year in the making.
Coquitlam's Alexis Hart incurred a knee injury that sidelined her for most of the 2022-23 senior season, including during the Riverside Secondary's run to the B.C. AAAA girls high school championship.
Now, after a full recovery and spending her first year as a red-shirt for DC, she's looking to lead the New Westminster post-secondary school to back-to-back PACWEST conference titles.
"I loved the girls on the team and knew I could improve my game with such a strong group of women," said Hart in a news release.
The 5'10" winger put pen to paper in July, roughly 15 months after declaring her commitment to the Royals.
"We are excited to have another player with a high school provincial championship pedigree in Alexis, joining our team," said women's basketball head coach Steve Beauchamp.
"With her recovery from knee surgery now in the rear-view mirror, Alexis will have the opportunity to showcase her dynamic shooting and on-court intensity as a Royal."
Hart played her club basketball with VK Basketball, based in North Vancouver.
She also claimed a provincials silver medal with Riverside in 2022, compiling 42 points in four games.
The Royals are coming off a strong 2023-24 season that led to DC's fifth B.C. women's basketball championship and a seventh-place finish at nationals.
The green and white compete in the Canadian Collegiate Athletics Associaition (CCAA) — the second highest level of university sports in the country.
