 Kady Dandeneau was born in Pender Island, British Columbia, on January 25, 1990.She began playing basketball for the University of Northern British Columbia Timberwolves in 2007/08.On January 23, 2010, with an average of 18.3 points per game, she was leading scorer in the BC Colleges Athletic Association, when she collided with an opposition player and suffered what was later determined to most likely have been a partial tear in her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).