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UBC Okanagan Heat nab pair of bball recruits for next season

Nevena Nogic and Saige Parfit have signed to the Heat for the 2025-26 season
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Nevena Nogic and Saige Parfitt (right) are the first signings for UBC Okanagan Heat head coach Bobby Mitchell for the 2025-26 season.

As the UBC Okanagan Heat women's basketball team takes a mid-season winter break, head coach Bobby Mitchell has been busy recruiting. He locked in two new combo guards, Nevena Nogic and Saige Parfitt, for the 2025-26 season. 

Nogic is a five-foot-10-inch guard from Kamloops. She plays her high school ball at Sa-Hali, with club play at the Bball 4All Academy.

In the summer, Nogic finished as the leading scorer in the B.C. Champions league, while also nabbing all-star honours for the second straight year. 

Back in 2022, the native of Serbia competed at her nation's U16 national team training camp. 

Parfitt, a six-foot-one-inch guard/forward, joins the Heat from Reynolds Secondary in Victoria. Parfitt guided the Roadrunners to three straight B.C. Provincial Championships, including a fourth-place showing last year in which she took home a Second Team All-Star nod. 

This year, Parfitt scored , a new career-high.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The two new recruits for the Heat will look to replace the impeding loss of fifth-year do-it-all forward Kelsey Falk, who has been a staple in the team's starting lineup for four seasons. 

The Heat are 3-7 halfway through the season. Their next matchup is in Edmonton against the University of Alberta Pandas on Jan. 17 and 18. 

 

 



Bowen Assman

About the Author: Bowen Assman

I joined The Morning Star team in January 2023 as a reporter. Before that, I spent 10 months covering sports in Kelowna.
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