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Columbia, South Carolina Sept. 3-5, 2018 training Camp Schedule DATE TIME EVENT LOCATION 9/3 10 a.m. Practice University of South Carolina practice facility 9/4 10 a.m. Practice University of South Carolina practice facility 9/5 7 p.m. USA Red-White Game University of South Carolina, Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, SC 9/7 10:30 a.m. Practice NY Knicks Practice Facility, Tarrytown, NY 7 p.m. - Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport, CT 9/8 7 p.m. USA-Canada Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport, CT 9/10 7 p.m. USA-Japan George University, Charles E. Smith , Washington, DC 9/12 9 a.m. Practice George Washington University, Charles E. Smith Center, Washington, DC 9/13 6:35 p.m. Practice Azur Arena, Antibes, 9/14 8 a.m. Practice Azur Arena, Antibes, France 3 p.m. Practice Azur Arena, Antibes, France 9/15 4:30 p.m. USA-Canada Azur Arena, Antibes, France TBA France- Azur Arena, Antibes, France 9/16 4:30 p.m. Senegal-USA Azur Arena, Antibes, France TBA Canada-France Azur Arena, Antibes, France 9/17 TBA Canada-Senegal Azur Arena, Antibes, France 8:30 p.m. France-USA Azur Arena, Antibes, France 9/19 TBD Scrimmage vs. Tenerife, Canary Islands 9/20 9:30 a.m. Practice Tenerife, Canary Islands 3:30 p.m. Practice Tenerife, Canary Islands 9/21 9:30 a.m. Practice Tenerife, Canary Islands 3:30 p.m. Practice Tenerife, Canary Islands

NOTES: Practice sessions, which are open to credentialed media only, run approximately two hours and are subject to change. All times listed are local. USA Basketball media policies Acceptance of a USA Basketball media credential constitutes agreement by Bearer and his or her employer or assigning news organization to abide by the conditions of the USA Basketball media regulations available online, the main points of which are listed below. Media must be credentialed to attend all USA Basketball trials and training camps. USA Basketball Communication Contacts

Craig Miller, Chief Communications Officer ([email protected]) Caroline Williams, Senior Director, Communications ([email protected]) Jenny Johnston, Assistant Director, Communications ([email protected]) • All interviews should be arranged through a member of the USA • Any USA Basketball team trials and training camp action video, or Basketball Communications staff and will take place following practice audio content that is posted online must appear on a “free” website. sessions or games. USA Basketball team trials and training camp action video, or audio • All internet media and blog sites must be established and updated content, is not permitted to appear on subscription based websites regularly with original content and current wireless news. Internet without a separately issued USA Basketball Video/Audio Use License. sites may be asked to provide a web analytic report that reflects the • Online video including USA Basketball video footage may not number of page views, unique visitors, and average views per day. All incorporate integrated advertising or sponsorship, and pre-roll web analytics should come from a reputable source. The submission advertising in not permitted. should be an official report in PDF format. • Credentialed media are not permitted to take photos with athletes or • No livestreaming from any USA Basketball event is permitted unless to request autographs. a license is granted in advance by USA Basketball/NBA Entertainment. • Credentialed • Credentialed media are permitted to post written commentary, media are not photos and unedited video to their social media accounts during USA permitted to ask Basketball trials/training camps. athletes for an • All video content captured at USA Basketball events should be used endorsement of in the form of news coverage. Posting USA Basketball video highlights their organization or alone requires a license agreement. “shout-outs” to their organization. • Online video is limited to 2 minutes of practice footage per day/activity date on a non-live basis only, and must be removed no later than 30 days after completion of the applicable event. • Video is only allowed to be presented/hosted on the accredited media organization’s website. Video is not permitted to be presented or hosted separately on a site provided by a third-party (i.e. Facebook, , Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, Vimeo, etc.). What’s inside? The Basics Elizabeth Williams...... 46 A’ja Wilson...... 47 Schedule ...... IFC Additional bio information...... 48-51 Media Guidelines...... IFC Athletes’s USA Basketball Cumulative Statistics Alpha, Numeric Rosters ...... 2 2018-20 USA National Team Roster...... 3 Bird, Charles, Clarendon...... 52 USA Training Camp Notes...... 4 Collier, Delle Donne, DeShields, Dolson, Griner, Harris ...... 53 USA National Team Timeline: 1953-2018 ...... 5-6 Hayes, Hebard, Ionescu, Loyd, K. Mitchell, T. Mitchell ...... 54 FIBA, WNBA, NCAA Rules Differences ...... 14 Ogunbowale, Ogwumike, Plum, Sims, Shepard ...... 55 2018 FIBA World Cup Information Stewart, Taurasi, Tuck...... 56 Williams, Wilson...... 57 Basic Facts: 2018 FIBA World Cup ...... 7 USA World Cup History (abbreviated) World Cup Schedule - Local Time...... 8 World Cup Schecule - EDT ...... 9 (The complete USA World Cup Team history can be found Group A Primer...... 10 online at usab.com/WNT) All-Time Coaching Staff...... 58 Group B Primer ...... 11 All-Time Scores...... 59 Group C Primer...... 12 All-Time Summary of Fin ishes...... 60 Group D Primer...... 13 Year-By-Year Final Standings ...... 61 Coaching Staff Profiles All-Time Alphabetical Roster...... 62-63 Head Coach ...... 16-18 All-Time Roster by Affiliation ...... 64-65 Assistant Coach ...... 19 All-Time Numerical Roster ...... 66 Assistant Coach ...... 20 All-Time USA Women’s Results by Events ...... 67 Assistant Coach ...... 21 Inside USA Basketball Athlete Profiles USA Basketball Board of Directors and Staff...... 68 ...... 22 Committees...... 69 Tina Charles...... 23 USA Basketball Today ...... 70-71 ...... 24 ...... 25 ...... 26 Diamond DeShields ...... 27 ...... 28 ...... 29 ...... 30 ...... 31 ...... 32 ...... 33 ...... 34 ...... 35 Kelsey Mitchell ...... 36 Tiffany Mitchell ...... 37 ...... 38 ...... 39 ...... 40 ...... 41 ...... 42 ...... 43 ...... 44 ...... 45 2018 USA World Cup team training Camp roster ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

NO NAME POS HGT WGT AGE TEAM SCHOOL HOMETOWN 14 Tina Charles C 6-4 192 29 Liberty Connecticut ’10 , NY 20 Layshia Clarendon G 5-9 140 27 California ’13 San Bernardino, CA 41 Napheesa Collier G/F 6-1 183 21 n/a Connecticut ’19 O’Fallon, MO 33 *Diamond DeShields G 6-1 155 23 Sky Tennessee ’17 Norcross, GA 44 Stefanie Dolson C/F 6-5 214 26 Connecticut ’14 Port Jervis, NY 31 Allisha Gray G 6-0 167 23 Wings South Carolina ’17 Sandersville, GA 34 *Tyasha Harris G 5-10 147 20 n/a South Carolina’20 Noblesville, IN 52 *Ruthy Hebard F/C 6-4 170 20 n/a Oregon ‘20 Fairbanks, AK 24 *Sabrina Ionescu G 5-11 152 20 n/a Oregon ‘20 Walnut Creek, CA 21 Kelsey Mitchell F 5-8 154 22 Ohio State ’18 Cincinnati, OH 25 Tiffany Mitchell G 5-9 154 23 Indiana Fever South Carolina ’16 Charlotte, NC 40 *Arike Ogunbowale G 5-8 178 21 n/a Notre Dame ’19 Milwaukee, WI 42 Nneka Ogwumike F 6-2 188 28 Sparks Stanford ‘12 Cypress, TX 23 Kelsey Plum G 5-8 145 24 Washington ’17 Poway, CA 50 Odyssey Sims G 5-8 160 26 Baylor ’14 Irving, TX 54 *Jessica Shepard F 6-5 205 21 n/a Notre Dame ’19 Fremont, NE 22 Morgan Tuck F 6-2 200 24 Connecticut Sun Connecticut ‘16 Bolingbrook, IL 30 A’ja Wilson F 6-5 197 22 Las Vegas Aces South Carolina ’18 Hopkins, SC STILL COMPETING IN WNBA PLAYOFFS

6 #Sue Bird G 5-9 150 37 Storm Connecticut ’02 Syosset, NY 11 #Elena Delle Donne F/G 6-5 188 28 Delaware ’13 Wilmington, DE 15 #Brittney Griner C 6-9 205 27 Baylor ‘13 , TX 32 #Tiffany Hayes G 5-10 155 28 Dream Connecticut ‘12 Lakeland, FL 43 #Jewell Loyd G 5-11 150 24 Notre Dame ’15 Lincolnwood, IL 10 #Breanna Stewart F 6-4 170 24 Seattle Storm Connecticut ‘16 North Syracuse, NY 12 #Diana Taurasi G 6-0 164 36 Phoenix Mercury Connecticut ‘04 Chino, CA 2017-20 USA National Team Head Coach: Dawn Staley, University of South Carolina Assistant Coach: Dan Hughes, Seattle Storm Assistant Coach: Cheryl Reeve, Assistant Coach: Jennifer Rizzotti, George Washington University Scout/Court Coach: Lisa Boyer, University of South Carolina Video Coordinator: Hudson Jacobs, University of South Carolina Athletic Trainer: Summer McKeehan, Athletic Trainer: Ed Ryan, USA Basketball and Andrews Institute NUMERICAL ROSTER

NO NAME POS HGT WGT NO NAME POS HGT WGT 6 #Sue Bird G 5-9 150 31 Allisha Gray G 6-0 167 10 #Breanna Stewart F 6-4 170 32 #Tiffany Hayes G 5-10 155 ALPHABETICAL 11 #Elena Delle Donne F/G 6-5 188 33 *Diamond DeShields G 6-1 155 12 #Diana Taurasi G 6-0 164 34 *Tyasha Harris G 5-10 147 14 Tina Charles C 6-4 192 40 *Arike Ogunbowale G 5-8 178 15 #Brittney Griner C 6-9 205 41 Napheesa Collier G/F 6-1 183 20 Layshia Clarendon G 5-9 140 42 Nneka Ogwumike F 6-2 188 21 Kelsey Mitchell F 5-8 154 43 #Jewell Loyd G 5-11 150 23 Kelsey Plum G 5-8 145 44 Stefanie Dolson C/F 6-5 214 24 *Sabrina Ionescu G 5-11 152 22 Morgan Tuck F 6-2 200 25 Tiffany Mitchell G 5-9 154 50 Odyssey Sims G 5-8 160 30 A’ja Wilson F 6-5 197 52 *Ruthy Hebard F/C 6-4 170 54 *Jessica Shepard F 6-5 205

NOTE: Ages listed are as of Sept. 3, 2018. * Not currently a member of the 2018-20 USA Basketball Women’s National Team. # Currently competing in the WNBA playoffs and may join the team following the conclusion of their season. 2018-20 USA national team pool

NAME POS HGT WGT AGE TEAM SCHOOL HOMETOWN G/F 6-0 170 34 Minnesota Lynx Louisiana State ‘06 Baton Rouge, LA Sue Bird G 5-9 150 37 Seattle Storm Connecticut ’02 Syosset, NY Tina Charles C 6-4 192 29 Connecticut ’10 Jamaica, NY Layshia Clarendon G 5-9 140 27 Connecticut Sun California ’13 San Bernardino, CA Napheesa Collier G/F 6-1 183 21 n/a Connecticut ’19 O’Fallon, MO Elena Delle Donne F/G 6-5 188 28 Washington Mystics Delaware ’13 Wilmington, DE Skylar Diggins-Smith G 6-0 165 28 Notre Dame ’13 South Bend, IN Stefanie Dolson C/F 6-5 214 26 Chicago Sky Connecticut ’14 Port Jervis, NY G 5-10 153 21 n/a Louisville ’19 Douglasville, GA C 6-6 212 32 Minnesota Lynx Louisiana State ‘08 , FL Allisha Gray G 6-0 167 23 Dallas Wings South Carolina ’17 Sandersville, GA G 5-11 170 25 Los Angeles Sparks Duke ’14 Manteca, CA Brittney Griner C 6-9 205 27 Phoenix Mercury Baylor ‘13 Houston, TX Tiffany Hayes G 5-10 155 28 Connecticut ‘12 Lakeland, FL Jewell Loyd G 5-11 150 24 Seattle Storm Notre Dame ’15 Lincolnwood, IL Kayla McBride G 5-11 174 26 Las Vegas Aces Notre Dame ’14 Erie, PA Angel McCoughtry G/F 6-1 160 31 Atlanta Dream Louisville ‘09 Baltimore, MD Kelsey Mitchell F 5-8 154 22 n/a Ohio State ’18 Cincinnati, OH Tiffany Mitchell G 5-9 154 23 Indiana Fever South Carolina ’16 Charlotte, NC F 6-0 177 29 Minnesota Lynx Connecticut ‘11 Lawrenceville, GA F 6-4 173 26 Connecticut Sun Stanford ’14 Cypress, TX Nneka Ogwumike F 6-2 188 28 Los Angeles Sparks Stanford ‘12 Cypress, TX Kelsey Plum G 5-8 145 24 Las Vegas Aces Washington ’17 Poway, CA G/F 6-3 165 21 n/a Connecticut ’19 Huntington Beach, CA Odyssey Sims G 5-8 160 26 Los Angeles Sparks Baylor ’14 Irving, TX Breanna Stewart F 6-4 170 24 Seattle Storm Connecticut ‘16 North Syracuse, NY Brittney Sykes G 5-9 146 24 Atlanta Dream Syracuse ‘17 Newark, NJ Diana Taurasi G 6-0 164 36 Phoenix Mercury Connecticut ‘04 Chino, CA Jasmine Thomas G 5-9 145 28 Connecticut Sun Duke ’11 , VA Morgan Tuck F 6-2 200 24 Connecticut Sun Connecticut ‘16 Bolingbrook, IL Wiese G 6-0 155 23 Los Angeles Sparks Oregon State ’17 Phoenix, AZ Elizabeth Williams C 6-3 192 25 Atlanta Dream Duke ‘15 Virginia Beach, VA A’ja Wilson F 6-5 197 22 n/a South Carolina ’18 Hopkins, SC

@usabasketball #USABWnt 3 2018 USA training Camp notes What’s at Stake? Who Picks the Team?

Winners of the past two FIBA World Cups, the USA Basketball USA Basketball Women’s National Team director Carol Callan Women’s National Team is hoping to make it three in a row later chairs the USA Basketball Women’s National Team Player this month. Not only has the USA never claimed three-straight Selection Committee, which includes three-time Olympic and two- World Cup gold medals, but the winner of the 2018 World Cup time World Cup gold medalist as the athlete earns an automatic berth to the 2020 . representative; representing the WNBA is Connecticut Sun head By the Numbers coach and Los Angeles Sparks general manager ; and University of Connecticut head coach Geno The 18 athletes participating in the 2018 USA World Cup Team Auriemma, who coached USA teams to gold medals at the past training camp in South Carolina own a combined: two Olympics and FIBA World Cups, serves as a special advisor. • 383-29 (.930) record in games played in a USA Basketball Notable Honors jersey; Headlined by a pair of USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year • 37 gold medals and 4 silver medals in major international honorees Tina Charles (2009) and A’Ja Wilson (2015), the 18 5x5 events; and athletes in camp have earned some notable honors during their • 5 gold medals and 1 bronze medal in major international USA Basketball careers. Napheesa Collier joined Wilson on the 3x3 events. 2015 FIBA U19 All-Star Five Team (all-tournament), Diamond USA Basketball Experience DeShields was the 2012 FIBA U17 World Cup MVP and a member of the U17 All-Star Five, Tyasha Harris earned 2017 U19 Seventeen of the 18 atheletes at camp have one at least one World Cup All-Star Five honors, Nneka Ogwumike was the 2009 international tournamant title playing for USA Basketball in U19 World Cup MVP, Odyssey Sims was co-MVP of the 2013 international competitions. The top-rated gold medals were of World University Games and Wilson was named MVP of the 2015 course earned at either the Olympic Games or FIBA World Cups U19 World Cup and 2014 FIBA U18 Championship. by Tina Charles, Nneka Ogwumike and Odyssey Sims. Eyeing Future Talent However, before taking part in those competitions, most athletes play for USA Basketball in junior-level events such as the FIBA With an eye to the future, which may include continuing on with Americas U16 Championship or FIBA U19 World Cup. the USA National Team past the first three days of camp, the USA • Olympic Games: Charles (2012, 2016). Basketball Women’s National Team Player Selection Committee • World Cup: Charles (2010, 2014), Ogwumike (2014), Sims (2014). issued invitations to Diamond DeShields, Tyasha Harris, Ruthy Hebard, Sabrina Ionescu, Arike Ogunbowale and Jessica • FIBA U19 World Cup: Layshia Clarendon (2009), Napheesa Shepard, who are not (yet) members of the 2018-20 USA National Collier (2015), Diamond DeShields (2011), Stefanie Dolson (2011), Tyasha Harris (+2017), Ruthy Hebard (+2017), Ogwumike Team pool. However, all six have earned gold medals playing on (2009), Kelsey Plum (2013), Morgan Tuck (2011, 2013), A’ja USA Basketball junior teams, and are among some of the top, Wilson (2013, 2015). young athletes in the nation. • FIBA U17 World Cup: DeShields (2012), Sabrina Ionescu (2014), A Perfect 10 Jewell Loyd (2010), Arike Ogunbowale (2014), Tuck (2010). • FIBA Americas U18 Championship: Charles (2006), Collier There are only 10 players in U.S. history who have earned the (2014), DeShields (2010), Dolson (2010), Harris (2016), Hebard four major championships in women’s basketball: an Olympic gold (2016), Ogwumike (2008), Jessica Shepard (2014), Tuck (2012), medal, FIBA World Cup gold medal, WNBA title and NCAA title. Wilson (2014). Those 10 are: Sue Bird, , , • FIBA Americas U16 Championship: Ogunbowale (2013). Cynthia Cooper, , Brittney Griner, Maya Moore, • : Tiffany Mitchell (+2015), Plum (+2015). , Diana Taurasi and . • World University Games: Charles Should the Seattle (2009), DeShields (2015), Storm capture the 2018 Ogwumike (2011), Sims (2011, WNBA championship, 2013). Breanna Stewart 3x3 Events would ring in as No. 11. • FIBA 3x3 World Cup: Loyd (2014). • : Collier (2014), Ogunbowale (2014). Stefanie dolson • FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup: has been a DeShields (20XX), Tiffany Mitchell member of the (2014), Ogunbowale (2013, USA national +2015) team since 2013 and was a finalist • FIBA Americas 3x3 U18 for both the 2014 Championship: xxx. USA World Cup NOTE: Unless noted (+Silver Medal and 2016 U.S. olympic teams. || *Bronze Medal || #Seventh Place), the USA captured gold at each event. 4 2018 USA Basketball Women’s World Cup team training Camp USA national team timeline • 1953 : Gold. • 1957 World Championship: Gold. • 1964 World Championship: Fourth place. • 1967 World Championship: 11th place. • 1971 World Championship: Eighth place. • 1975 World Championship: Eighth place. • 1976 Olympics: The USA returns from the first Olympic women’s basketball tournament with the silver medal. • 1979 World Championship: USA ends its medal drought at the Worlds with its first gold since 1957, halting the USSR’s dominating hold on gold. • 1980 Olympics: The U.S. boycott kept the women from competing in ; however, the USA squad won the Olympic qualifying tournament in that summer. While the USSR did not compete in that tournament, the the 1953 USA Wormen’s World Championship team returned from Chile and the first FiBA World Championship with a 5-1 record and the gold medal. USA’s gold let the world know the Americans would have been in medal contention in Moscow. • July 13, 1996: The USA ends its pre-Olympic training with a 52-0 record. • 1983 World Championship: Silver. • July 20, 1996: is elected by her fellow U.S. athletes • 1984 Olympics: The U.S. won its first Olympic gold medal in Los to give the athlete oath on behalf of all Olympians, while Katrina Angeles. The Soviet-bloc countries boycotted the Games, however, so McClain helped carry the Olympic flag into the stadium during the there was no long-awaited USA-USSR showdown. opening ceremony in Atlanta. becomes the first American woman to be a player (1976), assistant coach (1980) and head coach (1984) on three Olympic teams. • 1996 Olympics: The USA put away early, finishing with a 111-87 victory, and captured the gold medal with an unblemished 8-0 • 1986 World Championship: Held in Moscow, the record. soundly thrashed host USSR 108-88 in the gold medal game, dethroning the defending champs. cited this game as a • April 1, 1997: is named head coach of the national team turning for the USA in international play. It also proved the USA’s program through 2000. gold medal - also coming against the Soviets in • May 23, 1998: The USA World Championship Team ends its exhibition Moscow that summer - was no fluke. play with a 12-1 record against top international opponents. The lone • 1988 Olympics: Gold. loss was against Australia on April 27 in Japan. • 1990 World Championship: Gold. • 1998 World Championship: Gold. • : Bronze. This is notable because in the • Sept. 1999: The USA kicks-off a nearly year-long preparation process, previous nine Pan Am Games, the USA never had finished lower than with a break for the WNBA season, with 10 team members, including second, claiming six golds along the way. , Teresa Edwards, , , , Nikki McCray, DeLisha Milton, Katie Smith, Dawn Staley • 1992 Olympics: Bronze. and . • 1994 World Championship: Bronze. • Jan. 6, 2000: Kara Wolters, who trained with the team since • Dec. 4, 1994: USA Basketball announces the 1995-96 USA National September, is officially added to the 1999-2000 USA National Team. Team program. After finishing in third place at the 1991 Pan Ams, 1992 • June 25, 2000: Sheryl Swoopes is added to the USA squad. Olympics and 1994 Worlds, it was decided the USA teams needed longer training camps in order to compete for gold at the 1996 • Sept 9, 2000: The USA team caps its exhibition schedule with a 38-2 Olympics and beyond. record against top international club and national teams, as well as a 12-game NCAA tour. The two losses came against Tennessee and • April 13, 1995: Tara VanDerveer is named the 1995-96 Women’s Brazil. National Team head coach. • Aug. 29, 2000: Nell Fortner earns her 100th victory as a USA • May 25, 1995: Following seven days of trials that began with 24 of the Basketball head coach after the U.S. takes a 78-55 semifinal win over nation’s elite athletes, 11 were named to the historic 1995-96 USA . Basketball Women’s Senior National Team, including , Ruthie Bolton, Teresa Edwards, Lisa Leslie, , Katrina • 2000 Olympics: Gold. Teresa Edwards retires as the most decorated McClain, Nikki McCray, Carla McGhee, Dawn Staley, and Olympic basketball player on the planet, male or female, owning four Sheryl Swoopes. gold medals and one bronze medal. also earned two World Championship golds and one World Championship bronze medal. • April - May, 1996: Twelve different USA team hopefuls train with the USA National Team at various camps and competitions. • Nov. 8, 2001: is named the 2002 USA World Championship Team head coach. • May 9, 1996: Eighteen finalists for the U.S. Olympic Team are announced. • Sept. 10, 2002: The U.S. wrapped up the Australia-hosted Opals World Challenge with a 4-0 record and owned a 5-0 slate overall in • June 16, 1996: The final 12-member U.S. Women’s Olympic pre-Worlds play. Basketball Team is named, and in addition to the original 11 USA National Team members, includes Venus Lacey. • 2002 World Championship: Gold.

@usabasketball #USABWnt 5 USA national team timeline • June 10, 2003: Van Chancellor is named head coach of the 2004 U.S. • 2008 Olympics: Gold. Lisa Leslie retires from her 20-year USA Olympic Team. Basketball career as the first person on the planet to earn four- • Oct. 8, 2003: The first seven members of the 2003-04 USA National consecutive Olympic basketball gold medals, while Katie Smith retires Team are announced and include Tamika Catchings, Shannon from Olympic competition with three-straight gold medals. Leslie Johnson, Lisa Leslie, DeLisha Milton-Jones, Katie Smith and Tina earned MVP honors at the 2002 World Championship and both Leslie Thompson. Between Jan. 26 and June 19, the final five members were and Smith also captured two World Championship gold medals and announced, and include (in order) Sheryl Swoopes (1/26/04), Sue Bird one bronze medal. (2/05/04), Swin Cash and Diana Taurasi (5/12/04) and Yolanda Griffith • April 15, 2009: University of Connecticut head coach (6/19/04). is introduced as the 2009-12 USA Women’s National Team head • April 13, 2004: The USA team closes its spring training with a 13-0 coach. mark against top international club and national teams. • Aug. 17, 2009: The first eight members of the 2009-12 USA National • July 22, 2004: is added to the U.S. Olympic Team after Team are announced, all of whom were members of the 2008 U.S. DeLisha Milton-Jones, who suffered a knee injury on July 9, was Olympic Team, including Seimone Augustus, Sue Bird, Tamika unable to compete and withdrew from the team. Catchings, Sylvia Fowles, , , and Diana Taurasi. The USA National team would • Aug. 10, 2004: The U.S. adds three more victories in pre-Olympic eventually include a total of 27 athletes by Jan. 4, 2012. play, bringing the 2004 USA National Team’s record to 16-0. • Sept. 21, 2010: The 2010 USA World Championship Team is named • Aug. 13, 2004: Voted by her peers as the USA delegation’s flag and includes: , Sue Bird, Swin Cash, Tamika Catchings, bearer, Dawn Staley leads the United States into the 2004 Olympic Tina Charles, , Sylvia Fowles, Asjha Jones, Angel opening ceremony in . McCoughtry, Maya Moore, Diana Taurasi and . • 2004 Olympics: Gold. Dawn Staley retires from international play with • 2010 World Championship: Gold. three-straight Olympic gold medals to go with two World Championship golds and one World Championship bronze medal. • March 30, 2012: The first 11 members of the 2010 U.S. Olympic Team are named and include nine of the 12 members of the 2010 USA • Jan. 12, 2006: Anne Donovan, a 30-year USA Basketball veteran, is World Championship Team: Seimone Augustus, Sue Bird, Swin Cash, named head coach of the USA National Team for 2006-08. Tamika Catchings, Tina Charles, Sylvia Fowles, Angel McCoughtry, • March-April, 2006: A total of 26 athletes participate in the USA’s Maya Moore, Candace Parker, Diana Taurasi and Lindsay Whalen. spring training as the U.S. posts a 10-1 record over European • April 23, 2012: The 2012 U.S. roster is finalized with the addition of professional teams and national teams from Australia, and Asjha Jones. . • 2012 Olympics: Gold. • Sept. 7, 2006: The USA earns a 56-49 exhibition victory over eventual 2006 FIBA World Championship gold medalist Australia. • Sept. 6, 2013: USA Basketball announced that Geno Auriemma would return to head up the USA National Team through 2016. • 2006 World Championship: Bronze. The USA’s gold medal hopes were dashed by in the semifinals, marking the USA National • 2014 World Championship: Gold. Sue Bird becomes the first female Team’s only official FIBA competition loss since the semifinals of the four-time FIBA World Championship participant in history, while also 1994 World Championship. Sheryl Swoopes retires from the USA becoming the most decorated male or female in FIBA World National Team with three Olympic gold medals, one World Championship history with three gold medals and one bronze medal. Championship gold medal and a pair of World Championship bronze • April 27, 2016: With nine members in attendance, the 2016 U.S. medals. Olympic Team was announced live on air to a nationally-televised • March 6, 2007: The 2007-08 USA Women’s National Team pool is audience in a TODAY segment during the 100-Days Out celebration in unveiled, consisting of 21 athletes, and the list eventually expands to . Announced to the 2016 team were: Seimone Augustus, 29 athletes by October. Sue Bird, Tamika Catchings, Tina Charles, Elena Delle Donne, Sylvia Fowles, Brittney Griner, Angel McCoughtry, Maya Moore, Breanna • 2007 FIBA Americas Championship: The USA earns gold to qualify Stewart, Diana Taurasi and Lindsay Whalen. for the 2008 Olympic Games. • 2016 Olympic Games: Gold. Sue Bird, Tamika Catchings and Diana • May 31, 2008: The first nine athletes are named to the 2008 U.S. Taurasi capture their fourth-straight Olympic gold, joining Teresa Olympic Team: Seimone Augustus, Sue Bird, Sylvia Fowles, Lisa Edwards and Lisa Leslie as the only basketball players in the world Leslie, Candace Parker, Cappie Pondexter, Katie Smith, Diana Taurasi with four Olympic golds. Catchings officially retires from Olympic and . competition after also earning two World Championship gold medals • July 10, 2008: Tamika Catchings, Kara Lawson and DeLisha Milton- and one World Championship bronze. Geno Auriemma completes his Jones are named as the final three team members. stint as the only USA Women’s National Team head coach in history to lead teams to two Olympic and two World Championship gold medals. • March 10, 2017: University of South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley, who was a USA National Team assistant coach from 2006-08 and 2014-16, is announced as the 2017-20 USA National Team head coach.

6 2018 USA Basketball Women’s World Cup team training Camp USA’s World Cup History What is the Format?

The USA owns a record nine gold medals, one The 16 participating nations will be drawn into four groups silver medal and two bronze medals in FIBA World (A, B, C, D) of four teams each for round-robin preliminary play. Cup play, while compiling an all-time 103-21 record The top-finishing team in each group will earn a bye to the at the event. quarterfinals. The teams finishing second and third in each In 2014, the most recent World Cup, the U.S. preliminary group will compete in a quarterfinal play-in game, took the gold medal, while captured silver while the fourth placed teams in each group are eliminated. The and Australia won bronze. play-in game winners advance to the quarterfinals and the losers The USA earned the first two FIBA World Cup are eliminated. The remaining eight teams will play out for first gold medals in 1953 and 1957, before the Soviet through eighth places - with winners continuing to advance Union strung together five-straight gold medals through the medal round. (1959, 1964, 1967, 1971 and 1975), while the USA Quarterfinal Play-In Games failed to earn a podium finish in any of those five A2 vs. B3• tournaments. B2 vs. A3• In 1979 the USA halted the USSR’s streak with gold in , Korea. In 1983 the Soviets captured • C2 vs. D3 their sixth and final World Cup gold medal, while the • D2 vs. C3 U.S. finished with the silver medal. Quarterfinals Since that time, the USA has captured six of the • A1 vs. winner C2/D3 (Q1) eight gold medals (1986, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2010 • B1 vs. winner D2/C3 (Q2) and 2014) up for grabs, while claiming a pair of • C1 vs. winner A2/B3 (Q3) bronze medals (1994 and 2006). Aside from the USA and USSR, the only other • D1 vs. winner B2/A3 (Q4) nations to break into the top spot at the FIBA World Semifinals Cup have been Australia in 2006 and Brazil in 1994. • Classification Semi 1: Losers Q1 & Q2 When and Where? • Classification Semi 2: Losers Q3 & Q4 • Medal Semi 1: Winners Q1 & Q2 The 18th FIBA World Cup will be held Sept. 22- 30, 2018, in Tenerife, the largest of Spain’s Canary • Medal Semi 2: Winners Q3 & Q4 Islands. Finals The preliminary round will be contested in two • 7th/8th Place Game: Classification Semis Losers venues, the Tenerife Sports Pavilion Santiago • 5th/6th Place Game: Classification Semis Winners Martin (5,100) in San Cristobal de La Laguna and • Bronze Medal Game: Medal Semis Losers the Palacio Municipal de Deportes "Quico Cabrera" • Gold Medal Game: Medal Semis Winners (3,600) in Santa Cruz. The medal round will be held at the Tenerife Sports Pavilion Santiago Martin. Top Individual Medalists at the FIBA World Cup Who is Qualified? With three gold medals and one bronze medal in FIBA World Cup play, Sue Bird tops the all-time medal list, men or women, in Among the 16-team field, two nations earned an FIBA World Cup history. (There are three men - automatic berth: host Spain, which also won 2017 (URS), Kresimir Cosic (YUG) and Marques Wlamir (BRA) - with EuroBasket gold and would have qualified four medals, but they each only have two gold medals.) Below is a regardless of the site of the 2018 FIBA World Cup, listing of the women’s top 10 all-time FIBA World Cup medalists. and the USA, which punched its ticket to the event Name G S B Total Years by capturing Olympic gold in 2016. The remainder Sue Bird (USA) 3 01 4 2002(G), 2006(B), 2010(G), FiBA World CUp of the field qualified through FIBA zone tournaments 2014(G) in 2017. Nina Poznanskaya (URS) 3 0 0 3 1959(G), 1964(G), 1967(G) Host: Spain S. Smildzinia-Budovska (URS) 3 003 1959(G), 1964(G), 1967(G) Diana Taurasi (USA) 2 013 2006(B), 2010(G), 2014(G) Olympic champion: USA Tamika Catchings (USA) 2 013 2002(G), 2006(B), 2010(G) Afrobasket: (gold medalist) and Senegal Delisha Milton-Jones (USA) 2 013 1998(G), 2002(G), 2006(B) (silver medalist). Katie Smith (USA) 2 013 1998(G), 2002(G), 2006(B) Lisa Leslie (USA) 2 013 1994(B), 1998(G), 2002(G) AmeriCup: Canada (gold medalist), Dawn Staley (USA) 2 0 1 3 1994(B), 1998(G), 2002(G) (silver medalist) and (bronze medalist). Jennifer Azzi (USA) 2 013 1990(G), 1994(B), 1998(G) Asia Cup: Japan (gold medalist), Australia (silver Teresa Edwards (USA) 2 013 1986(G), 1990(G), 1994(B) medalist), China (bronze medalist) and South Korea Katrina McClain (USA) 2 013 1986(G), 1990(G), 1994(B) (fourth place). World Cup Newcomers EuroBasket: France (silver medalist),

2018 (bronze medalist), (fourth place), Preparing to make history by competing in their first FIBA World (fifth place) and (sixth place). Cup in 2018 are Belgium, Latvia and Puerto Rico.

@usabasketball #USABWnt 7 2018 FiBA World Cup Schedule

LOCAL TIME (WEST) Preliminary Round Groups Group A W-L Group B W-L Group C W-L Group D W-L Canada 0-0 Argentina 0-0 Belgium 0-0 China 0-0 France 0-0 Australia 0-0 Japan 0-0 Latvia 0-0 Greece 0-0 Nigeria 0-0 Puerto Rico 0-0 Senegal 0-0 South Korea 0-0 Turkey 0-0 Spain 0-0 USA 0-0

Preliminary Round Quarterfinals • Game times: 11:30 a.m., 2 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday, September 22 • Both venues will host two games each. Santa Cruz de Tenerife San Cristobal de la Laguna 11 a.m. Latvia - China (D) --- Friday, September 28 11:30 a.m. --- Australia - Nigeria (B) A1-Winner C2/D3 (Q1) 1:30 p.m. S. Korea - France (A) --- B1-Winner D2/C3 (Q2) 2 p.m. --- Turkey - Argentina (B) C1-Winner A2/B3 (Q3) 5:30 p.m. --- Greece - Canada (A) D1-Winner B2/A3 (Q4) 6 p.m. USA - Senegal (D) --- 8 p.m. --- Japan - Spain (C) Semifinals 8:30 p.m P. Rico - Belgium (C) --- Saturday, September 29 Sunday, September 23 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Santa Cruz de Tenerife San Cristobal de la Laguna (@ 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.) 11 a.m. Argentina - Australia (B) --- 5th-8th Places Semifinal Game: Loser Q1-Loser Q2 11:30 a.m. --- Canada - South Korea (A) 5th-8th Places Semifinal Game: Loser Q3-Loser Q4 1:30 p.m. Belgium - Japan (C) --- (@ 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.) 2 p.m. --- Senegal - Latvia (D) Medal Semifinal Game: Winner Q1-Winner Q2 5:30 p.m. --- France - Greece (A) Medal Semifinal Game: Winner Q3-Winner Q4 6 p.m. China - USA (D) --- 8 p.m. --- Spain - Puerto Rico (C) Finals 8:30 p.m. Nigeria - Turkey (B) --- Tuesday, September 25 Sunday, September 30 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Santa Cruz de Tenerife San Cristobal de la Laguna 11:30 a.m. 7th/8th Place Game: Losers 5th-8th Semifinals 11 a.m. Japan - Puerto Rico (C) --- 2 p.m. 5th/6th Place Game: Winners 5th-8th Semifinals 11:30 a.m. --- Australia - Turkey (B) 5:30 p.m. Bronze Medal Game: Losers Medal Semifinals 1:30 p.m. S. Korea - Greece (A) --- 8 p.m. Gold Medal Game: Winners Medal Semifinals 2 p.m. --- Senegal - China (D) 5:30 p.m. --- Argentina - Nigeria (B) 6 p.m. Latvia - USA (D) --- NOTES: 8 p.m. --- Belgium - Spain (C) • The order of games are subject to change. 8:30 p.m. Canada - France (A) --- • Game times and locations will be announced by FIBA prior to each round. Quarterfinal Play-In Games • Games will be played at Quico Cabrera in Santa Cruz de • Following preliminary round play, teams will be seeded based on Tenerife and Santiago Martin in San Cristobal de la Laguna. results within each pool. The top finishing teams from each pool • Times listed are local. The Canary Islands (WEST) are +5 hours advance to the quarterfinal round, while the teams ranked second from EDT and third qualify for the quarterfinal play-in games. • Quarterfinal games at Quico Cabrera in Santa Cruz de Tenerife will tip at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m., while games at Santiago Martin in San Cristobal de La Laguna will tip at 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. Venues and order of games to be determined upon conclusion of preliminary round play. Wednesday, September 26 B2-A3 C2-D3 D2-C3 A2-B3

8 2018 USA Basketball Women’s World Cup team training Camp 2018 FiBA World Cup Schedule

EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME Preliminary Round Groups Group A W-L Group B W-L Group C W-L Group D W-L Canada 0-0 Argentina 0-0 Belgium 0-0 China 0-0 France 0-0 Australia 0-0 Japan 0-0 Latvia 0-0 Greece 0-0 Nigeria 0-0 Puerto Rico 0-0 Senegal 0-0 South Korea 0-0 Turkey 0-0 Spain 0-0 USA 0-0

Preliminary Round Quarterfinals • Game times: 6:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday, September 22 • Both venues will host two games each. Santa Cruz de Tenerife San Cristobal de la Laguna 6 a.m. Latvia - China (D) --- Friday, September 28 6:30 a.m. --- Australia - Nigeria (B) A1-Winner C2/D3 (Q1) 8:30 a.m. S. Korea - France (A) --- B1-Winner D2/C3 (Q2) 9 a.m. --- Turkey - Argentina (B) C1-Winner A2/B3 (Q3) 12:30 p.m. --- Greece - Canada (A) D1-Winner B2/A3 (Q4) 1 p.m. USA - Senegal (D) --- 3 p.m. --- Japan - Spain (C) Semifinals 3:30 p.m P. Rico - Belgium (C) --- Saturday, September 29 Sunday, September 23 Santa Cruz de Tenerife Santa Cruz de Tenerife San Cristobal de la Laguna (@ 6:30 a.m. and 9 a.m.) 6 a.m. Argentina - Australia (B) --- 5th-8th Places Semifinal Game: Loser Q1-Loser Q2 6:30 a.m. --- Canada - South Korea (A) 5th-8th Places Semifinal Game: Loser Q3-Loser Q4 8:30 a.m. Belgium - Japan (C) --- (@ 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m.) 9 a.m. --- Senegal - Latvia (D) Medal Semifinal Game: Winner Q1-Winner Q2 12:30 p.m. --- France - Greece (A) Medal Semifinal Game: Winner Q3-Winner Q4 1 p.m. China - USA (D) --- 3 p.m. --- Spain - Puerto Rico (C) Finals 3:30 p.m. Nigeria - Turkey (B) --- Tuesday, September 25 Sunday, September 30 Santa Cruz de Tenerife San Cristobal de la Laguna Santa Cruz de Tenerife 6 a.m. Japan - Puerto Rico (C) --- 6:30 a.m. 7th/8th Place Game: Losers 5th-8th Semifinals 6:30 a.m. --- Australia - Turkey (B) 9 a.m. 5th/6th Place Game: Winners 5th-8th Semifinals 8:30 a.m. S. Korea - Greece (A) --- 12:30 p.m. Bronze Medal Game: Losers Medal Semifinals 9 a.m. --- Senegal - China (D) 3 p.m. Gold Medal Game: Winners Medal Semifinals 12:30 p.m. --- Argentina - Nigeria (B) 1 p.m. Latvia - USA (D) --- 3 p.m. --- Belgium - Spain (C) NOTES: 3:30 p.m. Canada - France (A) --- • The order of games are subject to change. • Game times and locations will be announced by FIBA prior to Quarterfinal Play-In Games each round. • Games will be played at Quico Cabrera in Santa Cruz de • Following preliminary round play, teams will be seeded based on Tenerife and Santiago Martin in San Cristobal de la Laguna. results within each pool. The top finishing teams from each pool • Times listed are EDT. The Canary Islands (WEST) are +5 hours advance to the quarterfinal round, while the teams ranked second from EDT and third qualify for the quarterfinal play-in games. • Quarterfinal games at Quico Cabrera in Santa Cruz de Tenerife will tip at 6:30 a.m. and 9 a.m., while games at Santiago Martin in San Cristobal de La Laguna will tip at 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. Venues and order of games to be determined upon conclusion of preliminary round play. Wednesday, September 26 B2-A3 C2-D3 D2-C3 A2-B3

@usabasketball #USABWnt 9 2018 World Cup group A primer CANADA level in 2015 and averaged 4.5 ppg., 3.3 rpg. and 2.8 apg. at the 2017 EuroBasket. Ranked No. 5 in the world and No. 2 in the Americas, Canada Miyem has competed in the EuroLeague since 2007 and is a has captured a pair of World Cup medals, both of which were two-time Olympic and two-time World Cup participant. bronze and achieved in 1979 and 1986. The USA owns an all- Dumerc, the 2012 FIBA Player of the Year, was time record of six wins and one loss versus Canada in World Cup captain of the French squad that captured silver in , and play, having lost to Canada74-68 in 1975 and the most recent has played for the French National Team since 2003. victory was 86-46 in 2010. GREECE In 2014, Canada finished with a 4-3 record and in fifth place. A team looking to break back onto the medal podium on the world Ranked No. 20 in the world and No. 9 in Europe, Greece has stage, Canada claimed gold medals at the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup, never medaled in FIBA competition and qualified for the 2018 2015 FIBA Americas Championship and 2015 Pan American World Cup by virtue of its fourth-place finish at the 2017 Games. EuroBasket. At the 2017 AmeriCup, Canada was paced to its 6-0 mark and The USA and Greece have met just once in World Cup play, gold medal by 5-foot-8 guard Nirra Fields (14.5 ppg.) and with the USA earning a 99-73 victory in 2010. 6-foot-0 guard (10.5 ppg.). Led by captain and 5-foot-11 guard Evanthia Maltsi Fields starred for UCLA and was drafted by the Phoenix (16.1 ppg., 6.6 rpg. and 4.1 apg.), a stalwart on Greece’s national Mercury in 2016, but is currently a free agent. Fields helped team since 2001, the 2017 EuroBasket bronze medal match was Canada strike gold at the 2015 PAGs and 2017 FIBA AmeriCup, the first time in history that Greece had played in a medal game at and was on Canada’s roster at the 2014 World Cup and 2016 the event. Maltsi is a 2004 Olympian who saw her squad fall to Olympics, where Canada finished in seventh place. In senior level the USA in the quarterfinals. She also was the third-leading scorer FIBA competitions, Fields has averaged 9.2 ppg., 3.6 rpg. and 2.1 at the 2010 FIBA World Cup. The 2009 FIBA EuroBasket MVP apg. played in 2007 for the WNBA Connecticut Sun. Nurse, a rookie this season for the New York Liberty, helped Greece’s second-leading scorer in 2017 was 35-year-old Connecticut capture the 2015 and 2016 NCAA titles and was the Styliani Kaltsidou (13.7 ppg., 5.6 rpg.), a 6-foot-2 forward, 2018 WBCA Defensive Player of the Year. followed by 25-year-old Artemis Spanou (10.0 ppg., 3.6 apg.), a 6- She has competed as a member of the Canada National foot-1 forward. Team since 2013, and has played for Canada at the 2013 (silver) SOUTH KOREA and 2015 (gold) FIBA Americas Championships, 2014 World Cup (fifth place), 2015 Pan Am Games (gold), 2016 Olympics (seventh South Korea is ranked No. 16 in the world and No. 4 in the place) and 2017 AmeriCup (gold). Nurse averaged 10.8 ppg., 2.4 FIBA Asia zone. rpg. and 1.9 apg. combined in these events. The nation has medaled twice in World Cup play, earning USA fans will get a glimpse of the Canada squad when the silver medals in 1967 and 1979. Korea last won the Asia two teams clash in an exhibition contest at 7 p.m. on Sept. 8 at Championship in 2007; claimed the silver medal in 2009, 2011 Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The USA also and 2013; and bronze in 2015. The squad finished in fourth place will go up against Canada on Sept. 15 in an exhibition tournament in 2017 to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. in France. After dropping its first two World Cup contests against South FRANCE Korea, in 1971 and 1979, the USA has earned five-consecutive wins versus South Korea. The most recent meeting between the Ranked No. 3 in the world and No. 2 in Europe, France has two countries was in 2010 when the USA earned a 106-44 been steadily improving its national team program. The 2012 lopsided victory. Olympic silver medalist, France advanced to the 2016 bronze South Korea was led in the 2017 Asia Championship by 38- medal game, but lost to , and has placed among the top year-old and 5-foot-10 guard Yung Hui Lim (11.3 ppg., 4.8 rpg.), half of finishers in the past four World Cups. and 19-year-old Ji Su Park (10.3 ppg., 8.2 rpg.), a 6-foot-5 The USA and France have faced off eight times in World Cup forward who plays for the Las Vegas Aces. play, with the USA earning a 7-1 slate and notching victories in each of the past four World Cups. The two nations met in the first World Cup in 1953, when France captured bronze, its only medal in the history of the event, and the USA’s lone loss to France in World Cup play was 68-51 in 1971. The squads will again face each other in a pre-World Cup exhibition tournament in France on Sept. 17. France has captured the past three EuroBasket silver medals, including 2017 where the squad was led into the final by veterans, 5-foot-7 guard Celine Dumerc (8.0 ppg., 4.2 apg.) and 6-foot-2 forward Endene Miyem (11.8 ppg., 4.7 rpg.). Olivia Epoupa, a 5-foot-5 guard and one of France’s rising stars, was on the past two French EuroBasket teams after emerging onto the senior

10 2018 USA Basketball Women’s World Cup team training Camp 2018 World Cup group B primer While Argentina and Nigeria should field competitive teams, ppg., 5.3 rpg.), who turns 22 next month and plays for Stanford anyone who follows women’s basketball knows that the battle for University, was the next biggest contributor after Griffin. the top spot in this group will be between Australia and Turkey. The biggest names on the preliminary roster for Australia Mark your calendar for the Australia vs. Turkey clash on Sept. 25 currently compete in the WNBA, headlined by 6-foot-8 center Liz (6:30 a.m. EDT) as it should be one of the preliminary round’s top Cambage of the Dallas Wings. Holder of the WNBA single-game games to see. Further fuel to add to the fire of winning that game record for points scored after knocking down 53 against the is the fact that the No. 1 seed out of each group gets a pass to the Liberty (7/17/18), Cambage averaged 23.0 ppg., 9.7 rpg. and quarterfinals. The second-place finisher from Group B, should it 1.6 bpg. in 2018 and is central to Australia’s medal hopes. defeat No. 3 out of Group A in the quarterfinal qualification on A 5-foot-5 guard who starred at the University of Utah and one Sept. 26, and should the USA finish atop its group, would face the of three Australia naturalized citizens on the finalists roster, unenviable task of playing the USA in the quarterfinals. suits up for the Australia head coach Sandy ARGENTINA Brondello-led Phoenix Mercury. In her 10th season in the league, Mitchell, who has a bronze medal from the 2014 World Cup, Ranked No. 15 in the world and No. 5 in the Americas, averaged 4.4 ppg. and 2.3 rpg. in 2018. Argentina, which has never qualified for the Olympics, has seen The other three Australian athletes in the WNBA, none of action in eight FIBA World Cups, most recently in 2010. After whom saw significant playing time this season, include New competing in four World Cups from 1953-1971, Argentina failed to York’s Rebecca Allen, a 6-foot-2 guard in her fourth year with the qualify again until 1998, then made four-straight appearances at Liberty, Seattle’s 5-foot-10 guard , who is in her the event. Argentina’s best finish took place in the inaugural World second year in the league, and 6-foot-4 center , a Cup when it placed sixth. Since then, the Argentina National third-year player with the Dallas Wings. Teams have come in between ninth and 14th places. NIGERIA The USA owns an all-time record of 3-0 versus Argentina in World Cup play, facing the South American team in 1953, 1957 Ranked No. 34 in the world and No. 5 in , Nigeria has and 1971. previously qualified for the 2006 World Cup, where it finished last Argentina earned the silver medal at the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup with an 0-5 mark, and the 2004 Olympics, where it finished in 11th to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. During that tournament, the place with a 1-5 record. Nigeria captured the 2017 FIBA Africa hosts rolled through their first five games undefeated, but were Championship gold medal with an 8-0 sweep to qualify for the halted by Canada 67-65 in the gold medal game. 2018 World Cup. Melisa Gretter, a 5-foot-6 , led Argentina with The USA defeated Nigeria 79-46 at the 2006 World Cup, the 13.2 ppg. and 3.5 apg., while adding 5.3 rpg. during the 2017 only time these two teams have met at the senior level. competition. Argentina was further aided by 6-foot-1 center Nigeria’s top two scorers in 2017 were power forward Agostina Burani’s 7.8 ppg. and team-high 7.8 rpg., as well as Osaretin Akhator, who averaged 15.3 ppg. and 9.5 rpg., and 6-foot Andrea Boquete’s 10.0 ppg. and 4.7 rpg. 5-foot-8 guard Ezinne Kalu, who averaged 11.6 ppg., 2.6 rpg. AUSTRALIA and 3.0 apg. TURKEY Ranked No. 4 in the world and No. 1 in Asia, 2006 World Cup gold medalist Australia has been one of the USA’s top threats Turkey is ranked No. 7 in the world and No. 4 in Europe, and since the turn of the century. In addition to its 2006 gold, Australia finished fourth at the 2014 World Cup. Turkey has only recently claimed a pair of World Cup bronze medals, three Olympic silver emerged as one of the top teams on the international stage, medals and one Olympic bronze medal since 2000. having participated in two Olympic Games (2012 and 2016) and Against Australia in World Cup play, the United States is a one FIBA World Cup (2014) in its federation’s history. The Turks perfect 10-0 and last met the Aussies at the 2014 World Cup, advanced as far as the quarterfinals in both their Olympic outings where it came away with an 82-70 semifinal victory. and fell to Australia in the 2014 World Cup bronze medal game. Previously Australia and played a three-game Turkey qualified for its second World Cup by virtue of a fifth- series to determine which nation would qualify out of Oceania to a place finish at the 2017 European Championship, where it world competition. FIBA recently merged Oceania into the Asia finished with a 5-1 mark, its lone loss coming to Greece in the qualifying process, and in its first Asia Championship the Opals quarterfinals. were represented by a few national team veterans and a number The USA and Turkey have met just once in senior level of younger newcomers. The Aussies earned five wins to open the competition, when the U.S. collected an 89-58 victory in the 2012 competition, including a nine-point, 84-73 win over Japan in Olympics. preliminary play, before dropping the gold medal game to Japan, Turkey in 2017 was led by the one-two punch of 5-foot-7 point 74-73. guard Isil Alben and 6-foot-5 center , a Naturalized in 2015, , a 6-foot-2 forward who naturalized citizen who played collegiately at Virginia was an All-American at University of Nebraska and played four Commonwealth University and in the WNBA for Minnesota (2009- seasons for the Connecticut Suns (2010-13), was Australia’s top 10), New York (2011), Washington (2013) and Seattle (2015). scorer (15.8 ppg.) and rebounder (8.2 rpg.) at the 2017 Asia Hollingsworth led Turkey in scoring and rebounding at the 2017 Championship, where she was named MVP. European Championship with 17.7 ppg. and 9.3 rpg., while Alben Australia recently named a 20-member pool upon which its topped the assists with 4.5 apg., and added 10.3 ppg. Turkey’s 2018 medal hopes lie. Seven of the 12 athletes who competed in third threat in 2017 came from Tugce Canitez, a 6-foot-3 power the 2017 Asia Championship, including Griffin, are among the 20 forward, who averaged 7.2 ppg. and 6.5 rpg. finalists. Among those seven, 6-foot-3 forward Allana Smith (10.8

@usabasketball #USABWnt 11 2018 World Cup group C primer BELGIUM PUERTO RICO

Ranked No. 28 in the world and No. 14 in Europe, Belgium Ranked No. 22 in the world and No. 6 in the Americas zone, qualified for its first international major after winning a historic Puerto Rico earned the bronze medal at the 2017 FIBA AmeriCup bronze medal at the 2017 European Championships, which to claim its first entry to a FIBA World Cup. Puerto Rico also has marked the nation’s first medal stand appearance ever at the never qualified for an Olympic Games. event. Led by Allison Gibson, a 6-foot-3 guard, Puerto Rico finished The Belgium squad finished with a 5-1 record at the 2017 with a 4-2 record at the 2017 AmeriCup, losing to eventual gold European Championship, falling only to eventual gold medalist medalist Canada 75-59 and silver medalist Argentina 48-44. Spain in the semifinals. Gibson averaged a team-high of 13.0 ppg. Puerto Rico also , a 6-foot-4 center who played five was aided by 5-foot-5 guard Michelle Gonzalez, who was the seasons for the Washington Mystics before taking the 2018 team’s second-leading scorer with 8.7 ppg. season off to rest and train for the World Cup, was named to the SPAIN 2017 All-Star Five after a standout tournament. She averaged team-highs of 17.5 ppg., 7.2 rpg. and 1.7 bpg., while adding 2.8 Spain is ranked No. 2 in the world and No. 1 in Europe and apg., in leading her team to bronze. claimed the silver medal at the 2016 Olympics, its first Olympic Selected No. 19 by the Mystics in 2013, Meeseman averaged medal of any color. The Europeans also claimed the 2014 World 10.9 ppg. and 5.4 rpg. during her five years in the WNBA, Cup silver medal and earned bronze at the 2010 World Cup. including 14.1 ppg. and 5.7 rpg. in 2017. Additionally, Meesseman As World Cup hosts, Spain will be a formidable opponent to all played for three years alongside Brittney Griner and more than comers. Led by longtime veterans and , two seasons with Diana Taurasi for UMMC Ekaterinburg. both of whom have announced their retirement following the Also starring for Belgium in 2017 was veteran , a World Cup, Spain has pared its pool to 16 athletes. 6-4 center who played nine seasons for five teams in the WNBA, The 5-foot-10 guard, 38-year-old Palau dished out 3.5 apg. at beginning in 2000 with the , and her final the 2017 European Championship and first played for Spain on season came in 2016 with the Las Angeles Sparks. Wauters the world stage at the 1997 U19 World Cup. She has since averaged 9.9 ppg. and 5.0 rpg. during her career and her most competed in the past four World Cups and the 2008 and 2016 productive season was in 2008 with San Antonio, when she Olympics. started 31 of 32 games played and averaged 14.7 ppg. and Torrens, a 6-foot-3 guard who plays for UMMC Ekaterinburg, 7.5 rpg. was named MVP of the 2017 European Championship after At the 2017 European Championship Wauters scored at a clip averaging 17.8 ppg., 6.3 rpg. and 3.3 apg. She first stepped onto of 13.3 ppg. and pulled down 5.7 rpg. the international stage at a FIBA event at the 2007 U19 World Belgium’s third scoring threat in 2017 was 5-foot-10 guard Cup, where Spain finished fourth, and the following year , who averaged 14.5 ppg. and 3.3 apg. competed for her country at the Olympics. Torrens is a JAPAN two-time Olympic and two-time World Cup participant. Two other players to watch for will be a pair of shooting Ranked No. 13 in the world and No. 3 in Asia, Japan clinched guards, 5-foot-8 and 5-foot-11 Xargay. its World Cup berth by claiming the gold medal at the 2017 FIBA The 31-year-old Cruz, who played alongside Angel Asia Championship after edging Australia 74-73 in the gold medal McCoughtry and Nneka Ogwumike for , game. averaged 8.0 ppg. and 3.2 apg. at the 2017 European Japan was led in the final contest by 5-foot-8 Championships. After first playing for Spain on the world stage at Saki Mizushima, who went 7-of-9 from 3-point and finished with the 2005 U19 World Cup, competed at the 2010 and 2014 FIBA 19 points, her best output of the tournament. World Cups and 2008 and 2016 Olympic Games. A 12-time FIBA World Cup and three-time Olympic participant, Xargay, who is 27, posted 11.2 ppg. at the 2017 European Japan’s best finish in the combined events was a silver medal at Championship, saw her first FIBA world competition as a member the 1975 World Cup. More recently, the Asian squad finished 14th of the 2009 Spain U19 World Cup Team. Since then, she earned at the 2014 World Cup and eighth at the 2016 Olympics. spots on Spain’s 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic teams. The USA has faced Japan three times in World Cup play, claiming victories in 1979 and 1998 and dropped a 73-71 contest in 1975. The USA last played Japan at the 2016 Olympics when the U.S. squad earned a 110-64 victory. Look for Japan to be led by 5-foot-7 guard Manami Fujioka and 5-foot-10 forward Moeko Nagaoka, both of whom were 2017 Asia Championship All-Star Five selections. Fujioka averaged 11.3 ppg., 5.2 rpg. and 8.2 apg. at the 2017 event, and Nagaoka led Japan with 13.7 ppg. Additionally, 6-foot-3 forward Ramu Tokashiki, who turned in MVP performances at the 2013 and 2015 Asia Championships, but didn’t suit up for Japan at the 2017 Asia Championship, is on Japan’s list of 16 finalists for its World Cup squad. She produced 17.0 ppg. and 6.3 rpg. at the 2016 Olympics and 11.3 ppg. and 5.7 rpg. at the 2014 World Cup.

12 2018 USA Basketball Women’s World Cup team training Camp 2018 World Cup group d primer CHINA SENEGAL

Ranked No. 10 in the world and No. 2 in Asia, claimed the 2017 Ranked No. 17 in the world and No. 1 in the Africa zone, Senegal FIBA Asia Championship bronze medal to qualify for its 10th FIBA earned the silver medal at the 2017 FIBA Africa Championship to World Cup. China has qualified for every World Cup since 1983 claim its seventh entry to a FIBA World Cup. Senegal also has and in that time also has advanced to play in nearly every earned two Olympic berths, most recently in 2016, when it came Olympic Games, missing only the Sydney Olympics in 2000. in 12th place. The USA owns a 5-0 record against China in World Cup play, the The USA and Senegal have played five times in the Olympics most recent meeting was an 87-56 U.S. victory in 2014. (1-0) and World Cups (4-0), and the U.S. has won every outing. Winners of a pair of World Cup medals, bronze in 1983 and silver The most recent game between the two was a 121-56 victory in in 1994, and two Olympic medals, bronze in 1984 and silver in the 2016 Olympics. 1992, China finished in fourth place in 1996 and 2008. More Senegalese veteran Astou Traore, a 6-foot-1 forward who was recently, China was sixth at the 2014 World Cup and 10th in Rio. named MVP at the 2017 Africa Championship, poured in 21.6 The two nations faced off against each other in a friendly ppg. and grabbed 5.6 rpg. to lead her team to silver at the event. exhibition on April 26 in Seattle, and the USA came away with an The 37-year-old first played for Senegal at the 2005 Africa 86-43 victory. China’s leading scorers with seven points apiece Championship and has played in two previous World Cups and were 6-foot-0 forward Shao Ting and 6-foot-4 center Pan Zhenqi, the 2016 Olympic Games. a newcomer to China’s national team. Mame Marie Sy-Diop, a 6-foot-2 forward, averaged 8.5 ppg., 4.6 Ting, who played in the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics, rpg. and 3.6 apg. as Senegal’s second-leading threat at the 2017 averaged 8.8 ppg. and a team second-best 4.3 apg. at the 2017 championship. Asia Championship. Yueru Li, a 6-foot-7 center, was China’s USA leading scorer and rebounder at that event with 17.2 ppg. and 9.3 rpg. The 19-year-old Li played against the USA in Seattle and The USA is ranked No. 1 in the world and No. 1 in the Americas contributed four points and five rebounds and should make her Zone. Winners of the past six Olympic gold medals and four of the senior-level debut at the 2018 World Cup. past five World Cup gold medals, the USA will have a bullseye on LATVIA its back as it goes for its 10th FIBA World Cup gold medal in Tenerife. Ranked No. 26 in the world and No. 12 in Europe, Latvia clinched The USA will play Senegal on Sept. 22 (1 p.m. EDT), China on its first World Cup berth after finishing sixth at the 2017 European Sept. 23 (1 p.m. EDT) and Latvia on Sept. 25 (1 p.m. EDT). Championship. In all, the USA owns a record nine gold medals, one silver medal This marks Latvia’s second senior-level world competition after and two bronze medals in FIBA World Cup play, while compiling qualifying a decade ago for the 2008 Olympic Games, where the an all-time 103-21 record at the event. In 2014, the most recent nation finished in ninth place. Led by 15 points apiece from Aija World Cup, the U.S. took the gold medal, while Spain captured Putnina and Kristine Vitola, Latvia held off 68-67 in the silver and Australia won bronze. must-win classification semifinal game in order to advance to the Led by Hall of Famer Dawn Staley, head coach at the University fifth/sixth-place game in 2017. of South Carolina, the USA team will begin training Sept. 3 in In the overall competition, however, Latvia was paced by 6-foot-3 Columbia, South Carolina. The team has not yet been power forward Anete Steinberga, who averaged a double-double announced, but if the past is any indication, the team should of 14.7 ppg. and 11.1 rpg. Vitola, a 6-foot-5 center, averaged 8.6 feature a nice mix of athletes from veteran leaders to rising stars ppg. and 4.1 rpg., while 6-foot-3 forward Putnina averaged 6.4 playing in their first senior-level World Cup. ppg. The USA and Latvia never have played on the world stage, but the two met in a 2008 Olympic warm-up tournament. Playing for the first time as the official, 12-member Olympic team, the USA earned an 84-74 victory behind 13 points from Sylvia Fowles.

@usabasketball #USABWnt 13 2018 USA Basketball Women’s World Cup Team • Rules Differences

RULE FIBA WNBA NCAA

Duration of Game ...... Four, 10 minute quarters ...... Four, 10 minute quarters ...... Four, 10-minute quarters Overtime Duration ...... 5 minutes ...... 5 minutes ...... 5 minutes Duration Between Periods ...... 2 minutes ...... 2 minutes ...... 75 seconds Length of Halftime ...... 15 minutes ...... 15 minutes ...... 15 minutes Court Length ...... 91' 10" x 49' 2.5" ...... 94' x 50' ...... 94' x 50' Size of Lane ...... 16’ x 19' / 4.88m x 5.79m ...... 16' x 19' / 4.88m x 5.79m ...... 12' x 19' / 3.65m x 5.79m Three-Point FG Distance ...... 22' 1.75" / 6.75m ...... 22' 1.75" / 6.75m ...... 20’9 / 6.32m No Charge Semicircles ...... Yes (4’1.25” from center of basket) ...... Yes (4’ from center of basket) ...... Yes (3’ from center of basket) ...... 24 seconds ...... 24 seconds ...... 30 seconds Shot Clock Reset ...... Reset to 14 seconds when FGA ...... Reset to 24 or 14 seconds when FGA is . .FG attempt hits rim hits rim offensive team rebounds rebounded by offense Back Court Violation ...... 8 seconds ...... 8 seconds ...... 10 seconds Game Clock Stops ...... Last two minutes of 4th quarter ...... Last minute of 1st, 2nd, 3rd and ...... Last minute of 4th quarter and After Successful FG and overtime After Successful FG and last 2 minutes of 4th quarters and overtime last minute of overtime Advance Ball to Halfcourt ...... Last 2 minutes of 4th quarter ...... Last 2 minutes of 4th quarter ...... Last 59.9 seconds of 4th quarter at Timeout and overtime (to top of 3-point line) and overtime (at the 28’ line) and overtime (at the 28’ line) Player Foul Limit ...... 5 or 2 technical/unsportsman fouls ...... 6 ...... 5 Bonus ...... On 5th foul per quarter (2 FTs) ...... On 5th foul per quarter (2 FTs) ...... On 5th foul per quarter (2 FTs) Fourth quarter carries into OT On 4th foul in OT (2 FTs) Number of Players Permitted ...... 5 (three defensive, ...... 5 (three defensive, two ...... 6 (four defensive, two On Free Throw Lane two offensive) offensive) offensive) Jump Ball ...... Teams alternate possession ...... Teams alternate possession ...... Teams alternate possession after opening jump ball after opening jump ball after opening jump ball Touch Ball On/Above Cylinder ...... Yes ...... No ...... No Closely Guarded For 5 Seconds ...... Yes, while holding the ball ...... No ...... Yes, while holding the ball Defensive 3 Seconds ...... No ...... Yes ...... No Flopping Rule ...... Yes ...... Yes ...... No Number of Referees ...... Three ...... Three ...... Three Timeouts - Non-Televised Game ...... 2 60-second in 1st & 2nd quarters ...... 2 full (120/60-second) and 1 ...... 2 60-second and 3 30-second 3 60-second in 3rd & 4th quarters 20-second per team each half. per game. A maximum of 4 A maximum of 2 timeouts permitted Unused first half 20-second unused timeouts (2 60, 2 30-second) in the final 2 minutes of a game. carries over to second half. can carry over to second half. Timeouts - Televised Game ...... Up to 1 additional TV timeout ...... 2 full (120/60-second) and 1 ...... Up to 1 additional TV timeout are (60, 75, 90 or 100 seconds) 20-second per team each half. permissible per quarter. is permissible per quarter. Unused first half 20-second Teams get 1 60-second, 3 carries over to second half. 30-second, and a maximum of 3 unused timeouts(2 60, 2 30-second) can carry over to second half Timeouts - Overtime ...... 1 additional 60-second ...... 1 120-second, 1 20-second; ...... Any not used in regulation 1 unused 20-second second carry over plus one additional half timeout can carry over 30-second each overtime Timeouts Called By ...... Coach or assistant coach ...... Head coach or player in game ...... Head coach or player in game Size of Basketball ...... Size 6 (28”-29”) ...... Size 6 (28”-29”) ...... Size 6 (28”-29”) Legal Jersey Numbers ...... All Numbers 00, 0-99 ...... Any one or two digit number ...... 00, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55

14 2018 USA Basketball Women’s World Cup team training Camp 2018 USA BASketBAll Women’S World CUp teAm trAining CAmp

• CoAChing StAFF • & • Athlete proFileS • 2017-20 USA BASkETBALL WOMEN’S through the 2008 Olympics. NATiONAL TEAM HEAD COACH With Staley on the sideline, the USA National Team from UNivErSiTY Of SOUTH CArOLiNA 2006-08 posted a 32-2 Dawn Staley, head coach at the University of record, captured the 2008 South Carolina, who has had a long and illustrious Olympic and 2007 FIBA USA Basketball career that began as an athlete in Americas Championship gold 1989, and more recently as an assistant coach for medals and the 2006 FIBA the gold medalist 2016 U.S. Olympic Women’s World Championship bronze Basketball Team, was named on March 10, 2017, medal. as head coach of the USA Basketball Women’s Not only has Staley National Team through 2020. coached the top-tier USA With Staley at the helm, the USA Basketball Basketball teams, she’s also Women’s National Team will compete in the 2018 headed up a number of FIBA World Cup (Sept. 22-30 in Spain) and, if the coaching staffs at the USA Basketball junior level, and three years USA qualifies, the 2020 pulled double-duty as a head coach for a USA junior team and an (July 24 – Aug. 9 in , Japan), as well as assistant coach for the USA National Team. additional USA training camps and exhibition Prior to the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship Staley games. Staley’s selection was made by the USA received her first USA head coaching nod at the helm of the 2007 Basketball Women’s National Team Steering USA Pan American Games Team and did not disappoint. Taking a Committee and approved by the USA Basketball group of collegians to Brazil to compete against seasoned, Board of Directors. international veterans, Staley piloted the USA Pan Am Team to a “Being named head coach of the USA National perfect 5-0 slate and the gold medal. Team is a tremendous honor,” said Staley, who was In 2014 Staley served as an assistant coach for the USA enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball World Championship Team that captured gold and also was the Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Women’s Basketball head coach for the gold-medal winning 2014 USA U18 National Hall of Fame in 2012. “As a player, I was humbled Team. each time I wore the uniform and this feels no The following year Staley was head coach for the gold-medal different. I will do my very best to uphold the winning 2015 USA U19 World Championship Team and was on standards and winning tradition of the national hand as an assistant as the USA National Team went 4-0 in its team, and must thank the selection committee for 2015 European tour against teams from Spain, Italy and Czech having faith in my abilities as a coach to trust me Republic. with such an important role. I would also like to For her efforts in 2015, Staley was named as co-recipient of thank my teams at Temple and South Carolina for

STALEY the USA Basketball National Coach of the Year award. putting me in this coveted position. They allowed In all, USA Basketball teams with Staley on the sideline own me to learn and grow on the job and I am truly an overall record of 81-4 (.953 winning percentage) and USA grateful.” teams are 22-0 with Staley serving as head coach. The 2016 Olympic finish marked the USA’s Having recently wrapped up her 10th season (2008-09 to sixth-straight Olympic gold medal, and Staley was present) at South Carolina in 2017-18 with her fourth-straight on the roster for five of those titles -- three times as Tournament crown and a 29-7 record, an athlete (1996, 2000, 2004) and twice as an Staley also owns four SEC regular season titles and led the assistant coach (2008, 2016). Gamecocks to the 2017 NCAA Championship. She owns an Staley won a total of 10 gold medals as an overall record of 250- 87 (.742 winning percentage) at the school. athlete, including three Olympic and two FIBA World Staley, who guided the Gamecoks to 29-win seasons the past Championship five years, posted 30-win gold medals, one seasons from bronze medal and 2014-15 through 2016-17, seven and capped the 2016-17 Dawn international season with a 33-4 record. invitational titles In her most successful from 1989-2004. season as a head coach at She then that time, Staley coached transitioned into her team in 2014-15 to a the coaching 34-3 record, a share of the ranks, received SEC regular season title, her first USA the SEC Tournament crown Basketball and was a Co-SEC Coach coaching of the Year. She piloted assignment as an South Carolina to its first assistant to the NCAA Final Four in 2006 USA World (left to right) USA Women’s National Team director Carol Callan, USA program history. Further, Championship Basketball chairman and retired Gen. Martin Dempsey, 2017-20 USA the Gamecocks also Team and was National Team head coach Dawn Staley and USA Basketball CEO Jim later asked to Tooley following the March 10, 2016 announcement that Staley would remain on board head up the USA National Team through 2020. 16 2018 USA Basketball Women’s World Cup Team Training Camp reached the No. 1 spot in the national polls for the first time in USA Basketball Highlights history. In 2013-14 Staley led the Gamecocks to a 29-5 mark, the • Honors: program’s first Southeastern Conference regular season title and Head Coach || 2015 USA Basketball Co-National Coach of the Year. a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, where she advanced her Athlete || 2004 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony flag bearer, team to the Sweet 16. Staley in 2014 was named the SEC Coach 1994 & 2004 USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year, 1994 of the Year, WBCA Region 3 Coach of the Year and was one of Goodwill Games MVP. four finalists for the Naismith National Coach of the Year award. • Gold Medals: In addition to her winning record at SC, Staley in her seven Head Coach || 2014 FIBA Americas U18 Championship & 2007 seasons has advanced South Carolina to five NCAA Pan American Games Tournaments, reached the 2015 Final Four, 2012, 2014 and 2016 Assistant Coach || 2016 Olympics, 2014 FIBA World Sweet 16s. Further, she was tabbed the 2012 Black Coaches Championship, 2008 Olympics & 2007 FIBA Americas Association National Coach of the Year and 2014 Basketball Championship Athlete || 1996, 2000 & 2004 Olympics, 1998 & 2002 FIBA World Times National Coach of the Year. Championships, 1999 U.S. Olympic Cup, , Prior to arriving at South Carolina, Staley was the head coach 1993 World Championship Qualifying Tournament, 1992 R. William at Temple for eight years (2000-01 through 2007-08), where she Jones Cup and 1991 World University Games. took over a program that had not seen a winning record since • Bronze Medal: 1989-90 and had never won the Assistant Coach || 2006 FIBA World Championship Tournament. Athlete || 1994 FIBA World Championship. She turned the program around in her first season and went Professional Highlights on to lead the Owls to six NCAA Tournaments and captured four A-10 Tournament titles. In all, Staley compiled a 172-80 (.683) • 2013 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and 2012 record and had six 20-plus win seasons. Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame inductee. Her exploits did not go unnoticed. The 2005 WBCA Region 1 • 2012 Black Coaches Association National Coach of the Year. Coach of the Year was named the 2004 and 2005 A-10 Coach of • 2014 Basketball Times National Coach of the Year. the Year; and the 2001, 2002, 2005 and 2006 Big 5 • 2014, 2015, 2016 Naismith National Coach of the Year finalist. Coach of the Year. • Five-Time conference Coach of the Year (SEC & A-10) and four-time Including her eight seasons as head coach at Temple Philadelphia Big 5 Coach of the Year. University, Staley owns a career coaching record of 393-160 (.710 • 2014, 2015, 2016 WBCA Region 3 Coach of the Year. winning percentage) in 17 years as a collegiate head coach. As an athlete, Staley was a fixture on USA Basketball teams • 2005 WBCA Region 1 Coach of the Year nearly every year from 1989-2004. A two-time USA Basketball • 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 SEC regular season titles. Female Athlete of the Year (1994, 2004), Staley was voted by all • 2015, 2016, 2017 SEC Tournament titles. U.S. team captains in 2004 to carry the United States flag and • Four Atlantic 10 Conference regular season and four A-10 lead the USA's delegation into the Athens Olympics Opening Tournament titles. Ceremonies. Additionally, Staley was named the MVP at the 1994 • 12 NCAA Tournaments, including capturing one NCAA Goodwill Games and served on the USA Basketball Executive Championship (2017) and advancing as far as one Final Four Committee as an athlete representative. semifinal (2015) and three Sweet 16s (2012, 2014, 2016). Capping an illustrious international playing career with her Tournaments, including three Final Fours (1990, 1991, 1992), and third Olympic gold medal in 2004, Staley first competed for USA finished as NCAA runner-up in 1991. Basketball as a member of the 1989 USA Junior World The 1991 and 1992 National Player of the Year as a junior and Championship Team, and through the years USA teams with senior, Staley was the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Staley on the roster posted an amazing 196-10 record (.951). Year in each of those years and was named to the ACC's 50th She was a key in numerous successes for her country. In Anniversary Women's Basketball Team in 2002. Virginia received addition to the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympic golds, Staley was outstanding play from Staley in the NCAA Tournament, and she on hand as the U.S. captured a pair of FIBA World Championship earned Most Outstanding Player honors following the 1991 Final golds (1998 and 2002), while also helping the red, white and blue Four. She garnered 1991 and 1992 All-Final Four honors and was land on top of the podium at the 1999 U.S. Olympic Cup, 1994 the NCAA Regional Most Outstanding Player in 1990, 1991 and Goodwill Games, 1993 World Championship Qualifying 1992. Tournament, 1992 R. and 1991 World The recipient of the 1998 American Red Cross University Games. Her bronze medal came as the U.S. Award, Staley has been honored on numerous occasions for her rebounded from a semifinal loss in the 1994 FIBA World work with inner-city Philadelphia children through the foundation Championship to return home with the bronze medal. that bears her name, including the 1999 WNBA Entrepreneurial One of her more impressive international highlights include Spirit Award. being a member of the historic 1995-96 USA Basketball Women's For her work within her community, the WNBA announced the National Team that rolled up a 60-0 record, captured the 1996 inception of the Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award in Olympic gold medal and was named the 1996 USA Basketball 2007. The honor is earned by the WNBA player who best and U.S. Olympic Committee Team of the Year. exemplifies the characteristics of a leader in the community in A two-year ABL and eight-year WNBA veteran, Staley saw which she works or lives. action in seven All-Star Games, two in the ABL (1997, 1998) and In 2006 Staley was presented with the 2006 five in the WNBA (2000-03, 2005-06). Hospital Auxiliary Diamond Award and honored with the 2006 During her four years as a point guard at the University of Distinguished Alumna Award for the . Virginia (1989-92), her teams compiled a 110-21 record for a She graduated from Virginia with a bachelor of arts in rhetoric sparkling 83.9 winning percentage, appeared in four NCAA and communication studies. @usabasketball #USABWNT 17 USA Basketball Coaching Experience

TeAM PosiTion W-L PCT FinisH 2018 USA National Team (vs. China) Head Coach 1-0 1.000 n/a 2016 Olympic Games Assistant Coach 8-0 1.000 Gold Medal Pre-Olympic Exhibition Games Assistant Coach 4-0 1.000 n/a 2015 USA National Team - European Tour Assistant Coach 4-0 1.000 n/a 2015 USA U19 World Championship Team Head Coach 7-0 1.000 Gold Medal Pre-U19 Worlds Exhibition Games Head Coach 3-0 1.000 n/a 2014 USA World Championship Team Assistant Coach 6-0 1.000 Gold Medal Pre-Worlds Exhibition Games Assistant Coach 4-1 .800 n/a 2014 USA U18 National Team Head Coach 5-0 1.000 Gold Medal 2008 Olympic Games Assistant Coach 8-0 1.000 Gold Medal 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball Tournament Assistant Coach 3-0 1.000 First Place 2008 Good Luck Beijing Tournament Assistant Coach 2-1 .667 Second Place 2007 FIBA Americas Championship Assistant Coach 5-0 1.000 Gold Medal Head Coach 5-0 1.000 Gold Medal 2007-08 USA National Team Assistant Coach 4-0 1.000 n/a 2006 FIBA World Championship Assistant Coach 8-1 .889 Bronze Medal Exhibition vs. Australia Assistant Coach 1-0 1.000 n/a 2006 USA Senior National Team Assistant Coach 3-1 .750 Opals World Challenge title 2006 USA National Team Acting Head Coach 1-0 1.000 Opals World Challenge UsA Basketball Totals 81-4 .953 7 gold medals, 1 bronze medal, 2 tournament titles, 1 tournament second-place finish Collegiate Coaching Record

seAson TeAM W- L PCT noTes 2017-18 South Caroilna 29- 7 .806 NCAA Elite Eight, SEC tournament champion 2016-17 South Carolina 33- 4 .892 NCAA Champion, SEC regular season & tournament champion 2015-16 South Carolina 33- 2 .943 NCAA Sweet 16, SEC regular season & tournament champion 2014-15 South Carolina 34- 3 .919 NCAA Final Four, SEC regular season & tournament champion 2013-14 South Carolina 29- 5 .853 NCAA Sweet 16, SEC regular season champion 2012-13 South Carolina 25- 8 .758 NCAA second round

STALEY 2011-12 South Carolina 25- 10 .714 NCAA Sweet 16 2010-11 South Carolina 18- 15 .545 WNIT second round 2009-10 South Carolina 14- 15 .483 --- 2008-09 South Carolina 10- 18 .357 --- 2007-08 Temple 21- 13 .618 NCAA Tournament, Atlantic 10 regular season champion 2006-07 Temple 25- 8 .758 NCAA second round 2005-06 Temple 24- 8 .778 NCAA Tournament, Atlantic 10 regular season & tournament champion 2004-05 Temple 28- 4 .875 NCAA second round, Atlantic 10 regular season & tourn. champion 2003-04 Temple 21- 10 .677 NCAA Tournament, Atlantic 10 regular season & tournament champion 2002-03 Temple 14- 15 .483 --- 2001-02 Temple 20- 11 .645 NCAA Tournament, Atlantic 10 Tournament champion 2000-01 Temple 19- 11 .633 WNIT sC Totals 10 seasons 250- 87 .742 1 nCAA title, 7 nCAA Tournaments, 4 seC regular season & 4 seC Tournament crowns Totals 18 seasons 422-167 .716 12 nCAA Tournaments, 2 WniTs, 7 conference regular season

Dawn titles, 7 conference tournament titles

18 2018 USA Basketball Women’s World Cup Team Training Camp 2018 USA WOrLD CUp TEAM “I am truly honored and ASSiSTANT COACH humbled to be a part of this incredible team and SEATTLE STOrM coaching staff led by coach Staley,” said Hughes. “I WNBA Seattle Storm head coach Dan Hughes want to thank the was named on March 14, 2018, as an assistant committee plus all the coach for the 2018 USA Basketball Women's players and coaches that National Team after serving as a court coach for the were part of my coaching 2018 USA National Team's minicamp, held journey that will now include Feb. 9-11 at the University of South Carolina. USA Basketball and its In his first season at the helm of the Storm, he quest for World Cup gold.” led Seattle to a league-best 26-8 record and into the Named on Oct. 4, 2017, WNBA semifinals, where (as of 9/31/18) his team as head coach for the holds a 2-1 league over Phoenix in the best-of-five Seattle Storm, Hughes previously spent 16 years as a WNBA series. head coach. He began his career in the league as the Charlotte Hughes began working with the USA National Sting head coach in 1999, served as the Cleveland Rockers head Team during its April 24-26 training camp in Seattle, coach from 2000-03 and more recently was at the helm of the where he helped lead the USA to an 83-46 from 2005-09 and 2011-16. Hughes directed exhibition victory over China, and will return to aid teams to the playoffs 10 times and advanced to the 2008 WNBA USA head coach Dawn Staley through the 2018 Finals after guiding San Antonio to a first-place finish in the FIBA World Cup once his season is complete. Western Conference with a 24-10 record. Hughes, who served on the USA Basketball Named on Oct. 4, 2017, as head coach for the Seattle Storm, Women's National Team Player Selection Hughes previously spent 16 years as a WNBA head coach. Committee from 2009-16, was a court coach during He began his career in the league as the head the USA National Team’s February training camp in coach in 1999, served as the Cleveland Rockers head coach from South Carolina. 2000-03 and more recently was at the helm of the San Antonio Stars from 2005-09 and 2011-16. Owning a 263-295 overall record in the regular season, Hughes directed teams to the playoffs 11 times and advanced to the 2008 WNBA Finals after guiding San Antonio to a first-place finish in the Western Conference with a 24-10 record. HUGHES Dan

Dan Hughes talks with Jewell Loyd prior to the USA’s 83-46 victory over China on April 26, 2018.

@usabasketball #USABWNT 19 2018 USA WOrLD CUp TEAM Shock to a pair of WNBA ASSiSTANT COACH titles. In all, as a head coach MiNNESOTA LYNx and assistant coach in the WNBA, Reeve has been a WNBA Minnesota Lynx general manager and part of six (2006, 2008, 2011, head coach Cheryl Reeve, who was a court coach 2013, 2015, 2017) WNBA during the USA’s February 2018 training camp, championship teams and returns to USA Basketball as a 2018 USA National made 10 (2001, 2006, 2007, Team assistant coach. 2008 2011, 2012, 2013, She previously served as an assistant coach for 2015, 2016, 2017) WNBA the 2014-16 USA National Team that claimed gold Finals appearances. medals at the 2014 FIBA World Cup Team and Reeve’s coaching resume 2016 Olympic Games. includes 27 years as both an Reeve began working with the USA National assistant and a head coach at the collegiate and WNBA levels. In Team during its April 24-26 training camp in Seattle, 2009, Reeve served as an assistant coach with the WNBA’s where she helped lead the USA to an 83-46 , and was promoted to the team’s general manager exhibition victory over China, and returns to the position just three games into the season. USA sideline to aid USA head coach Dawn Staley Hired by three-time WNBA champion head coach Bill through the 2018 FIBA World Cup. Laimbeer, Reeve joined the Shock coaching staff in 2006 and “It’s very exciting and an honor to be a part of helped the franchise reach the WNBA Finals in each of her first new coaching staff, and I’m excited to be able to three years, winning WNBA titles in 2006 and 2008. During her support Dawn in her first venture as a USA National four years with Detroit, the team held an 87-49 win-loss record Team coach,” said Reeve, who was an assistant and won at least 18 games each season, including 24 in 2007. coach for the Charlotte Sting from 2001-02 when Reeve also served as the Shock’s director of player personnel in Staley was the Sting’s point guard. 2008. During Reeve's stint with the 2014-16 USA Reeve got her start in the WNBA with the Charlotte Sting in National Team, the USA captured gold medals at 2001 when she joined Anne Donovan’s staff as an assistant the 2016 Olympic Games and 2014 FIBA World coach. After posting an 8-24 record in 2000, Charlotte turned Championship, while compiling a 14-0 slate in the things around in Reeve’s first year, going 18-14 en route to two official competitions and 8-1 in exhibition play. advancing to the WNBA Finals. Reeve spent the 2002 season in rEEvE A two-time WNBA Coach of the Year recipient Charlotte before joining Dan Hughes’ coaching staff in Cleveland (2011, 2016), Reeve was selected for her first USA for the 2003 season. Reeve returned to the Sting in 2004 and Basketball coaching assignment as a court coach at 2005 before joining Detroit in 2006. In Reeve’s nine years as an the 2013 USA National Team mini-camp. However, assistant in the WNBA, she compiled a 54.3 winning percentage after advancing the Lynx to its third-straight WNBA (163-137), including seven postseason appearances and Finals appearance, Reeve was unable to participate advancing to the WNBA Finals four times. due the timing of the Finals. Before joining the WNBA coaching ranks, Reeve spent 12 At the helm of the Lynx for nine seasons (2010 years coaching collegiately, including a five-year stint as head to present), Reeve, who took on the role of Lynx coach at Indiana State University (1995-96 through 1999-2000). general manager in 2017, has compiled a 213-93 Reeve guided the Sycamores to the program's first postseason (.696 winning percentage) overall record, and berth in 20 years following the 1998-99 campaign. captured WNBA championships in 2011, 2013, Reeve also spent five years (1990-91 through 1994-95) as an 2015 and 2017. assistant coach at George Washington University. During that During Reeve's stint with the 2014-16 USA time, the Colonials posted five 20-win seasons, captured three National Team, the USA captured gold medals at Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament titles and appeared in four the 2016 Olympic Games and 2014 FIBA World NCAA Tournaments. Reeve got her start in coaching at her alma Championship, while compiling a 14-0 slate in the matter, , as an assistant coach for two seasons Cheryl two official competitions and 8-1 in exhibition play. (1988-89 through 1989-90). After a 13-21 finish in 2010, Reeve helped As a player at La Salle, Reeve led the nationally-ranked orchestrate the second-best turnaround in league Explorers to a 25-5 record in 1987-1988. She was named All- history, capping the regular season with a 27-7 Metro Atlantic Conference and was an All-Big 5 selection as a record and then winning the WNBA title. For her senior. Reeve holds the school record for most games started efforts, Reeve was named the 2011 WNBA Coach (110) and ranks fourth on La Salle’s career leader board of the Year. (420). In 2013, she guided the Lynx to the No. 1 spot Reeve graduated with a degree in computer in the Western Conference standings with a 26-8 science/management information systems. A Rhodes Scholar record and advanced the Lynx to its third WNBA nominee, Reeve received both a MAAC Scholar-Athlete Post Finals appearance in as many years, eventually Graduate Award and a NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship in 1988. claiming her second WNBA crown. She went on to earn her master’s degree in business Prior to being named head coach at the Lynx, administration from her alma mater while also serving two years Reeve spent nine years as an assistant in the as an assistant coach for the Explorers. league at Charlotte (2001-02, 2004-05), Clevelend (2003) and Detroit (2006-09), where she aided the

20 2018 USA Basketball Women’s World Cup Team Training Camp 2018 USA WOrLD CUp TEAM conference powerhouse in ASSiSTANT COACH taking the Hawks to all six NCAA appearances in GEOrGE WASHiNGTON UNivErSiTY program history, winning a pair of NCAA Tournament A member of six previous USA Basketball games, and distinguishing coaching staffs and the 2011 USA Basketball herself as the all-time National Coach of the Year, George Washington winningest coach in America University head coach Jennifer Rizzotti was named East Conference history. on March 14, 2018, as an assistant coach for the Inducted into the 2018 USA Basketball Women's National Team. Women's Basketball Hall of She began began working with the 2018 USA Fame in 2013, Rizzotti is National Team during its April 24-26 training camp well-known in basketball in Seattle, where she helped lead the USA to an circles around the world. After 83-46 exhibition victory over China, and returns to taking control of a Hartford program that went 8-19 in the year the USA sideline to aid USA head coach Dawn before she was hired and that had never won more than 15 Staley through the 2018 FIBA World Cup. games prior to her arrival, the Hawks enjoyed 11 seasons with Rizzotti has extensive experience with the USA more than 15 victories in her tenure and won at least 20 games National Team. She served as a court coach during seven times. the 2017 USA National Team’s training camp in Following the 2009-10 regular season, Rizzotti was named a California, and was an advance scout/court coach finalist for the National Coach of the Year award after for the gold-medal winning 2016 U.S. Olympic leading Hartford to a school-record 20-game , a Team and 2014 USA World Cup Team. Rizzotti also perfect 16-0 record in conference play and the program's first- served as court coach during various USA National ever national ranking. Team training camps from 2014-16. She began In all, Rizzotti compiled a record of 316-216 (.594), including coaching with USA Basketball as an assistant for 183-97 (.654) in America East play, and won five conference the 2006 USA U18 National Team that claimed championships and four regular-season titles. She was named gold, and as a head coach led the 2010 USA U18 America East Coach of the Year three times (2006, 2007, 2010) National Team and 2011 USA U19 World Cup Team and developed three dozen all-conference players, including a to gold medals. As an athlete, Rizzotti was a pair of America East Players of the Year, an America East member of the 1996 USA R. William Jones Cup that Defensive Player of the Year and an America East Rookie of the earned the gold medal with a 9-0 slate. Year, as well as the program's first-ever WNBA draftee. rizzOTTi “I’m thrilled to be named to the USA National As a student-athlete at the University of Connecticut, Rizzotti Team staff,” said Rizzotti, whose GW squad first vaulted into the national spotlight as the starting point guard captured the 2018 Atlantic 10 Conference for the Huskies' first national championship team in 1995 with an Tournament title and enters the NCAA Tournament undefeated 35-0 record. During the run to the national title, with a 19-13 record. “It’s an honor not only to work Rizzotti was featured on the cover of . with Dawn, Cheryl and Dan, but also with the best A former All-American and the NCAA Regional Most basketball players in the world, in this opportunity to Outstanding Player after her junior and senior seasons, in 1996 help USA Basketball win another World Cup. Rizzotti virtually swept the postseason awards as Big East Player “I gained a lot of great experience while working of the Year, Big East Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the Associated very closely with Dawn in preparing scouts for the Press Player of the Year, the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the 2016 Olympics. I’m familiar with her style, and I feel Year and the winner. I’ll be a good asset going forward with the team’s Rizzotti graduated as UConn's career leader in assists (637) preparation. Also, having played in the WNBA and and steals (349) and still ranks second all-time in those worked as a scout for the USA National Team from categories. 2014-16, I am familiar with how the players like to As a coach and formerly as a student-athlete, Rizzotti's focus handle the condensed training opportunities we on academics has always been exemplary. Under her guidance, have leading up to competition. Hartford was ranked among the Women's Basketball Coaches “I’ve always been fortunate to have great people Association's Academic Top 25 teams on three occasions. on my college staffs who have held down the fort in Another accolade from her playing days was awarded in June the past while I’m away. I feel confident that this will 2016 when the two-time Academic All-American and 1996 be not only a growth opportunity for me, but a Academic All-American of the Year was officially inducted into the chance for my staff to grow and help prepare our

Jennifer College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) team to win its next championship.” Academic All-America Hall of Fame. Rizzotti completed her first season at George Rizzotti played eight seasons of professional basketball Washington in 2016-17 with a 20-10 slate, including following her graduation from UConn in 1996. In addition to five 13-3 in the Atlantic 10 for a share of the A-10 seasons in the WNBA - two with the and three regular season title, and earned a berth in the with the Cleveland Rockers - she competed for three seasons WNIT. with the New Blizzard in the American Basketball Rizzotti was named the 10th head coach of GW League. In the ABL she was a two-time All-Star. women's basketball on April 15, 2016. She spent Rizzotti and her husband, Bill Sullivan, have two sons, Holden the previous 17 seasons as the head coach of the and Conor. University of , where she built a

@usabasketball #USABWNT 21 Seattle Storm • ConneCtiCut ’02 through four Guard • 5-9 • 150 lbS. Olympiads. 129-5 in uSa baSketball GameS played • Dished out 41 assists at USA Basketball Notes the ‘06 Worlds, which ranks second among • Gold Medals: 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 all-time USA single Olympic Games; 2002, 2010 and 2014 FIBA World Cup competition World Cups; 2007 FIBA Americas leaders (Dawn Staley, Championship; 2000 R. William Jones Cup. 52 in 1998); and ranks • Bronze Medal: 2006 FIBA World Cup. second among all-time • International Invitationals: 2009 UMMC USA career leaders Ekaterinburg International Invitational (gold), with 83 assists (2.7 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball Tournament (gold), apg.) over four Worlds 2007 FIBA World League Tournament (Staley, 103). (silver), 2002 Opals World Challenge (gold). • Finished the 2006 # • 2017-20 USA National Team: Aided the FIBA World 2018 USA National Team to an 83-46 Championship as the tournament’s assist 6 exhibition victory over China on April 26 in Seattle. Participated in the USA’s fall 2017 leader (4.6 apg.). and winter 2018 training camps in Santa • Member of the 2000 USA Select Team that competed Barbara, California, and Columbia, South against the eventual gold medal winning 2000 U.S. Carolina. Olympic Team in an exhibition contest in Hawaii. • After playing in 2000 on the USA R. William Professional Notes Jones Cup and USA Select teams, was • Drafted: No. 1 in 2002 by the Seattle Storm. called up to the USA National Team in April • WNBA titles: 2004, 2010. 2002. Since then, has helped the USA to four-straight Olympic gold medals with • All-WNBA first team: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2016. perfect 8-0 records each time, three FIBA • All-WNBA second team: 2008, 2010, 2011. World Cup gold medals (24-0), one FIBA • WNBA All-Star Games: 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 World Cup bronze medal (8-1) and one FIBA (injured), 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018. bird Americas Championship gold (5-0). During • WNBA assists leader: 2009, 2016. that time, the USA National Team with Bird • WNBA All-Decade Team: 1997-06. on the floor also has compiled a 54-2 • Top 15 Players in WNBA History (15th Anniversary exhibition record. Team): 2011. • Eight medals in Olympics and World • WNBA Top 20@20: 2016. Championships is equal only to Teresa • WNBA Sportsmanship Award: 2011 (shared Edwards in international majors. Bird has with Ruth Riley), 2017, 2018. seven gold medals and one bronze medal • EuroLeague titles: 2007-10, 2013. among the two events, while Edwards has • EuroLeague All-Star Games: 2008, 2011. six gold medals and two bronze medals. • During her 17-year career, the Storm has posted a 298- Sue • Is the most decorated FIBA World Cup 244 (.550) record in the regular season, and captured two athlete in history, male or female, owning WNBA titles. three gold medals (2002, 2010, 2014) and • Is the all-time WNBA career assists leader after one bronze medal (2006). Also, is the only surpassing (2,599) on Sept. 1, 2017, and female four-time FIBA World Cup medalist. closed the 2018 season with 2,831 assists. • One of 10 players to have earned an • Sat out the 2013 WNBA season after undergoing surgery Olympic gold medal, FIBA World Cup gold to remove a cyst from her right knee. medal, WNBA title and NCAA title. Swin • Played 10 seasons (2004-05 to 2013-14) in Russia, spent Cash, Tamika Catchings, Cynthia Cooper, her first two years with WBC Dynamo, before playing five Asjha Jones, Brittney Griner, Maya Moore, seasons for Spartak Moscow Region Vidjoje and the last Sheryl Swoopes, Diana Taurasi and Kara three seasons with UMMC Ekaterinburg. Wolters round out the list. • Helped lead the Storm to a sweep of the 2010 playoffs • Led the 2012 Olympic 12-team field for and second WNBA title; the 2010 Storm also posted a assist-to- ratio (3.27) and tied for franchise-record 28-6 slate. second best with 4.5 apg. • Led the WNBA in 2009 for assists with 5.8 apg. • Her 36 assists in 2012 rank as the second- • Second-leading vote getter for 2002 WNBA Rookie of the most for a U.S. athlete in a single Olympics Year. (Teresa Edwards, 64 in 1996) and currently ranks second all-time among U.S. Olympic Continued on page 48. career record holders for assists (89)

22 2018 uSa basketball Women’s World Cup team training Camp neW york liberty • ConneCtiCut ‘10 • WNBA All-Defensive Center • 6-4 • 192 lbS. second team: 2011, 67-6 in uSa baSketball GameS played 2012, 2105. USA Basketball Notes • WNBA Rookie of the Year: 2010. • Honors: 2009 USA Basketball Female • WNBA All-Rookie Athlete of the Year. Team: 2010. • Gold Medals: 2012 and 2016 Olympics, • WNBA All-Star 2010 and 2014 FIBA World Championships, Games: 2011, 2013, 2009 World University Games, 2006 FIBA 2014, 2015, 2017, Americas U18 Championship. 2018. • Bronze Medal: 2005 Youth Development • WNBA scoring Festival. champ: 2016. • International Invitationals: 2009 UMMC • WNBA rebounding Ekaterinburg International Invitational (gold). champ: 2010, 2011, # • 2017-20 USA National Team: Participated 2012, 2016. in the winter 2018 USA camp in Columbia, • EuroLeague All-Star 14 South Carolina. Accepted an invitation to Game: 2011. participate in the 2017 USA Women's • During her four years (2010-13) with the Connecticut Sun, National Team training camp Sept. 30-Oct. 2 the Sun compiled a 73-63 (.537) record in the regular in Santa Barbara, California, but was unable season and 3-4 playoff record; the New York Liberty with to attend the camp due to injury. Charles on the roster has posted an 88-76 (.537) regular • After playing for three USA junior teams from season record and 3-5 in the playoffs. 2005-09, was invited to attend the USA • Averaged 23.8 ppg. and 12.4 rpg. in leading Xinjing to the National Team’s 2009 fall training camp and 2016 China semifinals and averaged league-bests was later named to the the 2010-12 USA 35.3 ppg. and 18.3 rpg. in 2016-17 for Sichuan. National Team, one of just two collegiate • Competed five seasons in Europe, including for athletes on the roster at the time. Since then, Fenerbache (Turkey) in 2014-15; Dynamo Moscow has captured a pair of FIBA World (Russia) in 2013-14, where she helped Dynamo capture Championship gold medals and two Olympic the EuroCup title; Wisla Can-Pack Krakow () in gold medals. 2012-13; Galatasary (Turkey) in 2011-12; and Nadezhda • Helped the USA post a 19-2 record in (Russia) in 2010-11. exhibition games from 2009-16. • Led the WNBA for rebounds in 2012 (10.5 rpg.), 2011 • Averaged a tournament fifth-best 7.4 rpg. in (11.0 rpg.) and 2010 (11.7 rpg.). • Established a new league record for double-doubles with

CharleS the 2012 Olympics. • Was the USA’s third-leading scorer (10.7 23 in 2011, eclipsing the record of 22 she set in 2010. ppg.) and second-best rebounder (4.8 rpg.) • Was a unanimous choice for the 2010 WNBA Rookie of at the 2010 FIBA World Championship, while the Year award; led all rookies with 15.5 ppg. playing just 16.4 minutes a game. College Years • Member of the 2009 USA Women's World University Games Team that posted a 7-0 • During her four years at UConn, helped the Huskies to a record and earned the gold medal in 146-6 record (.961), including a then-NCAA women’s , Serbia. basketball record streak of 78 straight victories to close • Member of the 2006 U18 National Team that out her career, captured the 2009 and 2010 NCAA titles, went 4-0 to win the gold medal; set a USA three Tournament championships, U18 all-time record for rebounding (9.5 rpg.). four Big East regular season crowns and advanced to the tina • Member of the 2005 Youth Development 2008 Final Four and 2007 Elite Eight. Festival Red Team that finished 3-2 and • Ranks first among all-time UConn career leaders for earned the bronze medal. points (2,346) and rebounds (1,367) and third for blocked Professional Notes shots (304). • National Player of the Year honors: John R. Wooden • Drafted: No. 1 in 2010 by the Connecticut Award, , U.S. Basketball Writers Sun; acquired by the New York Liberty on Association and (2010). April 14, 2014. • Final Four Most Outstanding Player (2009), All-Final Four • WNBA MVP: 2012. (2009, 2010) and All-Regional Team (2009, 2010). • All-WNBA first team: 2011, 2012, 2015, • USBWA All-America Team (2010). 2016, 2017. • Big East Conference Player of the Year (2010) and • All-WNBA second team: 2010, 2013, 2014 Freshman of the Year (2007). • WNBA All-Defensive first team: 2017. Continued on page 48..

@usabasketball #uSabWnt 23 ConneCtiCut Sun • California ’13 • Pac-12 All-Tournament Guard • 5-9 • 140 lbS. Team (2010, 2012). 8-1 in uSa baSketball GameS played • Pac-12 Women’s USA Basketball Notes Basketball Scholar- Athlete of the year after • Gold Medal: 2009 FIBA U19 World earning a 3.47 Championship. cumulative GPA (2013). • 2017-20 USA National Team: Aided the • NCAA Regional Most 2018 USA National Team to an 83-46 Outstanding Player exhibition victory over China on April 26 in (2013). Seattle. Participated in the USA’s fall 2017 • Pac-12 All-Academic and winter 2018 training camps in Santa second team (2010, Barbara, California, and Columbia, South 2012) and honorable Carolina. mention (2011). • Member of the 2009 USA U19 World • Pac-10 All-Freshman # Championship Team that finished with an honorable mention 8-1 record and claimed gold in Bangkok, (2010). 20 Thailand; averaged 4.5 ppg. and 2.0 apg. Personal Sat out one game due to illness. Professional Notes • Hails from San Bernadino, California; daughter of Sharon and Curtis Clarendon, has a sister, Jasmine, who • Drafted: No. 9 by the Indiana Fever in 2013; graduated from Pepperdine. traded to the Atlanta Dream on May 11, • Married Jessica Dolan in 2017. 2016; acquired by the Connecticut Sun on • Works in the off season as a color analyst for the Pac-12 July 9, 2018. Network. • WNBA All-Star Game: 2017. • Has a Jack Russell Terrier named Bruschi. • In her three years in Indiana, the Fever • Enjoys reading, drawing and arts and crafts. compiled a 52-50 regular season record and • Was an American Studies major at Cal. 11-9 playoff record; in her first two years in • Was a 2009 WBCA All-American, Parade Magazine All- Atlanta, the Dream posted a 29-39 record American fourth team selection and California Ms. and advanced to the 2016 playoffs; and the Basketball Girls State Player of the Year as a senior at Sun in 2018, for which Clarendon played the Cajon High School (Calif.) final 15 games, finished wih a 21-13 slate, • Finished her prep career at Cajon as the school’s all-time including 11-4 after Clarendon’s arrival, and leader in points (2,875) and assists (944). advanced to the playoffs. Clarendon Social • Has upped her averages significantly since joining the Dream. Went from 6.7 ppg. and • Twitter: @Layshiac 2.0 apg. for the Fever in 2015 to 10.4 ppg. • Instagram: @layshiac and 3.5 apg. in 2016 and 10.7 ppg. and 6.6 apg. in 2017 for the Dream. • Competed in the EuroLeague for the first part of the 2013-14 season for ZVVZ USK Praha (), but a foot injury sidelined her for the second half of the season. College Years

• During her four years at California, helped the Golden Bears to a 99-43 (.697) record, the 2010 WNIT championship, 2011 WNIT second round, 2012 NCAA second round and 2013 NCAA Final Four. • Finished as the fourth-leading scorer in Cal history, with 1,820 points through four layshia seasons. • Associated Press (2013) and WBCA All- America honorable mention (2010, 2012, 2013). • All-Pacific-12 Conference (2010, 2012, 2013) and All-Pac-12 honorable mention (2011). 24 2018 uSa basketball Women’s World Cup team training Camp univerSity of ConneCtiCut ‘19 tournament titles and Guard/forWard • 6-1 • 183 lbS. the NCAA Final Four. 28-0 in uSa baSketball GameS played • As a freshman in USA Basketball Notes 2015-16, started nine of 38 games played and • Honors: 2015 FIBA U19 World averaged 6.8 ppg. and Championship All-Tournament Team. 5.2 rpg. as the Huskies • Gold Medals: 2015 FIBA U19 World swept its competition Championship, 2014 Youth Olympic Games for a perfect 38-0 and 2014 FIBA Americas U18 record, the 2016 NCAA Championship. Championship and • 2017-20 USA National Team: Participated conference regular in the 2017 USA National Team training season and tournament camp Sept. 30-Oct. 2 in Santa Barbara, titles. California, and was one of just five collegiate • Associated Press, # athletes on the training camp roster. WBCA and USBWA • Participated in the 2017 USA U23 National All-America first team (2017) and AP third 41 Team Training Camp. team (2018). • Member of the 2015 USA Basketball U19 World Championship team that captured the • NCAA Tournament Regional Most Outstanding Performer gold medal with a perfect 7-0 record at 2015 and All-Regional Team (2017). FIBA U19 World Championship in Chekhov, • AAC Co-Player of the Year (2017). Russia. • All-AAC first team (2017, 2018). • Helped the 2015 USA U19 team to a 3-0 • AAC All-Freshman Team (2016). exhibition record against Australia, Canada Personal and Spain in a pre-U19 warm-up tournament. • Born in Jefferson City, Missouri. Collier • Teamed up with De’Janae Boykin, Katie Lou • Daughter of Sarah and Gamal Collier, has a younger Samuelson and Arike Ogunbowale on the brother, Kai, and an older sister, Wanza. 2014 USA Youth Olympic Games Team, • Majoring in human development and family studies. which played using FIBA’s 3x3 rules, and • Has several military connections, including aunt Valerie captured a gold medal with a 13-0 record in Williams, a retired U.S. Marines Corps gunnary sergeant; , China. uncle Shelby Morrow, a master sergeant in the U.S. Army; • Member of the 2014 USA U18 National and cousins Etoine Scruggs, who currently serves, and Team that captured the gold medal with a Derek Geritz, who previously served in the U.S. Army. perfect 5-0 record at the 2014 FIBA • Competed as a freshman on her high school’s track and Americas U18 Championship in Colorado field team and finished second in the triple jump, sixth in Springs, Colorado, which qualified the U.S. the high jump and ran a leg on the fourth-place 1,600 for the 2015 FIBA U19 World Championship. relay at the state meet. • Teamed up with Sophie Cunningham and • Hails from an athletic family. Father played rugby at Cierra Porter on Primus, which finished Buckingham University in England; uncle Roland Morrow second at the 2013 USA Basketball 3x3 competed in both and basketball at Hannibal National Championship Tournament and LaGrange College (Mo.) and baseball at Central Missouri 2013 USA 3x3 U18 National Championship University; cousins Dwain Polly, Cody Morrow and Derek Tournament. Finished the USA 3x3 National Morrow played baseball in college; cousins Judy Busch Championship Tournament with a 5-1 mark and Vonda Luethen played basketball in college; while and went 6-1 at the 3x3 U18s, falling in the cousin Brandon Morrow competed in as a collegian. finals to ’s team. • Graduated from Incarnate Word Academy (Mo.), where College Years she helped her teams capture three Missouri Class 4 state championships. • As a junior in 2017-18, Started all 37 games • Earned a pair of Gatorade Missouri Player of the Year napheesa and averaged a team second-best 16.1 ppg., honors (2013, 2015) and was the 2015 USA Today scored double-digit points in 33 games and Missouri Player of the Year. notched six double-doubles in helping lead • Naismith, WBCA, USA Today and McDonald’s High the Huskies to a 36-1 record, the American School All-American (2015). regular season and Social tournament titles and the NCAA Final Four. • As a sophomore in 2016-17, started all 37 • Twitter: @PHEEsespieces games and averaged team-highs of 20.4 ppg. and 9.1 rpg. in leading the Huskies to a 36-1 record, the AAC regular season and @usabasketball #uSabWnt 25 WaShinGton myStiCS • delaWare ’13 two years in Guard • 6-5 • 188 lbS. Washington, the 21-0 in uSa baSketball GameS played Mystics compiled a 40- USA Basketball Notes 28 overall record and advanced to the 2017 • Gold Medals: 2016 Olympics, 2011 World and 2018 playoffs. University Games. • Missed half of the 2014 • Captured her first Olympic gold medal in season due to being 2016, averaged 8.6 ppg. in aiding the U.S. to sidelined by Lyme a perfect 8-0 record; averaged 13.0 ppg. as Disease, competed in the USA earned a 4-0 slate in pre-Olympic 16 games and exhibition play. averaged 17.9 ppg. and • 2017-20 USA National Team: Named to the 4.0 rpg. in helping the competition squad, but was injured and Sky to the WNBA unable to compete in the 2018 USA National finals. # Team’s exhibition victory over China on April • Aided the Sky in 2013 26 in Seattle. Participated in the USA’s to a 24-10 mark, its best record in 11 winter 2018 training camp in Columbia, South Carolina. franchise history, the Eastern Conference regular season • Competed in her first games as a member of title and the Sky’s first playoff berth. the USA National Team during its 2015 • Was the leading vote-getter for the 2013 WNBA All-Star European Tour. Started three of four games Game, but was injured and unable to compete. and averaged a team second-best 13.8 ppg. • Swept all 2013 WNBA Rookie of the Month honors. in helping the USA to a 4-0 record. • Has opted to train and conduct youth clinics in the United • Was invited to participate in the 2014 USA States in the WNBA off-seasons. World Championship Team training camp, College Years but was unable to attend after helping lead the Chicago Sky to the WNBA Finals. • During her four years, helped lead Delaware to a 104-32 record (.765), the 2013 NCAA Sweet Sixteen, 2012 NCAA • Participated in her first USA National Team second round, a pair of WNITs, two Colonial Athletic training camp during the USA’s October Association regular season titles and two CAA tournament 2013 minicamp in Las Vegas. crowns. • Member of the 2011 USA World University • Senior C.L.A.S.S. Award and Honda Award (2013). Games Team that finished with a 6-0 record and claimed gold in Shenzhen, China; • WBCA, Associated Press, USBWA and John R. Wooden averaged 15.7 ppg. and 8.5 rpg. to lead the Award All-American first team (2013). USA in scoring and rebounding. • Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year • Named to the 2007 USA U19 World and CAA Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2013). Championship Team, but withdrew for • Philadelphia Sports Writers Association Outstanding Amateur Athlete of the Year (2013).

delle donne personal reasons. • Attended the 2006 USA U18 National Team • CAA Player of the Year (2011, 2012, 2013). Trials but was injured and unable to • All-CAA first team (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013). participate. • CAA All-Tournament Team (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) and Professional Notes MVP (2013). • Delaware Sportswriters and Broadcasters Association • Drafted: No. 2 by the Chicago Sky in 2013, John J. Brady Athlete of the Year (2011). traded to the Washington Mystics on Feb. 2, • CAA All-Defensive and All-Rookie Team (2010). 2017. • Ranks eighth among all-time NCAA Division I scoring • WNBA MVP: 2015. leaders with 3,039 points. • All-WNBA first team: 2015, 2016. • Spent her freshman season playing . • All-WNBA second team: 2013. Personal Notes • WNBA All-Star Games: 2013 (injured), 2014 (illness), 2015, 2017, 2018. • Hails from Wilmington, Delaware; daughter of Ernest and

elena • WNBA Rookie of the Year: 2013. Joan Delle Donne, has an older sister, Elizabeth (Lizzie), • WNBA All-Rookie Team: 2013. and an older brother, Gene. • WNBA scoring champ: 2015. • Married to Amanda Clifton on Nov. 3, 2017. • Dawn Staley Community Leadership • Builds and sells handmade furniture for DelleDonne Award: 2014, 2015. Designs. • In her four seasons in Chicago, the Sky posted a 78-58 (.574) regular season record Continued on page 49. and 7-12 (.368) in the playoffs; in her first

26 2018 uSa basketball Women’s World Cup team training Camp ChiCaGo Sky • tenneSSee ‘17 • As a freshman at UNC Guard • 6-1 • 155 lbS. in 2013-14, averaged 25-2 in uSa baSketball GameS played 18.0 ppg., 5.4 rpg., 2.6 USA Basketball Notes apg. and 1.7 spg.; shot 42.6 percent from the • Honors: 2012 FIBA U17 World field and 77.6 percent Championship MVP and All-Tournament from the line. Team. • Averaged 21.3 ppg. • Gold medals: 2015 World University during the 2014 ACC Games, 2012 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup, Tournament, earning 2012 FIBA U17 World Cup, 2011 FIBA U19 all-tourney accolades. World Cup and 2010 FIBA Americas U18 • USBWA, espnW and Championship. Full Court National • Member of the 2015 USA Basketball Freshman of the Year; Women’s World University Games team that AP and Full Court All- # captured the gold medal with a perfect 6-0 America honorable record at 2015 World University Games in mention; and Full Court Freshman All- 33 Gwangju, South Korea; played in the first game before being sidelined by injury the America first team (2014) remainder of the tournament. • Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Year, All-ACC • Member of the 2012 USA 3x3 U18 Team that first team and ACC All-Freshman Team (2014). captured the FIBA U18 3x3 World Cup gold • All-ACC Tournament Team (2014). with a 7-1 record in Alcobendas, Spain. Personal • Member of the 2012 USA U17 World Cup • Born Diamond Danae-Aziza DeShields in West Palm Team that captured gold with an 8-0 record Beach, Florida.

ShieldS in ; helped USA to a 4-0 exhibition record. • Daughter of Tisha and Delino DeShields; has two brothers, Delino Jr. and D'Angelo; and two sisters, Denim • Youngest member of the 2011 USA U19 e and Delaney. World Cup Team that posted an 8-1 record and captured the gold medal in • Mother was an All-America athlete Valdivia, Chile. (, 1991) at Tennessee. d • Youngest member of the 2010 USA U18 • Father played 13 years of with National Team that captured gold with a 5-0 stints in Montreal, Los Angeles (Dodgers), St. Louis, slate at the 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Baltimore and Chicago (Cubs). Championship in Colorado Springs. • Her brother, Delino, Jr., was selected by the Houston • Participated in the 2010 USA Women’s U17 Astros with the eighth overall pick in the 2010 MLB . World Championship Team Trials. • Majored in journalism and electronic media. Professional Notes • Scored a school-record 2,324 points at Norcross High School in , where she captured a third state title in • Drafted: No. 3 in 2018 by the Chicago Sky. 2013. • In her first season in the WNBA, averaged • WBCA, Naismith, USA Today National Player of the Year; 14.4 ppg., 4.9 rpg. and 2.2 apg. while McDonald’s, Parade and WBCA All-American (2013). starting in 33 of 34 games played. • Gatorade State Player of the Year (2011) and Miss • Despite having one year of playing eligibility Georgia Basketball (2011, 2013). remaining at the , Social DeShields departed following her 2017 graduation and competed professionally in • Twitter: @DDDeshields 2017-18 for Mersin in Turkey where she • Instagram: @dddeshields averaged 17.4 ppg., 6.4 rpg. and 3.8 apg. College Years

• In her two years on the court at Tennessee, the Lady Vols posted a 42-26 record and diamond advanced to the 2016 and 2017 NCAA Tournaments. • In her final season, led UT with 17.4 ppg. and was named 2017 All-Southeastern Conference first team. • In 2014-15, redshirted after departing North Carolina following 2013-14 season.

@usabasketball #uSabWnt 27 ChiCaGo Sky • ConneCtiCut ’14 College Years Center/forWard • 6-5 • 214 lbS. • In her four years at 22-2 in uSa baSketball GameS played Connecticut, aided the USA Basketball Notes Huskies to a 144-11 (.929) record, the 2013 • Gold Medals: 2011 FIBA U19 World and 2014 NCAA Championship, 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championships, 2011 Championship. and 2012 NCAA Final • 2017-20 USA National Team: Aided the Fours, a pair of Big 2018 USA National Team to an 83-46 East Conference exhibition victory over China on April 26 in Tournament titles, one Seattle. Participated in the USA’s fall 2017 Big East regular season and winter 2018 training camps in Santa crown, one American Barbara, California, and Columbia, South Athletic Conference Carolina. regular season title # • Member of the 2016 USA Select Team that and one AAC played an exhibition game against the USA Tournament 44 National Team. championship. • Named as a finalist for the 2016 U.S. • Helped UConn go undefeated in 2013-14 with a perfect Olympic Women's Basketball Team on Jan. 40-0 record. 25, 2016. • One of only four Huskies, along with Tina Charles, • Competed for the USA National Team during Rebecca Lobo and , with at least 1,000 its 2015 European Tour. Started two of four points and 1,000 rebounds. games in helping the USA to a 4-0 record. • WBCA Division I Defensive Player of the Year (2014). • Was one of 16 finalists for the 2014 USA • Wade Trophy finalist (2014). World Championship Team and helped the • NCAA All-Final Four (2014). USA team earn a 3-0 exhibition record. • NCAA All-Regional Team (2012, 2014). • One of six then-collegiate athletes who • WBCA/State Farm and USBWA All-America Team (2013, participated in the 2013 USA National Team dolSon 2014). minicamp, her first experience training with the USA National Team. • Associated Press All-America second team (2014) and third team (2013). • Member of the 2011 USA U19 World Championship Team that posted an 8-1 • AAC Defensive Player of the Year (2014). record and captured the gold medal in • All-AAC first team (2014). Valdivia, Chile. • AAC All-Tournament Team (2014). • Aided the USA U19s to a 49-37 exhibition • All Big-East first team (2013), honorable mention (2012) victory over Brazil’s U19 squad. and All-Rookie Team (2011). • Member of the 2010 USA Basketball U18 • Big East All-Tournament Team (2011, 2012, 2013). National Team that compiled a perfect 5-0, • Full Court Press Freshman All-American (2011). earned the 2010 FIBA Americas Personal Championship gold medal and qualified the USA for the 2011 FIBA U19 World • Hails from Port Jervis, New York. Championship. • Daughter of Kristal and Steve Dolson; has one younger Professional Notes brother, Jake, and two older sisters, Ashley and Courtney. • Attended and led Minisink Valley High School (N.Y.) to • Drafted: No. 6 by the Washington Mystics in four-straight New York State Public High School Athletic 2014; traded to the Chicago Sky on Feb. 2, Association Section 9 championship game appearances. 2017. • Finished her career at Minisink Valley with 1,951 points • WNBA All-Star Game: 2017. and 1,607 rebounds.

Stefanie • In her three years in Washington, the • Was a McDonald’s, ESPN Rise (first team), USA Today Mystics compiled a 47-55 (.461) record and (third team) and Parade Magazine (fourth team) All- competed in the 2014 and 2015 playoffs; in American (2010). her two seasons in Chicago, the Sky finished • Also competed in volleyball in high school. with a 25-43 combined record. • Was a member of the National Honor Society. • Received votes for 2015 WNBA Most Social Improved Player after upping her averages to 10.6 ppg. and 5.6 rpg. • Twitter: @bigmamastef • Spent part of the past four off seasons • Instagram: @bigmamastef competing in Russia, Turkey, China and Italy, in that order.

28 2018 uSa basketball Women’s World Cup team training Camp dallaS WinGS • South Carolina ‘17 Guard • 6-0 • 167 lbS. USA Basketball Notes

• 2017-20 USA National Team: Participated in the USA National Team’s 2018 spring training in Seattle and 2018 winter training camp in Columbia, South Carolina. • Named to the 2018-20 USA Basketball Women's National Team pool on March 14, 2018. Professional Notes

• Drafted: No. 4 by the Dallas Wings in 2017. • WNBA Rookie of the Year: 2017. # • Started all 34 games in 2018 and averaged 9.2 ppg. and 2.4 apg. as Dallas advanced to 31 the playoffs with a 15-19 mark. • As a rookie in 2017, started all 34 games and averaged 13.1 ppg. in helping Dallas advance to the playoffs with a 16-18 record. College Notes

• Played two years (2013-14 through 2014-15) for the University of North Carolina before transferring to the University of South Carolina. After sitting out the 2015-16 season, averaged 13.2 ppg., 5.0 rpg. and Gray 2.5 apg. in helping lead USC to the 2017 NCAA Championship, the Southeastern Conference regular season and tournament titles, and a 33-4 record. • NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team and All-Region Team (2017). • WBCA All-America honorable mention (2015). • Named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference first team (2015) and ACC All-Freshman Team (2014). Personal

• Hails from Sandersville, Georgia, where she was the 2012 Gatorade State Player of the Year at Washington County High School. allisha • Daughter of Annie and Dr. Allen Gray, has an older brother, Marlo East, a younger brother A.J. Gray, and a younger sister, Ashley Gray. • Three-time Georgia Athletic Coaches Association Class 3A Player of the Year. Social

• Twitter: @Graytness_15 • Instagram: @graytness_15

@usabasketball #uSabWnt 29 phoenix merCury • baylor ‘13 • WNBA All-Defensive Center • 6-9 • 205 lbS. first team: 2014, 2015. 24-2 in uSa baSketball GameS played • WNBA All-Defensive USA Basketball Notes second team: 2016, 2017. • Honors: 2014 FIBA World Championship • WNBA All-Star All-Tournament Team. Games: 2013 (injured), • Gold Medals: 2016 Olympics, 2014 FIBA 2014, 2015, 2017 World Championship. (injured), 2018. • 2017-20 USA National Team: Participated • WNBA All-Rookie in the USA’s 2018 winter training camp in Team: 2013. Columbia, South Carolina; accepted an • WNBA scoring invitation to participate in the 2017 USA champ: 2017. Women's National Team training camp Sept. • All-WCBA (China) 30-Oct. 2 in Santa Barbara, California, but first team: 2015. # was injured and unable to attend. • WCBA Defensive • One of 10 players to have earned an Player of the Year: 15 Olympic gold medal, FIBA World Cup gold 2014, 2015. medal, WNBA title and NCAA title. Sue Bird • WCBA Center of the Year: 2015. Swin Cash, Tamika Catchings, Cynthia • All-WCBA first team: 2014. Cooper, Asjha Jones, Maya Moore, Sheryl • WCBA All-Imports Team: 2014, 2015. Swoopes, Diana Taurasi and Kara Wolters • WCBA All-Star Game: 2014, 2015. round out the list. • WCBA All-Star Game MVP: 2014. • Competed on the USA National Team during • EuroLeague title: 2016. its 2015 European Tour. Started two of three • In her six seasons in Phoenix, the Mercury posted a games played and averaged a team third- 122-82 (.598) record, adanced to six-straight WNBA best 12.7 ppg. as the USA posted a 4-0 playoffs and captured the 2014 championship. record. • Averaged a league-leading 21.9 ppg. in 2017. Griner • Member of the 2014 USA Basketball World • Played alongside Diana Taurasi for EuroLeague team Championship Team that compiled a perfect UMMC Ekaterinburg (Russia), and averaged 6-0 record en route to claiming gold at the 12.5 ppg. and 6.7 rpg. in helping lead Ekat to the 2016 FIBA World Championship in and EuroLeague and Russian league titles. Returned to qualifying the U.S. for the 2016 Olympic UMMC helped the squad advance to the 2017 Games. EuroLeague Final Four and last spring captured her • Averaged 12.3 ppg., 6.3 rpg. and a team- second EuroLeague title. high and tournament second-best 2.0 bpg., • Spent two years playing in China, leading Beijing Great while shooting a tournament-leading 66.7 Wall to the 2015 WCBA finals and Zhejiang Far East to percent (30-45 FGs) from the field at the the 2014 WCBA semifinals. 2014 FIBA World Championship en route to • Helped Phoenix in 2014 post a league-best 29-5 record All-Star Five honors. and capture the 2014 WNBA title. • 2012 U.S. Olympic Team finalist. • Set the WNBA single-season record wtih 129 total • The only collegiate player to participate in blocked shots in 2014. the 2011 USA National Team’s European College Years Tour, averaged 12.8 ppg. and 7.0 rpg. playing alongside and against professional • During her four years, Baylor compiled a 135-15 record veterans as the U.S. posted a 3-2 record. (.900), earned the 2012 NCAA title with a perfect 40-0 • Named to the 2011-12 USA Basketball mark, advanced to the 2010 Final Four, 2011 Elite Eight Women’s National Team on Aug. 1, 2011. and 2013 Sweet Sixteen, captured three Big 12 brittney • Participated in the 2009-12 USA Women’s Conference regular season and three Big 12 Tournment National Team training camp, May 10-12, crowns. 2011, in Las Vegas. • NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (2012), NCAA Professional Notes Regional Most Outstanding Player (2010, 2012) and NCAA All-Regional (2011, 2012). • Drafted: No. 1 by the Phoenix Mercury in • Wade Trophy, Naismith Trophy, John R. Wooden Award, 2013. Associated Press National Player of the Year and USBWA • WNBA title: 2014. National Player of the Year (2012, 2013). • All-WNBA first team: 2014. • WBCA Defensive Player of the Year (2011, 2012, 2013). • All-WNBA second team: 2015, 2017. • Big 12 Female Athlete of the Year (2012) and Big 12 • WNBA Defensive Player of the Year: 2014, Player of the Year (2011, 2012, 2013). 2015. Continued on page 49.

30 2018 uSa basketball Women’s World Cup team training Camp univerSity of South Carolina ‘20 times, most recently in Guard • 5-10 • 147 lbS. 2016) and seven 14-1 in uSa baSketball GameS played blocked shots (2014). USA Basketball Notes • Naismith High School All-America third team • Honors: Named to the 2017 FIBA U19 All- (2016) Star Five (all-tournament team). • 2016 USA Today All- • Gold Medal: 2016 FIBA Americas U18 USA third team and Championship. USA Today All-Indiana • Silver Medal: 2017 FIBA U19 World Cup. first team (2016). • Member of the 2017 USA Women's U19 • Started in all 115 career World Cup Team that posted a 6-1 record games and lists career and finished with the silver medal after losing totals of 2,004 points, to Russia by four points in the gold medal 690 rebounds, 570 game in Udine, Italy. assists, 528 steals and # • Aided the 2017 USA U19 squad to a 3-0 129 blocked shots. exhibition record against U19 teams from • Participated on the varsity track and field 34 Italy, Latvia and Spain. • Member of the 2016 USA U18 National team in 2012-13 and 2013-14; was undefeated in the Team that captured the gold medal with a regular season and was a city champion in the 100 and perfect 5-0 record at the FIBA Americas U18 200 meter in both seasons; selected to the 2013 and 2014 Championship to qualify the USA for the All-City Team. 2017 FIBA U19 World Cup; started all five Personal Notes games and averaged 10.6 ppg. and a team- • Full name is Tyasha Pearl-Desiree Harris, but prefers to high 5.4 apg. be called Ty. • Her 27 assists lists as the all-time USA U18 • Born in East Lansing, Michigan, now calls Noblesville, record, while her 5.4 apg. ranks second on Indiana, home. the all-time assists averaged list. • Daughter of Shannon Greer-Harris and Bruce Harris. • Participated in the 2013 USA Women’s U16 • Has one brother, Bruce Harris III, and two sisters, Talia harriS National Team Trials. College Notes Harris and Tamara Harris. • Cousin played basketball professionally for • As a sophomore in 2017-18, helped lead Perfumerias Avenida; cousin LaSonya Collins played South Carolina to a 29-7 record, the NCAA basketball at Michigan State University and uncle Kevin Elite Eight and the Southeastern Conference Sindle played basketball at the University of St. Francis. Tournament championship. • Listed on the honor roll for seven semesters and the High • Averaged 6.1 apg. in 2017-18, which led the Honor Roll for three. Southeastern Conference and ranked 21st in • Grandfather Bruce Harris is retired from the U.S. Marines, the nation. and uncle Ryan Sindle serves in the U.S. Army. • Started 35 of 66 games played and • Started playing basketball when she was 5. averaged 10.4 ppg. and 3.4 rpg. in 2017-18. • Enjoys hanging with her family and teammates, playing • As a freshman in 2016-17, aided University video games and shopping when away from the court. of South Carolina to a 33-4 record, the SEC • First international trip was to Valdivia, Chile, with the USA Tournament and regular season titles and U18 National Team in 2016. the 2017 NCAA Championship. Social • All-SEC second team (2018). • SEC All-Freshman Team (2017) • Twitter: @TyHarris_52 tyasha • Started 27 of 37 games played in 2016-17 • Instagram: @ballher_52 and averaged 5.6 ppg., 2.0 rpg. and a team- high 3.2 apg. High School Notes

• Played four varsity seasons at Heritage Christian High School (, Ind.), where she helped lead her team to three- straight Class 3A state titles in her final three seasons. • Lists single-game highs of 40 points (2016), 13 rebounds (2016), 12 assists (four times, most recently in 2016), 12 steals (three

@usabasketball #uSabWnt 31 atlanta dream • ConneCtiCut ‘12 • Big East All-Freshman Guard • 5-10 • 155 lbS. Team (2009). 13-0 in uSa baSketball GameS played Personal USA Basketball Notes • Hails from Lakeland, Florida. • Gold Medals: 2009 World University Games. • Daughter of Dorothy and Renard Hayes; has • Domestic Tournament: 2007 Youth three siblings: Latisha Development Festival. Jones, Jerron and • 2017-20 USA National Team: Aided the Dontae Hayes. 2018 USA National Team to an 83-46 • Majored in Sociology at exhibition victory over China on April 26 in Connecticut. Seattle. Participated in the USA’s fall 2017 and winter 2018 training camps in Santa • Led Winter Haven High Barbara, California, and Columbia, South School (Fla.) to a # Carolina. combined record of 117-9 during her four- • Member of the 2009 USA World University year prep career. 32 Games Team that captured the gold medal with a perfect 7-0 record in Belgrade, Serbia. • McDonald’s, Parade Magazine and WBCA All-American (2008). • As a member of the 2007 USA Youth Development Festival White Team, helped • Gatorade Florida Player of the Year and Miss Florida her squad to the gold medal with a 5-0 mark Basketball (2008). in Colorado Springs, Colorado. • Three-time Florida Class 5A Player of the Year (2006, 2007, 2008). • Also lettered in and cross country in high school. • Has an Azerbaijani passport and competed Social for the host Azerbaijan 3x3 National Team in the 2015 , held in Baku; • Twitter: @tiphayes3

hayeS helped her team to a 3-2 record and the • Instagram: @tiphayes3 quarterfinals. Professional Notes

• Drafted: No. 14 in 2012 by the Atlanta Dream. • WNBA All-Star Game: 2017. • WNBA All-Rookie Team: 2012. • During her seven seasons in Atlanta, the Dream posted a 122-116 (.513) record and and advanced to the playoffs five times, including the 2013 WNBA Finals. • Helped the Dream in 2018 to a league second-best 23-11 record and the WNBA playoffs, averaged 17.2 ppg. and 2.7 apg. • Has competed in the off-season in (2012-13), Turkey (2013-14, 2015-16), Brazil (2013-14) and for Maccabi Ashdod (2017-

tiffany 18). College Years

• During her four years at Connecticut, the Huskies posted a 147-7 (.955) record, advanced to four NCAA Final Fours, claiming two NCAA Championships with perfect 39-0 seasons, captured four Big East Conference Tournament titles and three Big East regular season crowns. • All-Big East first team (2011, 2012). • NCAA Regional Most Outstanding Player (2012). • Associated Press All-America third team (2012). 32 2018 uSa basketball Women’s World Cup team training Camp ‘20 • Associated Press All- forWard/Center • 6-1 • 170 lbS. American honorable 16-2 in uSa baSketball GameS played mention (2018). USA Basketball Notes • WBCA All-American honorable mention • Gold Medal: 2016 FIBA Americas U18 (2018). Championship. • NCAA All-Regional • Silver Medal: 2017 FIBA U19 World Cup. Team (2018). • Member of the 2018 USA Basketball • All-Pacific-12 Women's 3x3 World Cup Team that finished Conference (2017, with a 4-1 record and in fifth place at the 2018). FIBA 3x3 World Cup in , ; • Pac-12 All-Freshman scored a team second-best 26 (5.2 ppg.) of Team (2017). the USA’s 99 points. • Set an NCAA record • Teamed up with , Oti Gildon and for both men's and # Sabrina Ionescu as the , women's basketball for which captured the 2018 USA Basketball consecutive field goals made with 33 straight 52 3x3 National Championship with a perfect, 8-0 record, April 21-22 at the U.S. Olympic makes, stretching from Feb. 9 at Washington to Feb. 19 Training Center in Colorado Springs, against No. 10 UCLA. Colorado. • Posted career highs of 29 points versus UCLA (1/15/17) • Member of the 2017 USA Women's U19 and 17 rebounds versus Portland State (12/17/16). World Cup Team that posted a 6-1 record • Notched a team-best double-doubles and scored in and finished with the silver medal after losing double digits in 27 games and 20 or more points 11 times. to Russia by four points in the gold medal High School Notes: game in Udine, Italy. • Aided the 2017 USA U19 squad to a 3-0 • Played four varsity seasons, including her last three at exhibition record against U19 teams from West Valley High School (Alaska.). Italy, Latvia and Spain. • Started in 105 of 106 career games and lists career totals • Took part in the 2017 USA Basketball 3x3 of 2,227 points, 1,554 rebounds, 205 assists, 320 steals National Tournament, where she helped lead and 373 blocked shots. • Gatorade Alaska Player of the Year. (2014, 2015, 2016). hebard the Ducks to a 5-2 record and a runner-up finish. • USA Today Alaska Player of the Year and All-Alaska first • Member of the 2016 USA U18 National team (2016). Team that captured the gold medal with a • Also played volleyball for four seasons; was Mid-Alaskan perfect 5-0 record at the FIBA Americas U18 Conference champion in three years and named All-MAC Championship to qualify the USA for the in all four years. 2017 FIBA U19 World Cup; started two of Personal three games played and averaged 8.0 ppg. and 6.3 rpg. • Born in Chicago, Illinois, now resides in Fairbanks, Alaska. • Took part in the 2014 USA Women’s U17 World Cup Team Trials. • Graduated Cum Laude from West Valley High School. College Notes: • Daughter of Dorothy and John Hebard; has two brothers, Jacob and Isaiah. • Averaged 17.6 ppg. and 9.0 rpg. in 2017-18 • Father played college hockey. as the Ducks finished with a 33-5 record, • Majoring in journalism

ruthy earned the Pac-12 Tournament and Pac-12 • Started playing basketball when she was 5. regular season titles and advanced to the • Enjoys reading, writing, hiking, doing outdoor activities 2018 NCAA Elite Eight. and laughing with friends when away from the court. • As a freshman in 2016-17, aided University • Has traveled to Amsterdam; , Spain; ; of Oregon to a 23-14 record and the NCAA Valdivia, Chile; and Udine, Italy. Elite Eight. Social • Started 35 of 37 games played in 2016-17 and averaged 14.9 ppg. and a team-best 8.5 • Twitter: @RuthyHebard24 rpg.; shot a league-best 58.8 percent from • Instagram: @Ruthycecilia the field, which ranked 15th nationally among NCAA Division I participants. • Katrina McClain National Power Forward of the Year.

@usabasketball #uSabWnt 33 univerSity of oreGon ‘20 • Guard • 5-11 • 152 lbS. National Point Guard of 21-2 in uSa baSketball GameS played the Year (2018). USA Basketball Notes • 2018 Wade Trophy finalist (2018). • Gold Medals: 2014 FIBA U17 World Cup, • 2018 Wooden Award 2013 FIBA Americas U16 Championship. finalist (National player • Tournament Titles: 2017 U24 Four Nations of the year) Tournament. • Associated Press, • Member of the 2018 USA Basketball USBWA, USA Today, Women's 3x3 World Cup Team that finished espnW and WBCA All- with a 4-1 record and in fifth place at the American first team FIBA 3x3 World Cup in Manila, Philippines; (2018) scored a team-high 31 (6.2 ppg.) of the • Wooden Award All- USA’s 99 points. American (2018). # • Teamed up with Erin Boley, Oti Gidon and • Pac-12 Player of the Ruthy Hebard as the Oregon Ducks, which Year (2018). 24 captured the 2018 USA Basketball 3x3 • All-Pac-12 (2018). National Championship with a perfect, 8-0 • Pac-12 Tournament MVP (2018). record, April 21-22 at the U.S. Olympic • NCAA All-Regional Team (2018). Training Center in Colorado Springs, High School Colorado. • Member of the 2017 USA Women’s U23 • Graduated from in Orinda, National Team and averaged 10.3 ppg. and California. 2.7 rpg. to help the USA claim the inaugural • 2016 USA Today and MaxPreps National Player of the U24 Four Nations Tournament Title with wins Year; MVP of the McDonald’s All-American Game and over Australia, Canada and Japan Aug. 12- Jordan Brand Classic participant. 15 in Tokyo. • As a senior in 2015-16, averaged 25.3 ppg., 8.8 apg., 7.6 • Member of the 2014 USA U17 World Cup rpg., 4.5 spg. and 1.3 bpg. to help her team to a California Team that posted a 7-0 record and captured Interscholastic Federation open division title game.

ioneSCu the gold medal in Pilsen, Czech Republic. Personal Notes • Aided the 2014 USA U17 squad to a 2-1 exhibition record against China, Canada and • Is ambidextrous. France in Nogent Sur Seine, France • Born in Walnut Creek, California. • Member of the 2013 USA U16 National • Daughter of Liliana Blaj and Dan Ionescu; has two Team, one of two applicant athletes selected brothers, Andrei Ionescu and Edward Ionescu. to the team; helped the USA to a 5-0 record • Last name is pronounced, yah-ness-coo. and gold medal at the 2013 FIBA Americas Social U16 Championship June 19-23 in Cancun, . • Twitter: @sabrina_i20 College Notes • Instagram: @sabrina_i

• Averaged 19.7 ppg. 6.7 rpg. and 7.8 apg. in 2017-18 as the Ducks finished with a 33-5 record, earned the Pacific 12 Conference Tournament and Pac-12 regular season titles and advanced to the 2018 NCAA Elite Eight. • Recorded her 10th career triple-double in the first round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament.

Sabrina • As a freshman at Oregon in 2016-17, started in all 33 games played and averaged at team second-best 14.6 ppg. and a team-high 5.5 apg. to go with 6.6 rpg. to help her team to a 23-14 record and the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight; tallied an Oregon and NCAA freshman single-season record four triple- doubles, also posted seven double-doubles; scored 20+ points six times, including a season-high 26 points versus UT San Antonio on Nov. 20, 2016.

34 2018 uSa basketball Women’s World Cup team training Camp Seattle Storm • notre dame ‘15 • Led all rookies in 2015 Guard • 5-11 • 150 lbS. with 10.7 ppg. and shot 20-2 in uSa baSketball GameS played a league fourth-best USA Basketball Notes 90.4 percent from the line en route to being • Gold Medals: 2014 FIBA 3x3 World Cup, named WNBA Rookie 2010 FIBA U17 World Cup. of the Year. • 2017-20 USA National Team: Aided the College Years 2018 USA National Team to an 83-46 • In her three years, exhibition victory over China on April 26 in helped Notre Dame Seattle. Participated in the USA’s fall 2017 compile a 108-6 (.947) and winter 2018 training camps in Santa record, while competing Barbara, California, and Columbia, South in three NCAA Final Carolina. Fours, earning a pair of • Member of the 2016 USA Select Team that Atlantic Coast # lost 88-84 in an exhibition game to the 2016 Conference regular USA National Team; scored 20 points and season and 43 dished out seven assists. tournament titles, and the 2013 Big East Conference • Named as a finalist for the 2016 U.S. regular season and tournament titles. Olympic Team on Jan. 25, 2016. • Elected to enter the WNBA Draft a year early instead of • Participated in the 2016 USA Women’s completing her final year of eligibility at Notre Dame. National Team minicamp in Storrs, • ESPNW National Player of the Year (2015). Connecticut, and the 2015 USA National • John R. Wooden Award runner-up (2015). Team minicamp in Las Vegas. • Associated Press, WBCA, USBWA and John R. Wooden • Teamed up with , Sara Award All-America (2015). Hammond and Tiffany Mitchell on the 2014 • ACC Player of the Year (2015). USA Basketball 3x3 World Championship Team and helped the U.S. capture gold with • ACC Tournament Most Valuable Player, All-ACC first team loyd a perfect 9-0 record at the FIBA 3x3 World and ACC All-Defensive Team (2015, 2014). Championship in Moscow, Russia. • NCAA Women’s All-Final Four Team (2015). • Captured the 2014 USA 3x3 National • NCAA All-Regional (2015). Tournament title to earn a spot on the 2014 • USBWA and WBCA All-American (2014). USA 3x3 World Championship Team. • WBCA Wade Trophy Finalist, Wooden Award Finalist, and • Member of the 2010 USA U17 World Cup Naismith Trophy semifinalist (2014). Team that posted a perfect, 8-0 record in the • NCAA Notre Dame Regional Most Valuable Player and inaugural FIBA U17 World Cup in Rodez and ACC Tournament MVP (2014). Toulouse, France. • USBWA National Freshman of the Year and Big East • Helped the U.S. earn a 2-1 record to capture Freshman of the Year (2013). a pre-U17 tournament in Spain against U17 Personal teams from Australia, Canada and Spain. • Born in Lincolnwood, Illinois. • Participated in the 2009 USA U16 National Team Trials. • Daughter of Gwendolyn Davis-Loyd and Calvin Loyd; has Professional Notes one older brother, Jarryd, who played basketball at

Jewell Valparaiso University and professionally overseas. • Drafted: No. 1 by the Seattle Storm in 2015. • Competed for Niles West High School (Ill.), where she • All-WNBA second team: 2016. was a Naismith National High School Player of the Year • WNBA All-Star Game: 2018 award finalist and a McDonald's, WBCA, Parade • WNBA Rookie of the Year: 2015. Magazine and MaxPreps All-American (2012). • WNBA All-Rookie Team: 2015. • Also played and soccer growing up. • Helped Seattle earn a league-best 26-8 • Has dyslexia and is dedicated to improving the lives of record in 2018, an 11-win turnaround from kids with learning disabilities. Partnered with nationally 2017; stared all 34 games and averaged recognized organizations, The Dyslexic Advantage and 15.5 ppg., 4.6 rpg. and 3.7 apg. Eye to Eye, to support the delivery of mentoring and other • Competed during the 2015-16 season in resources and promote full inclusion for people with Turkey for Galatasaray, in China for the learning disabilities. Shanxi Flame in 2016-17 and Guri KDB Live Social in Korea in 2017-18. • Twitter: @jewellloyd • During her four years in Seattle, aided the • Instagram: @jewellloyd Storm to a 67-69 (.493) record and the 2016, • Web: JewellLoyd.com 2017 and 2018 playoffs.

@usabasketball #uSabWnt 35 indiana fever • ohio State ‘18 score 800 points that forWard • 5-11 • 160 lbS. season, with a school 4-0 in uSa baSketball GameS played and Big Ten record 873 USA Basketball Notes points. • Made an NCAA single- • International Tournament Title: 2017 U24 season record 127 Four Nations Tournament. 3-pointers as a • Named to the 2018-20 USA Women's freshman; set 29 OSU National Team pool on March 14, 2018. records. • 2017-20 USA National Team: Aided the Personal 2018 USA National Team to an 83-46 • Hails from Cincinnati, exhibition victory over China on April 26 in Ohio. Seattle; participated in the 2017 fall USA • Father, Mark Mitchell, training camp in Santa Barbara, California, is an assistant coach and was one of just five collegiate athletes at OSU, and her twin # on the training camp roster. sister Chelsea also • Member of the 2017 USA Women’s U23 plays basketball at 21 National Team; averaged 11.0 ppg., 3.0 rpg. Ohio State. and 4.0 apg. to help the USA claim the • Graduated from Princeton High School (Ohio), where she inaugural U24 Four Nations Tournament title is the all-time leading scorer with 2,051 points. with wins over Australia, Canada and Japan Aug. 12-15 in Tokyo. • McDonald's, Parade Magazine and WBCA All-American and Gatorade State Player of the Year (2014). • Took part in the 2011 USA U16 National Team trials. • As a senior in 2013-14, helped her team capture a state Professional Notes title and was named Most Outstanding Player of the state tournament and MVP of the championship game. • Drafted: No. 2 in 2018 by the Indiana Fever. Social • Averaged 12.7 ppg. and 2.7 apg. as a • Twitter: @Kelz_Hoop rookie in 2018. College Years • Instagram: @Kelz_Hoop

• In her four years at The , helped the Buckeyes to a 106-33 mitChell (.763) record, the 2015 and 2018 NCAA Tournament second rounds, the 2016 and 2017 NCAA Sweet 16s, the 2017 and 2018 regular season and 2018 Big Ten Tournament titles. • Finished her career as the NCAA’s second all-time leading scorer with 3,402 points. • recipient (2018). • Associated Press All-America first team (2016) and second team (2015, 2017). • USBWA All-American (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018). • USBWA and espnW National Freshman of the Year (2015). • WBCA All-America first team (2016, 2017, 2018).

kelsey • ESPNW All-America first team (2016) and second team (2015, 2017). • Big Ten Player of the Year (2017, 2018) and Co-Player of the Year (2015). • Big Ten Freshman of the Year (2015). • All-Big Ten first team (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018). • As a freshman in 2014-15, started in all 35 games and averaged a team-high 24.9 ppg., becoming the first freshman ever to lead the country in scoring and the only player to

36 2018 uSa basketball Women’s World Cup team training Camp indiana fever • South Carolina ‘16 • Naismith, Wooden and Guard • 5-9 • 152 lbS. 9-1 in uSa baSketball GameS played finalist (2015), making USA Basketball Notes: her the first Gamecock to be a finalist for three • Gold Medal: 2014 FIBA 3x3 U18 World National Player of the Cup. Year awards. • Silver Medal: . • Southeastern • Named to the 2018-20 USA Basketball Conference Player of Women's National Team pool on March 14, the Year (2014, 2015) 2018. by coaches and SEC Player of the Year by • 2017-20 USA National Team: Participated AP (2015) in the spring 2018 USA National Team training camp in Seattle and the 2018 winter • All-SEC first team by training camp in Columbia, South Carolina. coaches and AP (2014, 2015, 2016). # • Member of the 2016 USA Select Team that lost 88-84 in an exhibition game to the 2016 • SEC Tournament MVP (2016). 25 USA National Team. • Participated in the 2015 USA Women's • SEC All-Freshman Team (2013). National Team minicamp in Las Vegas. • Amassed 1,885 points in her four-year college career. • Earned a silver medal as a member of the • Averaged 13.6 ppg., 4.1 rpg., 2.6 apg. and 1.7 spg. in her 2015 U.S. Pan American Games Team that four years at South Carolina. finished with a 4-1 record in ; was Personal Notes: injured and unable to compete. • Hails from Charlotte, North Carolina. • Teamed up with Cierra Burdick, Sara • Daughter of Cheryl Mitchell, has an older brother, Tory. Hammond and Jewell Loyd on the 2014 USA Basketball 3x3 World Championship • Attended Providence Day School (N.C.), where she was Team and helped the U.S. capture gold with named the 2012 Gatorade North Carolina Girls Basketball a perfect 9-0 record at the FIBA 3x3 World Player of the Year and a 2012 Parade Magazine All- Championship in Moscow, Russia. American. • Named to the 2014 USA Basketball 3x3 • Helped Providence Day earn three-consecutive North World Championship Team after capturing Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association Class mitChell the 2014 USA Basketball 3x3 National 3A state championships (2011-12). Tournament title. • Earned her degree in 2016 in retail management. • Participated in the 2010 USA Basketball U17 World Championship Team Trials. Professional Notes

• Drafted: No. 9 in 2016 by the Indiana Fever. • WNBA All-Rookie Team: 2016. • Set the Fever mark for consecutive free throws made in 2016 (42), then set a new record (43) in 2017. • Competed in Russia in 2016-17 for Nadezhda Orenburg. College Years

• In her four years at South Carolina, the Gamecocks posted a 121-18 (.871) record, competed in four NCAA Tournaments, tiffany advanced to the 2014 and 2016 NCAA Sweet 16s and the 2015 NCAA Final Four, captured at least a share of three Southeastern Conference regular season titles and two SEC Tournament crowns. • NCAA All-Regional Team (2015). • WBCA All-American (2014, 2015 • ESPN, Associated Press and USBWA All- American (2015). • Dawn Staley Award winner (2015).

@usabasketball #uSabWnt 37 univerSity of notre dame ‘19 • As a freshman in 2015- Guard • 5-8 • 178 lbS. 16, played in all 35 33-3 in uSa baSketball GameS played games and averaged USA Basketball Notes 11.4 ppg. and to help her team to a 33-2 • Gold Medals: 2013 FIBA Americas U16 record and the NCAA Championship, 2013 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Tournament Sweet 16. Cup, 2014 FIBA U17 World Cup and 2014 • WBCA All-American Youth Olympic Games (3x3). (2018). • Silver Medal: 2015 FIBA 3x3 U18 World • Associated Press, Championship. USBWA, USA Today • Tournament Titles: 2017 U24 Four Nations and espnW All-America Tournament. second team (2018). • Member of the 2017 USA Women’s U23 • NCAA Regional MOP National Team on Aug. 4, 2017; averaged (2018) and All- # 8.3 ppg. and 3.0 rpg. to help the USA claim Regional (2017, 2018) the inaugural U24 Four Nations Tournament • All-ACC first team (2018) 40 Title with wins over Australia, Canada and Japan Aug. 12-15 in Tokyo. • ACC All-Tournament first team (2018). • Teamed up with , Natalie • ACC All-Freshman Team (2016). Chou and Asia Durr on Defend, which won High School the 2015 USA 3x3 U18 National Tournament. Then, teamed with Anigwe, • Graduated from Divine Savior Holy Angels High School Chou and Erin Boley on the USA 3x3 U18 (Wis.), where she amassed 2,240 career points to lists World Cup Team that compiled a 8-1 record sixth on Wisconsin’s all-time scoring list. and took home the silver medal from the • 2015 McDonald’s, WBCA, Parade Magazine and USA 2015 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Championship in Today All-American and the Gatorade State Player of the Debrecen, . Year in 2013, 2014 and 2015; 2015 Jordan Brand Classic • Member the 2014 USA U17 World Cup Team participant. that capture gold with a perfect 7-0 record at • As a senior in 2014-15, averaged 27.2 ppg., 9.2 rpg., 2.8 the 2014 FIBA U17 World Cup in Pilsen, apg. and 2.5 spg. to help her team to a 25-2 record and a Czech Republic; aided the USA to a 2-1 state championship; set a state tournament record with 55 exhibition record in Nogent sur Seine, points in the semifinals. France. • Also played soccer; won four State Cup championships, • Member of the 2013 USA U16 National including three (2010, 2011 and 2012) with Lake County Team that won gold with a perfect 5-0 record United soccer club and one with FC Milwaukee in 2009. at the FIBA Americas U16 Championship in Personal Cancun, Mexico. • Name is pronounced ah-REE-kay oh-goon-bow-WAH-lay; • Member of the 2013 USA 3x3 U18 World

oGunboWale first name means "something that you see and you Cup Team that won a gold medal at the 2013 cherish" in her father's native Nigeria. FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup with an 8-1 record; • Daughter of Yolanda and Gregory Ogunbowale; has two earned the right to represent the USA at the brothers, Mario (29) and (23). FIBA 3x3 U18 World Championship by winning the 2013 USA Basketball 3x3 U18 • Brother, Dare Ogunbowale, played football at Wisconsin National Championship. and is now with the Houston ; mother, nee Yolanda College Years , played softball at DePaul; aunt played volleyball at UAPB; cousin, Ryan Evans, played basketball at • As a junior in 2017-18, aided Notre Dame to Wisconsin; cousin, Endia Oliver, played volleyball at a 37-2 record, the Atlantic Coast Conference Tennessee State; and cousin Diamond Stone played regular season title and the NCAA crown. basketball at Maryland and is now with theG League Salt • Her off-balanced 3-pointer with 0.1 Lake City Stars. remaining clinched the 2018 NCAA • Father played soccer and rugby and served in the Championship after she also hit a clutch 3 Nigerian Army. arike with one second remaining in the Irish’s • Was a Dancing with the Stars participant in May 2018. semifinal game to send the team to the final, Social and earned 2018 Final Four MOP honors. • As a sophomore in 2016-17, started in 36 of • Twitter: @Arike_O 37 games and averaged a team-best 15.9 • Instagram: @arike_ogunbowale ppg. to go along with 4.8 rpg. to help her team to a 33-4 record and the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight. 38 2018 uSa basketball Women’s World Cup team training Camp loS anGeleS SparkS • Stanford ‘12 • WNBA Rookie of the forWard • 6-2 • 188 lbS. Year and All-Rookie 32-4 in uSa baSketball GameS played Team: 2012. USA Basketball Notes • WNBA All-Star Games: 2013, 2014, • Honors: 2009 FIBA U19 World Cup MVP. 2015, 2017, 2018. • Gold Medals: 2014 FIBA World Cup, 2011 • EuroLeague title: World University Games, 2009 FIBA U19 2017. World Cup, 2008 FIBA Americas U18 • During her first seven Championship. seasons in LA, the • Bronze Medal: 2007 USA Youth Sparks posted a Development Festival. 149-89 (.626) regular • 2017-20 USA National Team: Participated season record, a in the USA’s winter 2018 training camp in 16-15 (.516) mark in Columbia, South Carolina; accepted an postseason play and # invitation to the 2017 USA training camp captured the 2016 Sept. 30-Oct. 2 in Santa Barbara, California, WNBA championship. • Competed five 42 but advanced to the WNBA Finals and was unavailable to participate. seasons in the EuroLeague, first for CCC Polkowice • A member of the 2014-16 USA National (Poland) in 2012-13, and since 2014-15 has played for Team and participated in USA minicamps in Dynamo Kursk (Russia), where she helped her team February 2016 and May 2015. capture the 2017 EuroLeague championship. • Named as a finalist for the 2016 U.S. College Years Olympic Basketball Team on Jan. 25, 2016. • In her four years, the Cardinal posted a 137-12 overall • Member of the 2014 USA World Cup Team record (.919), captured four Pacific-10/12 Conference that compiled a 6-0 mark and claimed gold in regular season crowns and four Pac-10/12 Tournament Istanbul; aided the team to a 4-1 record in titles, advanced to four NCAA Final Fours and played in exhibition play. the 2010 championship game. • First participated with the USA National • NCAA All-Final Four (2010), NCAA Regional Most Team during the October 2013 minicamp. Outstanding Player (2010, 2011, 2012). oGWumike • Member of the 2011 USA World University • Wade Trophy and Naismith Award finalist (2011, 2012). Games Team that finished with a 6-0 record • John R. Wooden All-American and John R. Wooden and won gold in Shenzhen, China. Award finalist (2010, 2011, 2012). • The youngest member of the 2010 USA • Associated Press All-America first team (2012) and Select Team that trained with and second team (2011), USBWA All-American (2010, 2011, scrimmaged against the 2010 USA National 2012) and WBCA All-American (2011). Team in Connecticut in April 2010. • Pac-10/12 Player of the Year (2010, 2012), All-Pac-10/12 • Member of the a 2009 USA U19 World Cup (2010, 2011, 2012), Pac-10/12 Tournament MVP (2010, Team that earned an 8-1 mark en route to 2011, 2012), Pac-10/12 All-Tournament Team (2009, the gold medal in Bangkok, Thailand; scored 2010, 2011, 2012), Pac-10/12 All-Defensive honorable 22 points and hauled in 20 rebounds as the mention (2011, 2012) and Pac-10/12 All-Freshman(2009). U.S. downed Spain 87-71 in the gold medal game and was named tournament MVP. Personal • Member of the 2008 USA U18 National • Hails from Cypress, Texas, and goes by "Nneka." Team that went 5-0 and won the gold medal • Daughter of Ify and Peter Ogwumike; has three younger at the 2008 FIBA Americas U18 sisters, Chiney, Chisom and Erinma. Championship in , Argentina. • Sister Chiney has won gold medals on the 2012 USA 3x3 • Helped the USA Red Team to a 3-2 record World Championship, 2011 USA World University and and bronze medal at the 2007 USA Youth 2010 USA U18 National teams. Development Festival. • She and her sister Chiney have partnered with the U.S. Professional Notes Fund for UNICEF to support UNICEF’s efforts in Nigeria with three goals: to engage American girls basketball • Drafted: No. 1 by the Los Angeles Sparks in players in community service, raise awareness among 2012. Americans about what is happening right now in Nigeria nnemkadi • WNBA MVP: 2016. and Raise money for UNICEF Nigeria's emergency fund • All-WNBA first team: 2016. that will help to support programs such as girls education • All-WNBA second team: 2014, 2017. and girls empowerment among other critical initiatives • WNBA All-Defensive first team: 2015, protecting and saving the lives of children. 2016, 2017. • WNBA title: 2016. 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@usabasketball #uSabWnt 39 San antonio StarS • WaShinGton ‘17 • Naismith Award, Wade Guard • 5-8 • 145 lbS. Trophy, Associated 15-1 in uSa baSketball GameS played Press, USBWA and USA Basketball Notes espnW National Player of the Year (2017). • Gold Medal: 2013 FIBA U19 World Cup. • Pac-12 Player of the • Silver Medal: 2015 Pan American Games. Year (2017). • 2017-20 USA National Team: Participated • AP All-American first in the USA’s fall 2017 and winter 2018 team (2017) and third training camps in Santa Barbara, California, team (2016). and Columbia, South Carolina. • WBCA and USWBA All- • Member of the 2015 USA Basketball American (2016, 2017). Women’s Pan American Games team that • Wooden Award All- captured the silver medal with a 4-1 record American (2016). at 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, • Dawn Staley and # Canada. Nancy Lieberman • Member of the 2013 USA Basketball U19 award winner (2017). 23 World Cup Team that posted a perfect 9-0 • Honda Cup and Senior CLASS Award finalist (2017). record and captured the gold medal at the • All-Pac-12 Team (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017). 2013 FIBA U19 World Cup in . • Pac-12 All-Tournament Team (2016). • Aided the USA U19 squad to a 3-0 exhibition • Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention (2015, 2016, record against U19 teams from Australia, 2017). Canada and Spain in the Canary Islands. • Seattle Female Sports Star of the Year (2017). • Participated in the 2012 USA U18 National • Pac-12 Freshman of the Year (2014). Team trials. Personal Professional Notes • Hails from Poway, California. • Drafted: No. 1 in 2017 by the San Antonio

plum • Daughter of Katie and Jim Plum; has one brother, Daniel, Stars; the Stars were purchased by MGM and two sisters, Kaitlyn and Lauren. Resorts International, relocated to Las • Her father played football and baseball at San Diego Vegas and renamed the Las Vegas Aces State, and her mother played volleyball at UC-Davis. Her prior to the 2018 season. sister Kaitlyn also played volleyball at UC-Davis, and her • WNBA All-Rookie Team: 2017. sister Lauren played volleyball at Oregon and for the USA • The Aces in 2018 finished with a 14-20 Volleyball Junior National Team. record and one position out of the playoffs; • Attended La Jolla Country Day School (Calif.), where in averaged 9.5 ppg. and 4.0 apg. four years she helped the Torreys to the 2012 CIF Division • In her rookie season, the Stars finished with IV state title, four-straight San Diego Section Division IV an 8-26 record. titles and a 103-22 record. • Played for Fenerbahce in Turkey during the • 2013 USA Today All-USA second team and WBCA and 2017-18 season where she averaged McDonald’s All-American. 6.4 ppg. and 2.2 apg. in 17 EuroLeague • San Diego Player of the Year and All-California games and aided Fener to the Turkish Interscholastic Federation first team (2011, 2012 and league championship. 2013). College Years • In four-year prep career, amassed 2,215 points, 683 kelsey rebounds, 382 assists and 370 steals. • In her four years at Washington, the Huskies • Also played volleyball in high school and was a 2009 state posted a 98-41 (.705) record, advanced to champion. the 2014 WNIT quarterfinals and three Social NCAA Tournaments, advancing as far as the 2016 Final Four and the 2017 Sweet 16. • Twitter: @Kelseyplum10 • Capped her collegiate career as the NCAA • Instagram: @Kelseyplum10 Division I all-time leading scorer with 3,527 points (25.4 ppg.). Also owns the NCAA single-season scoring record with 1,109 in 2016-17. Also owns NCAA career free throws made record with 912. • NCAA Tournament All-Regional Team (2016).

40 2018 uSa basketball Women’s World Cup team training Camp univerSity of notre dame ‘19 totals by a Class A forWard• 6-0 • 205 lbS. player in state history. 5-0 in uSa baSketball GameS played • As a junior, helped lead USA Basketball Notes her team in 2013-14 to a 22-4 record and the • Gold Medals: 2014 FIBA Americas U18 NSAA Class A state Championship. quarterfinals; averaged • Participated in the 2017 USA U23 National 30.4 ppg., 14.8 rpg. and Team Training Camp. 2.8 apg. • Member of the 2014 USA U18 National • As a sophomore, Team that captured the gold medal with a played for Lincoln perfect 5-0 record at the 2014 FIBA Southeast High School Americas U18 Championship in Colorado (Neb.), where she Springs, Colorado, which qualified the U.S. helped her team for the 2015 FIBA U19 World Championship. capture the 2013 # College Years NSAA Class A state title; averaged 30.0 • As a junior in 2017-18, aided Notre Dame to ppg. and 14.8 rpg. 54 a 37-2 record, the Atlantic Coast Conference • Finished as state runners-up as a freshman as Lincoln regular season title and the NCAA crown. Southeast finished with a 25-2 record; started all 27 • Started 37 of 38 games played and games and averaged 17.8 ppg. and 9.1 rpg. averaged 15.6 ppg. over the year, including • Naismith High School All-America honorable mention 19.0 ppg. in the 2018 NCAA Tournament. (2015). • Led the Irish in scoring in the national title • 2013 and 2014 Gatorade High School Nebraska Girls game with 19 points on 8-of-10 shooting. Basketball Player of the Year. • All-Final Four Team (2018). • Parade Magazine All-America first team (2015). • All-ACC first team (2018). • 2014 USA Today All-Nebraska first team and USA Today • ACC All-Tournament second team (2018). Nebraska Player of the Year. • Transferred to Notre Dame after two years at • Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) Class A Nebraska, but did not have to sit a year. State All-Tournament Team (2012, 2013, 2014). • As a sophomore in 2016-17, started all 29 • Four-time Omaha World Herald All-Nebraska Super State Shepard games and averaged team-highs of 18.6 first team. ppg. and 9.8 rpg. as Nebraska finished with • Omaha World Herald All-Nebraska Super State captain a 7-22 record. (2013, 2014). • As a freshman in 2015-16, averaged team- Personal highs with 18.5 ppg. and 8.6 rpg. while starting 29 of 31 games played to lead the • Daughter of Mark and Kim Shepard; has one older brother Huskers to an 18-13 record and the first and four sisters. round of the WNIT. • Born in Fremont, Neb. • All-Big Ten Conference first team (2016) and Social second team (2017). • Twitter: @JShepard32 • Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (2017). • Big Ten Freshman of the Year and All- Freshman Team (2016). • Nebraska Athletics Female Newcomer of the Year (all sports, 2016). High School

• Played just nine games as a senior at

Jessica Fremont High School (Neb.), before suffering a torn ACL on Dec. 29, 2014. • Despite missing most of her senior season, finished fourth in Nebraska high school history with 2,227 career points, which was the Class A (largest) all-time record. She also finished No. 15 in state history with 1,031 rebounds, just 16 shy of the Nebraska Class A career record. • Her 780 points in 2014 and 664 points in 2013 are the two highest single-season

@usabasketball #uSabWnt 41 loS anGeleS SparkS • baylor 14 16, and earned four Big Guard • 5-8 • 160 lbS. 12 Conference 20-2 in uSa baSketball GameS played Tournament and four USA Basketball Notes Big 12 regular season crowns. • Honors: 2013 World University Games Co- • Frances Pomeroy MVP Naismith, Dawn Staley • Gold Medals: 2014 World Cup; 2013 FIBA and Wade Trophy World University Games, 2011 World award winner (2014). University Games. • WBCA Division I • Member of the 2016 USA Select Team that Defensive Player of the lost 88-84 in an exhibition game to the 2016 Year finalist (2014). USA National Team; had 17 points, six • WBCA and USBWA All- rebounds and six assists. American (2012, 2013, • Named as a finalist for the 2016 U.S. 2014) # Olympic Women's Basketball Team on Jan. • Associated Press All- 25, 2016. America first team (2013, 2014) and 50 • Member of the 2014 USA Basketball World Cup Team that compiled a perfect 6-0 record second team (2012). en route to claiming gold at the FIBA World • Preseason WNIT All-Tournament team (2012). Championship in Istanbul and qualifying the • Wooden Award and Wade Trophy finalist (2012, 2013). U.S. for the 2016 Olympic Games. Aided the • Naismith Trophy finalist (2012, 2013, 2014). U.S. to a 4-1 record in exhibition play. • USBWA National Freshman of the Year (2011). • Member of the 2014-16 USA Women’s • Big 12 player of the year (2014).

SimS National Team and took part in the 2015 • All-Big 12 first team (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014). USA minicamp in Las Vegas. • Big 12 All-Defensive Team (2012, 2013, 2014). • First trained with the USA National Team • Big 12 All-Tournament Team (2012, 2013, 2014). during its October 2013 minicamp in Las • NCAA All-Final Four (2012) and All-Regional (2012, Vegas after playing for a pair of USA junior 2013). squads. • Big 12 Freshman of the Year (2011). • Is USA Basketball’s first two-time World • Averaged an NCAA Division I second-best 28.5 ppg. to University Games gold medalist. lead the Bears to a 32-5 slate and the 2014 Elite Eight. • Member of the 2013 USA Women’s World • Set a record for Big 12 single-season scoring with 1,054 University Games Team that earned a 6-0 points in 2013-14 and is ranked third among all-time record and the gold medal in Kazan, Russia. NCAA Division I leaders for single-season scorers, behind • Helped the USA to a gold medal and 6-0 Kelsey Plum (1,109) and (1,062). record in the 2011 USA World University Personal Notes Games Team in Shenzhen, China. • Participated in the 2011 USA Women’s U19 • Born in Irving, Texas. World Championship Team Trials. • Daughter of Pamela Thompson and Nathaniel Sims; has Professional Notes two older brothers, Oscar Thompson and Onaye Sims. • Brothers played , Oscar Thompson at • Drafted: No. 2 by the in 2014; Weatherford College and Prairie View AandM University, traded to the Los Angeles Sparks on Feb. and Onaye Sims at Seminole State College. 17, 2017. • Started four years at Irving's MacArthur High School and

odyssey • WNBA All-Rookie Team: 2014. led her team to an overall record of 120-25. • In 2017, her first in Los Angeles, the Sparks • WBCA National High School Player of the Year, and posted a league second-best 26-8 record. WBCA, USA Today Parade Magazine and McDonald's All- • In her three years playing for the Tulsa American (2010). Shock/Dallas Wings, her teams finished with • Sims' No. 3 MacArthur jersey was retired in 2010, marking a 41-61 (.402) record and advanced to the the first time that any athletic jersey, boys or girls, had 2015 WNBA playoffs. been retired in the 47 year history of the school. • Has spent the off-seasons playing in South • Majored in speech communication at Baylor. Korea (2014-15) and Turkey (2015-18). Social College Years • Twitter: @Lucky_Lefty0 • During her four years, Baylor posted a • Instagram: @Lucky_Lefty0 140-10 (.933) record, claimed the 2012 • Web: OdysseySims.com NCAA title, advanced to the 2011 and 2014 NCAA Elite Eights, the 2013 NCAA Sweet

42 2018 uSa basketball Women’s World Cup team training Camp Seattle Storm • ConneCtiCut ‘16 first for 3-point field forWard • 6-4 • 170 lbS. goal percentage (.583). 74-6 in uSa baSketball GameS played • Was the youngest USA Basketball Notes member and only high school athlete on the • Honors: 2011 and 2013 USA Basketball 2011 USA Pan Female Athlete of the Year, 2013 FIBA U19 American Games Team World Cup MVP, 2012 FIBA Americas U18 (2-2), becoming just the Championship MVP, 2011 All-FIBA U19 second high school World Cup Team. basketball player to • Gold Medals: 2016 Olympics, 2014 FIBA ever compete for the World Cup, 2011 and 2013 FIBA U19 World USA in the Pan Am Cups, 2012 FIBA Americas U18 Games basketball Championship, 2010 FIBA U17 World Cup, competition; started all 2009 FIBA Americas U16 Championship. four games and # • Silver Medal: 2015 Pan American Games. averaged team-highs of 15.3 ppg., 11.3 rpg. • 2017-20 USA National Team: Aided the and 1.1 bpg. Among all 10 2018 USA National Team to an 83-46 participants in the eight-nation field, ranked fifth for exhibition victory over China on April 26 in scoring, second for rebounding, third for Seattle. Participated in the USA’s fall 2017 percentage (.500), and first for free throw percentage training camp in Santa Barbara, California. (.885) and blocked shots. • After winning five gold medals in international competition at the junior level, Professional Notes the two-time USA Basketball Female Athlete • Drafted: No. 1 in 2016 by the Seattle Storm. of the Year was called up to the USA • WNBA MVP: 2018. National Team for its 2013 October • All-WNBA second team: 2016. minicamp in Las Vegas and since then has • WNBA All-Defensive second team: 2016. helped the USA National Team claim gold at the 2016 Olympics (8-0) and 2014 FIBA • WNBA All-Star Games: 2017, 2018. World Championship (6-0), while compiling a • WNBA Rookie of the Year: 2016. • WNBA All-Rookie Team: 2016. SteWart 12-1 exhibition record during that time. • Competed for the USA National Team during • In her three season in Seattle, the Storm posted a 57-45 its 2015 European Tour (4-0) prior to her (.559) regular season record, including a league-best 26-8 senior year at Connecticut. mark in 2018, and made the playoffs all three years. • Member of the 2015 USA Pan American • Competed in China in 2016-17 and averaged 31.4 ppg. Games team that captured the silver medal and 10.1 rpg. over 27 games in helping Shanghai to the with a 4-1 record at 2015 Pan American playoffs, but returned to the USA due to knee injury and Games in Toronto, Canada. missed the end of the season and playoffs. She returned • Member of the 2014-16 USA National Team to Shanghai in 2017-18 and averaged 28.1 ppg. and and took part in the USA minicamps in May 11.8 rpg. in leading her team to the semifinals. 2015 in Las Vegas and Feb. 2016 in Storrs, College Years Connecticut. • In four years at Connecticut, compiled a 151-5 (.968) • At the opening tip of the 2014 Worlds, record, including a 38-0 mark in 2015-16 and a 40-0 mark became the USA’s youngest World in 2013-14; won four-straight NCAA titles; and the 2014, Championship Team member (20 years, one 2015 and 2016 American Athletic Conference regular month) since Kara Wolters (18) in 1994. season and tournament crowns. • One of five athletes to compete on two USA • NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (2013-16); first U19 World Cup Teams. , woman to earn four Final Four MOP honors and fourth Alexis Jones, Morgan Tuck and A’ja Wilson freshman in history to earn the honor. round out the list. • NCAA Regional Most Outstanding Player (2013, 2015, • Won five gold medals and an overall record breanna 2016); first woman to earn three Region MOP awards. of 35-1 at age-based FIBA World (U17, two • Honda-Broderick Cup winner as the top collegiate athlete U19s) and FIBA Americas Championships in the nation (2016). (U16, U18), whlie also helping those teams • Associated Press, USBWA, Honda Award for Women’s to an overall 6-1 exhibition record. Basketball and Naismith National Player of the Year • Earned MVP honors at the 2013 FIBA U19 (2014, 2015, 2016). World Championship in Klaipeda and • Wade Trophy winner (2015, 2016). Panavezys, Lithuania; among the 16-team • Best Female Athlete ESPY (2016). field ranked fourth for scoring (16.9 ppg.), Continued on page 50. second for free throw percentage (.897) and

@usabasketball #uSabWnt 43 phoenix merCury • ConneCtiCut ‘04 • Aided the 2007 USA Guard • 6-0 • 164 lbS. Select Team to a 3-2 116-6 in uSa baSketball GameS played record and the silver medal at the 2007 FIBA USA Basketball Notes World League • Honors: 2006, 2010, 2012 and 2016 USA Tournament in Basketball Female Athlete of the Year, 2010 Ekaterinburg, Russia. All-FIBA World Cup Team, 2008 FIBA • Her 6-of-7 shooting Diamond Ball All-Tournament Team, 3-point from 3-point in the 2006 trophy winner at the 2006 World Cup, 2001 bronze medal game set FIBA All-Junior World Cup (U19) Team. the USA World Cup • Gold Medals: 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 single-game record for Olympics, 2010 and 2014 FIBA World Cups, made 3-pointers and 2007 FIBA Americas Championship, 2000 tied the record for Junior World Championship Qualifying attempts. # Tournament. • Earned the 2006 FIBA • Bronze Medals: 2006 FIBA World Cup, World Cup’s 3-point trophy after nailing 12 2001 Junior World Cup. 50.0 percent of her 50 attempts from afar. • International Invitationals: 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball Tournament (gold), 2007 FIBA • Joined the 2004 USA National Team less than 48 hours World League Tournament (silver), 2001 after winning her third NCAA title and averaged 9.0 ppg., USA Junior International Invitational. 2.3 rpg. and 4.0 apg. in the USA's three exhibition games. • 2017-20 USA National Team: Aided the • Member of the 2001 USA Junior World Cup (U19) Team 2018 USA National Team to an 83-46 that posted a 6-1 record and earned the bronze medal in exhibition victory over China on April 26 in , Czech Republic; was named to the five-member All- Seattle. Participated in the USA’s winter FIBA Junior World Cup Team; prior to the Junior Worlds, 2018 training camp in Columbia, South the USA claimed a 4-0 record against U19 teams from Carolina. Brazil, China and Japan. • Is one of only 10 players to have earned a • Member of the 2000 USA Junior World Championship World Cup gold medal, Olympic gold medal, Qualifying (U18) Team that won gold with a 5-0 record in an NCAA title and WNBA championship. Sue , Argentina. Bird, Swin Cash, Tamika Catchings, Cynthia Professional Notes

tauraSi Cooper, Brittney Griner, Asjha Jones, Maya • Drafted: No. 1 overall in 2004 by the Phoenix Mercury. Moore, Sheryl Swoopes and Kara Wolters • WNBA titles: 2007, 2009, 2014. round out the list. • WNBA MVP: 2009. • Played on a pair of USA junior teams in 2000 and 2001 before being called up to the • WNBA Finals MVP: 2009, 2014. USA National Team in 2004. Since then, has • All-WNBA first team: 2004, 2006-11, 2013-14. helped the USA earn four Olympic gold • All-WNBA second team: 2005, 2016, 2017. medals (32-0), two FIBA World Cup golds • WNBA All-Star Games: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, (15-0), 2007 FIBA Americas Championship 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018. gold (5-0) and 2006 FIBA World Cup bronze • WNBA Rookie of the Year: 2004. medal (8-1); has helped USA National • WNBA All-Decade honorable mention: 1997-2006. Teams to a 35-2 record in exhibition play. • Top 15 Players in WNBA History (15th Anniversary • Ranked second at the 2012 Olympics for Team): 2011. free throw percentage (.960, 24-25 FTs). • WNBA Top 20@20: 2016. • Owns U.S. Olympic single-game records for • WNBA Scoring Champ: 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011. diana 3-pointers made (6) and attempted (10), • WNBA assists champ: 2014. both of which came against Serbia in 2016. • EuroLeague All-Star Games: 2006, 2008-10. • Hit a perfect 15-of-15 from the line at the • EuroLeague titles: 2007-10, 2013, 2016. 2008 Olympics, which trails just Juliene • EuroLeague Finals MVP: 2009, 2010, 2016. Simpson’s 16-of-16 in 1976 in the U.S. • EuroLeague scoring champ: 2009-12. Olympic record book. • Russian League Player of the Year: 2007, 2008, 2009. • Ranks tied for first among all-time U.S. • In 14 years playing for Phoenix (she sat out the 2015 Olympic career record holders for games season), the Mercury compiled a 266-220 (.547) record, played (32), second for points (379), third for competed in the playoffs nine years and captured three 3-point field goal percentage (.464), fourth WNBA titles. for free throw percentage (.931) and assists (76) and ninth for rebounds (96). Continued on page 51.

44 2018 uSa basketball Women’s World Cup team training Camp ConneCtiCut Sun • ConneCtiCut ‘16 league with a 21-13 forWard • 6-2 • 200 lbS. record and a WNBA 37-2 in uSa baSketball GameS played playoff first round bye. USA Basketball Notes College Years • In her four years at • Gold Medals: 2013 FIBA U19 World Cup, Connecticut, the 2012 FIBA Americas U18 Championship, Huskies compiled a 2011 FIBA U19 World Cup, 2010 FIBA U17 151-5 (.968) record, World Cup. including a 38-0 mark in • 2017-20 USA National Team: Aided the 2015-16 and a 40-0 2018 USA National Team to an 83-46 mark in 2013-14; won exhibition victory over China on April 26 in four-straight NCAA Seattle. Participated in the USA’s fall 2017 titles; and the 2014, and winter 2018 training camps in Santa 2015 and 2016 Barbara, California, and Columbia, South American Athletic # Carolina. Conference regular • Is one of just five USA Basketball athletes season and 45 who have competed in two USA U19 World tournament crowns. Cup Teams. Crystal Dangerfield, Alexis • American Athletic Conference Sportsmanship Award Jones, Breanna Stewart and A’ja Wilson (2016). round out the list. • WBCA All-American (2016). • Member of the 2013 USA Basketball U19 • Associated Press All-America second team (2016) and World Cup Team that posted a perfect 9-0 All-America honorable mention (2015). record and captured the gold medal at the 2013 FIBA U19 World Cup in Lithuania. • All-AAC first team (2015, 2016). • Aided the USA U19 squad to a 3-0 exhibition • NCAA All-Final Four (2015, 2016). • NCAA Tournament All-Regional Team (2015, 2016).

tuCk record against U19 teams from Australia, Canada and Spain in the Canary Islands. • AAC All-Tournament Team (2015). • Member of the 2012 USA U18 National Personal Team that compiled a 5-0 record, captured • Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan and hails from the gold medal at the 2012 FIBA Americas Bolingbrook, Illinois. U18 Championship in Gurabo, Puerto Rico, • Daughter of Lydia and David Tuck, has one sister, Taylor. and qualified the U.S. for the 2013 FIBA U19 World Cup; started all five games and • Father played basketball at Ferris State University and averaged a USA-best 17.8 ppg. sister played basketball at the University of Illinois. • Member of the 2011 USA U19 World Cup • Was a business major at Connecticut. Team which went 8-1 to capture the gold • Played four varsity seasons at Bolingbrook High School medal at the FIBA U19 World Cup. (Ill.), where her teams lost just nine games and won three- • Aided the USA U19s to a 49-37 exhibition consecutive state titles in 2009, 2010 and 2011. victory over Brazil’s U19 squad. • Parade Magazine, USA Today, McDonald’s and WBCA • Member of the 2010 USA U17 World Cup High School All-American (2012). Team that posted a perfect 8-0 record in the • Gatorade Illinois Girls Basketball Player of the Year inaugural FIBA U17 World Cup. (2012). • Helped the U.S. earn a 2-1 record to capture • Illinois Ms. Basketball (2009, 2012), was the first a pre-U17 Worlds tournament title in Spain freshman to earn Illinois Ms. Basketball award and is only morgan against U17 national teams from Australia, the third player in state history to win the award twice Canada and Spain. (Candace Parker, Cappie Pondexter). • Named to the 2009 USA Women’s U16 Social National Team on May 31, 2009, but • Twitter: @M_Tuck3 withdrew after tearing her ACL and was out • Instagram: @m_tuck3 of the game for four months. Professional Notes

• Drafted: No. 3 in 2016 by the Connecticut Sun. • In her three seasons in Connecticut, the Sun posted a 56-46 (.549) record, including a 21-13 slate in 2018. • After finishing 2016 with a 14-20 mark, helped the Sun in 2017 finish fourth in the

@usabasketball #uSabWnt 45 atlanta dream • duke ‘15 • Competed in the first 21 forWard/Center • 6-3 • 192 lbS. games of her rookie 24-3 in uSa baSketball GameS played season before she was sidelined for the rest of USA Basketball Notes the year with a knee • Honors: 2009 FIBA Americas U16 contusion. Championship MVP. College Notes • Gold Medals: 2011 FIBA U19 World Cup, • During her four years, 2010 FIBA U17 World Cup, 2009 FIBA Duke compiled a Americas U16 Championship. 111-26 (.810) record, • 2017-20 USA National Team: Aided the competed in four NCAA 2018 USA National Team to an 83-46 Tournaments, including exhibition victory over China on April 26 in advancing to two Elite Seattle. Participated in the USA’s winter Eights and one Sweet 2018 training camp in Columbia, South 16, captured a pair of # Carolina. Atlantic Coast • Named to the 2018-20 USA National Team Conference regular 51 pool on March 14, 2018. season titles and one ACC Tournament crown. • Member of the 2016 USA Select Team that • WBCA National Defensive Player of the Year (2015). lost 88-84 in an exhibition game to the 2016 • WBCA and USBWA All-American (2015). USA National Team. • Four-time Associated Press All-American. • Member of the 2011 USA U19 World Cup • NCAA All-Regional Team (2012). Team which went 8-1 to capture the gold • Four-Time ACC Defensive Player of the Year and All-ACC medal at the FIBA U19 World Cup in Puerto first team selection. Montt, Chile. • ACC Rookie of the Year and All-Freshman Team (2012). • Member of the 2010 USA U17 World Cup • State Farm Wade Trophy finalist (2015). Team that posted a perfect 8-0 record in the inaugural FIBA U17 World Cup in Rodez and • ACC All-Tournament first team (2013, 2014, 2015). Toulouse, France. • Earned the as the ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2015).

WilliamS • Helped the U.S. earn a 2-1 record to capture a pre-U17 Worlds tournament in Spain • Capital One Academic All-America third team (2015). against U17 national teams from Australia, • ACC All-Academic Team (2014, 2015). Canada and Spain. • Consensus National Freshman of the Year (2012), • Member of the 2009 USA U16 National earning the honor from ESPN.com, USBWA, Basketball Team that earned gold with a perfect 5-0 Times and Full Court. mark in the FIBA Americas U16 • First ACC player in history to register more than 1,900 Championship in ; named points, 1,000 rebounds and 400 blocks and the second tournament MVP after averaging 13.4 ppg. Duke player to post 1,000 rebounds in a career. Professional Notes Personal

• Drafted: No. 4 in 2015 by the Connecticut • Born in Colchester, Essex, England. Sun; traded to the Atlanta Dream on Feb. 3, • Daughter of Margaret and Dr. Alex Williams; has one 2016. brother, Mark, and one sister, Victoria. • WNBA Most Improved Player: 2016. • Plays the trombone. • WNBA All-Star Game: 2017. • Attended Princess Anne High School (Va.), where she led • Aided the Dream in 2017 to a league her team to the 2011 and 2009 Virginia Class AAA state second-best 23-11 record and a bye to the crowns, 2010 title game, and 2008 semifinals. semifinals; started 32 of 33 games played in • McDonald’s, WBCA, Parade Magazine, USA Today and the regular season and averaged 9.1 ppg. ESPN High School All-American (2011); Gatorade Virginia and 5.8 rpg., while shooting 54.8 percent Girls Basketball Player of the Year (2010, 2011); AP from the field. Virginia Player of the year (2010, 2011) and AP All-State • Competed for Istanbul University in all four years. elizabeth 2015-16 EuroCup and in 2016-17 in the • Also competed in track & field, specifically the 400-meter EuroLeague with Nadezhda (Russia). dash and high jump, was All-Beach District first team in • After logging zero starts, 3.3 ppg., 3.2 rpg. the high jump. and 0.9 bpg. as a rookie in 2015, upped her • Majored in psychology at Duke. averages to 11.9 ppg., 8.1 rpg. and 2.3 bpg., Social while starting all 34 games played in 2016 en route to earning the WNBA Most • Twitter: @E_Williams_1 Improved Player award. • Instagram: @e_williams_1

46 2018 uSa basketball Women’s World Cup team training Camp laS veGaS aCeS • South Carolina ‘18 • Associated Press All- forWard • 6-5 • 197 lbS. American first team 27-0 in uSa baSketball GameS played (2016, 2017, 2018) and USA Basketball Notes third team (2015). • USBWA All-American • Honors: 2015 USA Basketball Female (2016, 2017, 2018). Athlete of the Year, 2015 FIBA U19 World • WBCA All-America first Cup MVP, 2014 FIBA Americas U18 team (2016, 2017, Championship MVP. 2018) and honorable • Gold Medals: 2015 FIBA U19 World Cup, mention (2015). 2014 FIBA Americas U18 Championship and • NCAA Final Four Most 2013 FIBA U19 World Cup. Outstanding Player • 2017-20 USA National Team: Participated (2017) and NCAA All- in the 2017 USA National Team training Regional Team (2017). camp Sept. 30-Oct. 2 in Santa Barbara, • SEC Player of the Year # California, and was one of just five collegiate (2016, 2017, 2018). athletes on the training camp roster. • SEC Defensive Player of the Year (2016, 30 • Named to the 2017 USA U23 National Team, but was injured and withdrew. 2018) and all-Defensive Team (2016, 2017, 2018). • Member of the 2015 USA U19 World Cup • All-SEC first team (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018). team that won the gold medal with a perfect • SEC tournament MVP (2017) and All-Tournament Team 7-0 record at 2015 FIBA U19 World Cup in (2016, 2017). Chekhov, Russia. • SEC Freshman of the Year and All-Freshman Team • Helped lead the 2015 USA team to a 3-0 (2015). record in exhibition play against Australia, Personal Canada and host Spain in Murcia. • Member of the 2014 USA U18 National • Born A’Ja Riyadh Wilson in Columbia, South Carolina. Team that captured the gold medal with a • Daughter of Eva Rakes Wilson and Roscoe C. Wilson Jr., perfect 5-0 record at the 2014 FIBA has one older brother, Renaldo. Americas U18 Championship in Colorado • Father played basketball at Benedict College (S.C.) and Springs, Colorado. professionally for 10 years in Europe. • Member of the 2013 USA U19 World Cup • Majoring in broadcasting. Team that posted a perfect 9-0 record and • Started playing basketball when she was 11.

WilSon captured the gold medal at the 2013 FIBA • Graduated from Heathwood Hall High School (S.C.) U19 World Cup in Lithuania. where she led the Highlanders to a regional title and the • Aided the USA U19 squad to a 3-0 exhibition 2014 SCISA Class 3A state crown, a state runner-up record against U19 teams from Australia, finish in 2013 and the 2012 state semifinals. Canada and Spain in the Canary Islands. • Naismith, Parade Magazine and WBCA National High Professional Notes School Player of the Year (2014). • USA Today and Gatorade High School South Carolina • Drafted: No. 1 in 2018 by the Las Vegas Girls Basketball Player of the Year (2014). Aces. • WBCA and McDonald’s High School All-American (2014). • WNBA All-Star Game: 2018. • Also competed in track and field (2011-12), volleyball a’ja • Swept the WNBA Rookie of the Month (2011-12) and soccer (2010-11) and broke her high awards in 2018 and averaged 20.7 ppg., school’s 100-meter record. 8.0 rpg. and 2.2 apg. as the Aces finished • Earned all-state honors in volleyball. with a 14-20 record and one spot out of the Social playoffs. College Years • Twitter: @_ajawilson22 • Instagram: @aja22wilson • In her four years at South Carolina, the Gamecocks compiled a 129-16 (.890) record, won the 2017 NCAA Tournament, advanced to the 2015 NCAA Final Four, 2018 Elite Eight and 2016 NCAA Sweet 16, while capturing three Southeastern Conference regular season titles and four SEC Tournament crowns. • Consensus National Player of the Year (2018).

@usabasketball #uSabWnt 47 BIRD (continued) CHARLES (continued)

College Years • All-Big East first team and Big East All-Tournament Team (2008, 2009, 2010) and All-Big East second team (2007). • During her four years (1999-02) at UConn, the Huskies • USBWA National Freshman of the Year (2007). posted a 136-9 record (.938), played in four NCAA Personal Notes Tournaments, won a pair of NCAA crowns (2000, 2002), advanced to the 2001 Final Four and earned four Big East • Born in Flushing, New York; daughter of Angella Holgate Conference regular season and tournament titles. and Rawlston Charles. • National Player of the Year awards: Naismith, Wade • 2018 recipient of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Trophy, Honda Award, Associated Press and USBWA and Fame’s - Human Spirit Award for her off- the first annual Senior C.L.A.S.S. award (2002). court efforts in her community and through Hopey’s Heart • NCAA All-Final Four (2000, 2002), NCAA Mideast Region Foundation. Most Outstanding Player (2002) and NCAA All-East • Donated half her WNBA salary in 2014 and 2015 to Regional (2000). Hopey’s Heart Foundation, which provides AEDs to • Top Female College Athlete of the Year ESPY winner schools and organizations across the U.S. and is hoping (2002). to extend to all gymnasiums in which EuroLeague and • Big East Player of the Year (2002), All-Big East first team EuroCup teams practice and play. (2002, 2001) and All-Big East second team (2000). • In 2011, Charles read about the untimely passing of • Big East All-Tournament Team (2002). Fennville High School (Mich.) basketball player Wes Personal Notes Leonard, who died of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) at the end of one of his basketball games. Leonard could have • Hails from Syosset, New York, and currently splits her been saved with an automated external defibrillator time living in Seattle, Washington, and Greenwich, New (AED). Moved by his tragedy, Charles donated $14,775 to York; daughter of Nancy and Herschel Bird, has one the New York Department of Education and the Wes sister, Jennifer. Leonard Heart Team to purchase AEDs. In 2012 Charles • Earned her degree in communication sciences. partnered with OmniPeace and buildOn to build a new • Attended Christ The King H.S. (N.Y.), where she won two school in Mali. She paid for the entire project, which cost state titles and was the MVP of the 1998 state about $32,000. She contributed additional efforts to tournament. charity, but changed her focus early in 2013 when her • A multi- athlete and National Honor Society member aunt, Maureen “Hopey” Vaz passed away due to multiple in high school, earned varsity letters twice in soccer and organ failure. The Leonard tragedy, coupled with her once in track. aunt’s death, motivated Charles to set up a foundation in • In 2003 was voted by Seattle sports fans to replace her aunt’s memory. SuperSonics and 2000 U.S. Olympic Team guard Gary • Post-basketball career ambitions included becoming a Payton's billboard at the entrance of Seattle's Nike Town. forensic psychologist; wanted to be a police officer at age She not only beat out Sonics guard and 2000 Olympic five and a veterinarian at 15. gold medalist , the runner-up, but also Lance • Compiled 1,750 points, 1,224 rebounds, 440 assists and Armstrong, and . 432 blocked shots in three varsity seasons at Christ the • Favorite musician is Citizen Cope; and enjoys watching King High School (N.Y.); led her team to a pair of USA Game of Thrones, Homeland, House of Cards, The Fall Today No. 1 final national rankings and state titles in 2005 and The Affair, among other shows. and 2006 to go with a two-year 57-0 record. • Enjoys reading US, Details and Dwell magazines. • USA Today, McDonald's, Parade Magazine, Gatorade and • Has had five surgeries in her left knee and two in her hips SI.com National High School Player of the Year (2006). (one left, one right). Social • Her love of basketball began at age 6 at a game, and she began playing because her older • Twitter: @tinacharles31 sister played. • Instagram: @tinacharles31 • Keeps her Olympic and FIBA World Championship • Web: hopeysheart.org medals in a safe deposit box. Social

• Twitter: @s10bird • Instagram: @sbird10

48 2018 uSa basketball Women’s World Cup team training Camp DELLE DONNE (continued) GRINER (continued)

• Early childhood education major at Delaware with a focus • Consensus All-America first team (2011, 2012, 2013). in special education and earned her bachelor’s degree in • Big 12 Player of the Year and Big 12 Tournament MVP human services. (2011, 2012, 2013). • If she was not a professional basketball player, Delle • Big 12 championship MOP (2011, 2012, 2013). Donne would be a special education teacher. • Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year, All-Big 12 first team • Has a pair of dogs, a Great Dane named Wrigley and a and All-Big 12 Defensive Team (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013). rescued Lab mix named Rasta. • Honda Cup as the Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year • Favorite musician is Katy Perry. and Honda Award for women’s basketball (2012). • Her father played basketball and golf at Columbia, and • USBWA and Big 12 Freshman of the Year (2010). her brother played football at Duke. • All-Big 12 Freshman Team (2010). • Missed 12 games as a sophomore after being diagnosed • John R. Wooden Award, Wade Trophy, Naismith Award with Lyme Disease. and Honda Award finalist (2011). • Is an ambassador for Lyme Research Alliance. • Owns the all-time NCAA Division I career records for • As a Global Ambassador since 2014, blocked shots (748) and dunks (18) and ranks third for Delle Donne works alongside the organization to advance points (3,283). opportunities for those with intellectual disabilities • Owns the Big 12 all-time career records for points (3,283), worldwide. blocks (748), free throws made (787), field goals made • Her sister was born deaf and blind, has cerebral palsy and (1,247), games played (148), games started (148) and autism, and is an inspiration to Elena. They communicate triple-doubles (5-tie). through tactile sign language, often referred to as hand- Personal Notes over-hand sign language, as well as through the sense of touch and smell. • Born Brittney Yevette Griner in Houston, Texas; daughter • has had the most influence on Delle of Raymond and Sandra Griner, has three older siblings: Donne in the sport of basketball. D, Shkera and Pier. • Is a fan of the Dallas Cowboys. • Spearheading a mobile app called BG:BU, which is being • Enjoys playing golf. designed to encourage empowerment, strength and • She has a tattoo of angel wings with her sister Lizzie creativity for youth who are bullied as well as allies in the inside of them. “It keeps me grounded, and anytime I'm fight to end bullying. BG:BU will give youth an outlet to going through a struggle, it's a reminder that anything I'm talk about their issues, get advice, ask questions and find going through is nothing compared to what my sister has resources in a safe and confidential environment. been through. It helps me keep my perspective.” • Volunteers with former Houston Rocket guard Steve Social Francis' Holiday and Christmas Party for underprivileged children. • Twitter: @De11eDonne • Has a wingspan that measures 7-foot-4. • Instagram: @de11edonne • Attended Nimitz High School (Texas), where she set a • Web: elenadelledonne.com national high school record with 25 blocks in a single game and set the record for dunks in a game with seven. • Parade Magazine, USA Today and WBCA National High School Player of the Year (2009). • Houston Mayor Bill White proclaimed May 7, 2009, as Brittney Griner Day. Social

• Twitter: @brittneygriner • Instagram: @brittneygriner • Web: BrittneyGriner.com

@usabasketball #uSabWnt 49 OGWUMIKE (continued)

• Relative, Gabe Muoneke, has played for the Nigerian National Team, the NBDL and several NBA summer league teams. • Attended Cy-Fair High School (Texas), where in her three varsity seasons Cy-Fair posted a 108-2 overall record and a 50-0 district slate; compiled 2,204 points, 1,287 rebounds, 172 assists, 262 steals and 133 blocked shots in her three years; did not play varsity as a freshman. • Parade Magazine co-National Player of the Year (2008). • McDonald's and WBCA All-American (2008). • Gatorade Girls National Basketball Player of the Year (2008) and Gatorade Texas Player of the Year (2007, 2008). • Also played volleyball in high school. Social

• Twitter: @Nnemkadi30 • Instagram: @nnemkadi

STEWART (continued) • Loves traveling and lists Italy as her favorite because, “it is a beautiful country and has a lot of history behind it.” • James E. Sullivan Award, John R. Wooden Award and • Is a fan of Harry Potter. Drysdale WBCA Player of the Year (2016). • Watched the 2004 Olympics and dreamt of one day being • Only athlete, male or female, to win four Naismith an Olympian. Trophies after winning three in college and one in high • Earliest memory of playing basketball was when she was school 7 or 8. • CoSIDA Academic All-American second team (2015). • Favorite movie is Coach Carter for its moving and • Consensus All-American first team (2014, 2015, 2016). inspirational message. • Full Court Press Freshman All-American first team (2013). • Lists Geno Auriemma as the person who has had the • AAC Player of the Year and All-AAC first team (2014, greatest influence on her in the game of basketball and 2015, 2016), AAC Tournament MVP (2014, 2016) and Diana Taurasi as the greatest source of inspiration. AAC All-Tournament Team (2014, 2015, 2016). However, her father has been the most influential in • All-Big East Conference honorable mention (2013), Big helping achieve her dreams. East All-Freshman Team (2013) and Big East All- • Is a fan of the New York Yankees and New York Giants. Tournament Team (2013). • Played five varsity seasons at Cicero-North Syracuse Personal Notes High School (N.Y.), where she played in 119 games and compiled 2,367 points, 1,389 rebounds, 337 assists, 325 • Born in Syracuse, New York, and hails from North steals and 634 blocks to help her teams capture the 2011 Syracuse. and 2012 New York Class AA state titles. • Daughter of Heather and Brian Stewart; has one brother, • Gatorade, USA Today, Parade Magazine, McDonald’s and Conor. WBCA National Player of the Year; Naismith Trophy • Goes by the nicknames of “Bre,” “6-10” and “Stewie.” winner and Player of the Year (2012). • Has two dogs, a shih tzu and Lhasa apso mix named • Gatorade New York Girls Basketball Player of the Year Carlos and a goldendoodle named RJ. (2011, 2012). • Enjoys listening to pop and hip hop, and her favorite Social musician is Beyonce. • Graduated in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in sport in • Twitter: @bre_stewart30 society with a minor in communications. • Instagram: @bre_stewart30 • Hidden talent is juggling. • Would try her hand at becoming a chef or baker if she wasn’t a basketball player.

50 2018 uSa basketball Women’s World Cup team training Camp TAURASI (continued) • Wade Trophy winner (2003) and National Player of the Year by the Associated Press and USBWA (2003). • Is the WNBA’s all-time leading scorer and ended the 2018 • NCAA Final Four Most Outstanding Player (2003, 2004), season with 8,549 points; she also became the league’s All-Final Four (2003, 2004), NCAA Regional MOP (2001, all-time scorer in playoff games and has 1,159 points 2003, 2004), four-time NCAA All-Regional (2001-04). through 9/27/18. • Big East Player of the Year (2003, 2004), All-Big East first • Sat out most of the 2012 WNBA season due to injury. team (2002, 2003, 2004), Big East All-Tournament Team • Spent the past five+ seasons helping lead UMMC (2001, 2002, 2003), first rookie to earn All-Big East Ekaterinburg (Russia) to the 2013 and 2016 EuroLeague Tournament MVP honors (2001). crowns and the 2013-17 Russian Premier League and the • Named to the Big East Silver Anniversary Team, the only 2013, 2014 and 2017 Russian Cup titles. then-current athlete selected to the squad. • Played in Europe from the 2005-06 season through the Personal Notes first part of 2017-18, starting with Moscow Dynamo for one year before signing with Spartak Moscow Region • Born in Glendale, California, daughter of Mario, who was Vidnoje (2006-17 to 2009-10), where she helped Spartak born in Italy and raised in Argentina, and Liliana, a native claim four-straight EuroLeague titles, including 2010 when Argentinian; has one sister, Jessika, who played Spartak earned a perfect 16-0 record. She played seven basketball at UC Riverside. EuroLeague contests for Fenerbache (Turkey) in 2010-11, • Married on May 13, 2017, and the two during which time Fener went undefeated; and played for welcomed their first child, Leo, in 2018. Galatasaray (Turkey) in 2011-12. • Majored in sociology at Connecticut. • Six-time ESPY award winner: Best WNBA Player (2010, • Her father played professional soccer as a goalie. 2011, 2012), Best Female College Athlete (2003, 2004) • Her family moved to Southern California before Dee was and Best Female Athlete (2004). born; Spanish is the laguage spoken in the Taurasi • Is the WNBA’s all-time leading scorer and became the first household. WNBA player to reach the 800-point mark in a single • Attended Don Lugo High School (Calif.), where she was season, finishing the 2006 campaign with 860, bettered named the 2000 Naismith and Parade Magazine National the previous marks (23.1 ppg., 739 points) established in High School Player of the Year. 2001 by Katie Smith. • First overseas trip was in 1996 when the USA Junior College Years squad went to Mar del Plata, Argentina. Social • In her four years, helped Connecticut to a 139-8 (.946) overall record, including a 22-1 (.957) mark in NCAA • Twitter: @DianaTaurasi tournaments, winning three NCAA titles, along with four • Facebook: facebook.com/dianataurasi Big East Conference regular season and two Big East • Web: dianataurasi.com Tournament crowns. • Was the fifth two-time winner of the Naismith Player of the Year award (2003, 2004), also collected a pair of Honda awards (2003, 2004).

@usabasketball #uSabWnt 51 uSa basketball Statistics Sue Bird TEAM G/S AVG MIN FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST TO BLK STL 2018 WNT 1/ 1 13.7 0- -2 .000 0- 2 .000 0- 0 .--- 2/ 2.0 0/ 0.0 5 1 0 1 2016 OLY 7/ 7 19.1 11- 26 .423 4- 13 .308 0- 0 .--- 16/ 2.3 26/ 3.7 31 4 0 8 2016 OLYx 4/ 4 23.0 5- 15 .333 1-2 .500 2- 2 1.000 10/ 2.5 13/ 3.3 19 4 0 4 2015 WNT 4/ 3 24.5 10- 19 .526 3-8 .375 0- 0 .--- 6/ 1.5 23/ 5.8 9 6 0 6 2014 WC 6/ 6 20.7 8- 19 .421 1-6 .167 2- 2 1.000 13/ 2.2 19/ 3.2 13 11 0 5 2014 WCx 5/ 5 16.2 8- 20 .400 3-7 .429 1- 1 1.000 11/ 2.2 20/ 4.0 13 3 1 2 2012 OLY 8/ 8 24.9 21- 43 .488 7- 21 .333 0- 0 .--- 17/ 2.1 49/ 6.1 36 11 0 2 2012 OLYx 3/ 1 20.3 5- 10 .500 2-4 .500 0- 0 .--- 5/ 1.7 12/ 4.0 14 1 0 3 2010 WC 9/ 9 22.4 22- 45 .489 6- 17 .353 0- 0 .--- 20/ 2.2 50/ 5.6 26 12 0 12 2010 WNT 1/ 1 20.0 1-2 .500 0-1 .000 0- 0 .--- 1/ 1.0 2/ 2.0 5 1 0 0 2009 WNT 3/ 3 29.3 8- 24 .333 1- 10 .100 2- 2 1.000 7/ 2.3 19/ 6.3 14 5 0 2 2008 OLY 8/ 8 18.5 10- 31 .323 2- 10 .200 2- 4 .500 18/ 2.3 24/ 3.0 14 5 0 14 2008 OLYx 3/ 3 22.7 9- 14 .643 4-7 .571 2- 2 1.000 9/ 3.0 24/ 8.0 5 3 0 5 2007 COLL 8/ 8 24.5 24- 52 .462 12- 26 .462 12- 12 1.000 18/ 2.3 72/ 9.0 23 11 0 5 2007 FWLT 5/ 5 26.2 13- 26 .500 6- 14 .429 4- 4 1.000 11/ 2.2 36/ 7.2 15 10 0 7 2007 TOA 5/ 5 19.8 11- 22 .500 2-7 .286 4- 4 1.000 19/ 3.8 28/ 5.6 20 9 1 10 2007 WNT 2/ 2 31.0 7- 15 .467 1-3 .333 3- 4 .750 8/ 4.0 18/ 9.0 6 9 0 5 2006 WC 9/ 9 23.3 27- 56 .482 10- 20 .500 5- 8 .625 13/ 1.4 69/ 7.7 41 16 1 12 2006 WCx 1/ 1 26.0 3- 6 .500 0-1 .000 0- 0 .--- 2/ 2.0 6/ 6.0 3 1 0 1 2006 WNT 3/ 2 22.7 5- 10 .500 3-4 .750 2- 2 1.000 9/ 3.0 15/ 5.0 6 1 0 3 2004 OLY 7/ 0 12.9 9- 30 .300 2- 16 .125 0- 0 .--- 6/ 0.9 20/ 2.9 8 6 0 2 2004 OLYx 3/ 0 18.3 7- 15 .467 2-6 .333 2- 2 1.000 3/ 1.0 18/ 6.0 5 4 0 4 2004 WNT 13/ 0 18.4 22- 53 .415 10- 30 .333 3- 4 .750 28/ 2.2 57/ 4.4 48 27 1 16 2002 WC 7/ 0 15.9 9- 27 .333 4- 12 .333 8- 8 1.000 7/ 1.0 30/ 4.3 3 7 0 6 2002 OWC 4/ 0 17.0 6- 16 .375 1-4 .250 0- 0 .--- 5/ 1.3 13/ 3.3 4 9 0 1 2000 SEL 1/ 1 28.0 0-5 .000 0-1 .000 0- 0 .000 2/ 2.0 0/ 0.0 3 4 0 0 2000 JCUP 4/ 4 23.8 3- 13 .231 1-3 .333 1- 4 .250 10/ 2.5 8/ 2.0 17 8 0 5 Totals 134/96 264-616 .429 88-255 .345 55- 67 .821 276/ 2.1 671/ 5.0 406 189 4 141 Tina Charles TEAM G/S AVG MIN FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST TO BLK STL 2016 OLY 8/ 8 19.1 33- 59 .559 0- 0 .--- 11- 13 .846 37/ 4.6 77/ 9.6 25 10 3 7 2016 OLYx 4/ 4 17.5 14- 30 .467 0- 0 .--- 4- 8 .500 17/ 4.3 32/ 8.0 5 3 2 3 2014 WC 6/ 6 24.5 29- 54 .537 0- 1 .000 6- 12 .500 50/ 8.3 64/ 10.7 13 13 3 4 2014 WCx 5/ 4 17.0 22- 45 .489 0- 0 .--- 7- 15 .467 24/ 4.8 51/ 10.2 3 3 2 6 2012 OLY 8/ 6 21.3 36- 82 .439 0- 0 .--- 12- 18 .667 59/ 7.4 84/ 10.5 14 6 5 5 2012 OLYx 4/ 2 18.3 13- 30 .433 0- 0 .--- 4- 6 .667 24/ 6.0 30/ 7.5 4 8 1 0 2011 WNT 5/4 30.4 35-60 .583 0- 0 .--- 4- 7 .571 39/ 7.8 74/ 14.8 9 8 1 6 2010 WC 9/ 6 16.4 40- 68 .588 0- 1 .000 16- 25 .640 43/ 4.8 96/ 10.7 6 10 1 5 2010 WCx 4/ 3 19.0 23- 37 .622 0- 0 .--- 7- 11 .636 28/ 7.0 53/ 13.3 5 8 1 2 2010 WNT 1/ 0 14.0 3- 7 .429 0- 0 .--- 0- 0 .--- 5/ 5.0 6/ 6.0 1 1 2 1 2009 WNT 3/ 0 16.7 16- 30 .533 0- 0 .--- 5- 9 .556 20/ 6.7 37/ 12.3 3 4 4 1 2009 WUG 7/ 5 19.0 47- 94 .500 0- 0 .--- 19- 29 .655 57/ 8.1 113/ 16.1 5 18 1 8 2006 U18 4/ 2 20.5 20- 48 .417 0- 0 .--- 8- 12 .667 38/ 9.5 48/ 12.0 2 13 1 3 2005 DF-Wh 5/ 3 33.8 43-100 .430 0- 0 .--- 19- 37 .514 67/13.4 105/ 21.0 6 17 11 12 Totals 73/53 374-744 .504 0- 2 .000 124-202 .615 508/ 7.0 870/ 11.6 101 25 38 63

Layshia Clarendon TEAM G/S AVG MIN FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST TO BLK STL 2018 WNT 1/0 12.1 0- 0 .--- 0- 0 .--- 2- 2 1.000 4/ 4.0 2/ 2.0 3 4 0 0 2009 U19 8/0 13.4 16- 30 .533 1- 7 .143 3- 4 .750 12/ 1.5 36/ 4.5 8 9 0 7 Totals 9/0 16- 30 .533 1- 7 .143 5- 6 .833 16/ 1.7 38/ 4.2 11 13 0 7

52 2018 uSa basketball Women’s World Cup team training Camp Napheesa Collier TEAM G/S AVG MIN FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST TO BLK STL 2015 U19 7/ 7 24.1 39- 72 .542 3- 10 .300 8- 10 .800 65/ 9.3 89/ 12.7 14 8 5 17 2015 U19x 3/ 3 24.0 15- 25 .600 0- 0 .--- 6- 7 .857 20/ 6.7 36/ 12.0 5 3 3 3 2014 U18 5/ 4 22.2 31- 55 .564 5- 9 .556 3- 4 .750 43/ 8.6 70/ 14.0 17 8 5 8 Totals 15/14 85- 152 .559 8- 19 .421 17- 21 .810 128/ 8.5 195/ 13.0 36 19 13 28

3x3 TEAM G/S FGM-FGA PCT 2PM-2PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT PTS/AVG 2014 YOG 13/13 94-135 .696 8-19 .421 14-25 .560 116/ 8.9

Elena Delle Donne TEAM G/S AVG MIN FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST TO BLK STL 2016 OLY 7/ 0 17.0 20- 40 .500 5- 15 .333 15- 17 .882 23/ 3.3 60/ 8.6 19 6 4 3 2016 OLYx 4/ 1 18.8 20- 32 .625 3- 8 .375 9- 9 1.000 12/ 3.0 53/ 13.0 2 2 4 0 2015 WNT 4/ 3 22.5 23- 47 .489 3- 11 .273 6- 8 .750 18/ 4.5 55/ 13.8 9 3 2 3 2011 WUG 6/ 6 22.7 37- 82 .451 11- 25 .440 9- 12 .750 51/ 8.5 94/ 15.7 18 10 5 3 Totals 21/10 100-201 .498 22- 59 .373 39- 46 .848 104/5.0 262/ 12.5 48 21 15 9

Diamond DeShields TEAM G/S AVG MIN FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST TO BLK STL 2015 WUG 1/ 0 0- 3 .000 0- 0 .--- 0- 0 .--- 2/ 2.0 0/ 0.0 1 0 0 2012 U17 8/ 8 43- 108 .398 14- 30 .467 18- 23 .783 42/ 5.3 118/ 14.8 26 9 12 2012 U17X 4/ 4 25- 49 .510 1- 9 .111 3- 4 .750 12/ 3.0 54/ 13.5 8 2 10 2011 U19 9/ 0 17- 53 .321 2- 8 .250 6- 7 .857 23/ 2.6 42/ 4.7 6 2 5 2010 U18 5/ 0 16- 35 .457 0- 8 .000 13- 16 .813 17/ 3.4 45/ 9.0 3 1 7 Totals 27/12 101- 248 .407 17- 55 .309 40- 50 .800 96/ 3.6 259/ 9.6 44 14 34

TEAM G/S FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT FOULS PTS/AVG 2012 3x3 WC 8 statistics are unavailable

Stefanie Dolson TEAM G/S AVG MIN FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST TO BLK STL 2018 WNT 1/0 13.7 3-6 .500 0- 0 .--- 0- 0 .--- 6/ 6.0 6/ 6.0 0 1 1 1 2016 SEL 1/0 9.7 0-3 .000 0- 0 .--- 0- 0 .--- 3/ 3.0 0/ 0.0 3 0 0 0 2015 WNT 4/2 14.0 6- 12 .500 0- 0 .--- 3- 3 1.000 13/ 3.3 15/ 3.8 1 4 0 2 2014 WCx 3/0 9.3 1-6 .167 0- 0 .--- 0- 0 .--- 2/ 0.7 2/ 0.7 1 3 1 1 2011 U19 9/6 14.2 36- 59 .610 0- 0 .--- 11- 16 .688 40/ 4.4 83/ 9.2 7 11 7 4 2011 U19x 1/1 10.0 0-3 .000 0- 0 .--- 0- 0 .--- 2/ 2.0 0/ 0.0 0 2 0 0 2010 U18 5/0 14.8 13- 24 .542 0- 0 .--- 5- 7 .714 21/ 4.2 31/ 6.2 5 4 5 3 Totals 24/9 59- 113 .522 0- 0 .--- 19- 26 .731 87/ 3.6 137/ 5.7 17 25 14 11

Brittney Griner TEAM G/S AVG MIN FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST TO BLK STL 2016 OLY 8/ 8 15.9 36- 52 .692 0- 1 .000 6- 8 .750 45/ 5.6 78/ 9.8 4 19 11 3 2016 OLYx 4/ 0 11.5 10- 12 .833 0- 0 .--- 12- 14 .857 9/ 2.3 32/ 8.0 1 6 6 3 2015 WNT 3/ 2 22.3 14- 29 .483 0- 0 .--- 10- 12 .833 10/ 3.3 38/ 12.7 6 6 3 4 2014 WC 6/ 6 19.2 30- 45 .667 0- 0 .--- 14- 23 .609 37/ 6.2 74/ 12.3 8 11 12 3 2011 WNT 5/ 0 23.2 26- 51 .510 0- 0 .--- 12- 15 .800 35/ 7.0 64/ 12.8 2 4 9 7 Totals 26/16 116-189 .614 0- 1 .000 54- 72 .750 136/ 5.2 286/ 11.0 21 46 41 20

Tyasha Harris TEAM G/S MIN/G FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST TO BLK STL 2017 U19 7/5 25.6 19- 46 .413 9- 24 .375 9- 11 .818 19/ 2.7 56/ 8.0 40 7 0 14 2017 U19x 3/2 22.0 12- 20 .600 1- 7 .143 3- 6 .500 9/ 3.0 28/ 9.3 7 6 1 10 2016 U18 5/5 20.4 20- 35 .571 3-8 .375 10- 15 .667 15/ 3.0 53/ 10.6 27 9 1 13 TOTALS 15/12 51- 101 .505 13- 39 .333 22- 32 .688 43/ 2.9 137/ 9.1 74 22 2 37

@usabasketball #uSabWnt 53 Tiffany Hayes TEAM G/S AVG MIN FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST TO BLK STL 2018 WNT 1/0 14.3 2- 5 .400 0- 1 .000 0- 1 .000 2/ 2.0 4/ 4.0 0 2 0 0 2009 WUG 7/0 18.9 20- 49 .408 9- 22 .409 12- 20 .600 20/2.9 61/ 8.7 13 13 2 12 2007 YDF 5/3 22.4 19- 44 .432 11-23 .478 7- 12 .583 19/ 3.8 56/ 11.2 7 2 1 15 Totals 13/3 41- 98 .418 20- 46 .435 19- 33 .576 41/ 3.2 121/ 9.3 20 17 3 27

Ruthy Hebard TEAM G/S AVG MIN FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST TO BLK STL 2017 U19 7/7 19.0 30-53 .566 1-1 1.000 16-21 .762 56/8.0 77/11.0 5 7 6 8 2017 U19X 3/3 18.7 17-27 .630 0-0 .--- 8-9 .889 22/7.3 42/14.0 1 5 0 1 2016 U18 3/2 15.3 9- 14 .643 0-0 .--- 6-8 .750 19/ 6.3 24/ 8.0 2 3 5 3 TOTALS 13/12 56- 94 .596 1- 1 1.000 30- 38 .789 97/ 7.5 143/ 11.0 8 15 11 12

3x3 TEAM G/S 1PM-1PA PCT 2PM-2PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT PTS/AVG 2018 3x3 WC 5 26- 36 .722 0- 0 .--- 1- 2 .500 26/ 5.2

Sabrina Ionescu TEAM G/S AVG MIN FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST TO BLK STL 2017 U24 3/0 12- 20 .600 6- 12 .500 1- 1 1.000 8/ 2.7 31/ 10.3 6 0 4 2014 U17 7/1 11- 30 .367 2- 10 .200 4- 6 .667 23/ 3.3 28/ 4.0 16 1 15 2014 U17X 3/0 3- 15 .200 0- 4 .000 0- 0 .--- 10/ 3.3 6/ 2.0 5 2 4 2013 U16 5/5 7- 24 .292 1- 10 .100 2- 3 .667 19/ 3.8 17/ 3.4 10 1 9 TOTALS 18/6 33- 89 .3719- 36 .250 7-10 .700 60/ 3.3 82/ 4.6 37 4 32

3x3 TEAM G/S 1PM-1PA PCT 2PM-2PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT PTS/AVG 2018 3x3 WC 5 14- 26 .538 6- 28 .214 5- 5 1.000 31/ 6.2

Jewell Loyd TEAM G/S AVG MIN FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST TO BLK STL 2018 WNT 1/0 20.1 1- 7 .143 0- 1 .000 1- 2 .500 4/ 4.0 3/ 3.0 1 0 1 2 2016 SEL 1/1 39.5 7- 13 .538 4- 8 .500 2- 2 1.000 3/ 3.0 20/ 20.0 7 3 3 1 2010 U17 8/0 16.3 23- 50 .460 6- 17 .353 17- 21 .810 32/ 4.0 69/ 8.6 12 17 2 11 2010 U17x 3/1 16.3 2- 9 .222 1- 4 .250 4- 6 .667 5/ 1.7 9/ 3.0 2 3 0 3 Totals 13/2 33- 79 .418 11- 30 .367 24- 31 .774 44/ 3.3 101/ 7.8 22 23 6 17

2014 3x3 WC 9 statistics are unavailable

Kelsey Mitchell TEAM G/S AVG MIN FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST TO BLK STL 2018 WNT 1/0 10.5 2- 5 .400 1- 3 .333 0- 0 .000 1/ 1.0 5/ 5.0 2 1 0 0 2017 U23 3/3 18.7 12-25 .480 3- 7 .429 6- 7 .857 9/ 3.0 33/ 11.0 12 8 0 3 TOTALS 4/3 14- 30 .467 4- 10 .400 6- 7 .857 10/ 2.5 38/ 9.5 14 9 0 3

Tiffany Mitchell TEAM G/S AVG MIN FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST TO BLK STL 2016 SEL 1/1 26.3 1- 5 .200 0- 2 .000 5- 5 1.000 2/ 2.0 7/ 7.0 1 3 0 1 2015 PAG DNP -- Injured

2014 3x3 World Cup (9-0) statistics are unavailable

54 2018 uSa basketball Women’s World Cup team training Camp Arike Ogunbowale TEAM G/S FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST BLK STL 2017 U23 3/0 8- 23 .347 1- 10 .100 8- 10 .800 9/ 3.0 25/ 8.3 3 1 5 2014 U17 7/7 29- 71 .408 10- 23 .435 7- 10 .700 26/ 3.7 75/ 10.7 9 0 13 2014 U17X 3/3 13- 34 .382 0- 3 .000 12- 15 .800 7/ 2.3 38/ 12.7 7 0 2 2013 U16 5/0 16- 34 .471 8- 17 .471 10- 15 .667 16/ 3.2 50/ 10.0 8 0 12 Totals 18/10 66- 162 .407 19- 53 .358 37- 50 .740 58/ 3.2 188/ 10.4 27 1 32

3x3 TEAM G/S FGM-FGA PCT 2PM-2PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT FOULS PTS/AVG 2015 U18 9/- 60/ 6.7 2014 YOG 13/13 61-124 .492 4-23 .174 20-29 .690 10 85/ 6.5 2013 U18 n/a Totals 22/13 145/ 6.6

• NOTE: Statistics are unavailable from the 2013 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup. Points and games played are the only statistics available from the 2015 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup.

Nneka Ogwumike TEAM G/S AVG MIN FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST TO BLK STL 2014 WC 6/ 0 16.5 17- 29 .586 0- 0 .--- 11- 12 .917 29/ 4.8 45/ 7.5 6 13 0 3 2014 WCx 5/ 1 17.4 23- 34 .676 0- 0 .--- 5-6 .833 29/ 5.8 51/ 10.2 7 6 2 6 2011 WUG 6/ 6 17.2 32- 49 .653 0- 0 .--- 15- 19 .789 34/ 5.7 79/ 13.2 9 7 5 9 2009 U19 9/ 9 23.8 48- 86 .558 0- 1 .000 26- 45 .578 89/ 9.9 122/ 13.6 5 21 2 11 2008 U18 5/ 5 17.0 27- 40 .675 0- 1 .000 9- 18 .500 40/ 8.0 63/ 12.6 4 1 1 8 2007 YDF 5/ 3 26.0 20- 46 .435 5- 14 .357 19- 28 .679 50/ 10.0 64/ 12.8 7 11 11 15 Totals 36/24 167-284 .588 5- 16 .313 85-128 .664 271/ 7.5 424/ 11.8 38 21 52

Kelsey Plum TEAM G/S AVG MIN FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST TO BLK STL 2015 PAG 5/0 11.8 4- 13 .308 3- 7 .429 4- 4 1.000 8/ 1.6 15/ 3.0 6 9 0 1 2013 U19 8/0 12.9 17- 39 .436 6- 21 .286 5- 6 .833 14/ 1.8 45/ 5.6 14 6 0 8 2013 U19X 3/0 15.7 5- 15 .333 0- 7 .000 0- 0 .--- 5/ 1.7 10/ 3.3 2 5 0 1 Totals 16/0 26- 67 .388 9- 35 .257 9- 10 .900 27/ 1.7 70/ 7.4 22 20 0 10

Odyssey Sims TEAM G/S AVG MIN FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST TO BLK STL 2016 SEL 1/1 37.0 6- 11 .545 2- 7 .286 3- 5 .600 6/ 6.0 17/ 17.0 6 2 0 1 2014 WC 5/0 5.2 5- 6 .833 1- 1 1.000 5- 6 .833 5/ 1.0 16/ 3.2 4 6 0 1 2014 WCx 5/0 11.2 6- 17 .353 2- 5 .400 2- 2 1.000 2/ 0.4 16/ 3.2 10 5 0 3 2013 WUG 6/6 23.8 25- 50 .500 3- 12 .250 23- 26 .885 10/ 1.7 76/ 12.7 32 19 0 12 2011 WUG 5/0 18.2 13- 28 .464 5- 11 .455 0- 0 .--- 10/ 2.0 31/ 6.2 11 7 0 8 Totals 22/7 55- 112 .491 13- 36 .361 33- 39 .846 33/ 1.5 156/ 7.1 63 39 0 25

Jessica Shepard TEAM G/S AVG MIN FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST TO BLK STL 2014 U18 5/0 - 24- 36 .667 0- 0 .--- 15- 26 .577 63/ 12.6 19/ 3.8 8 - 0 2

@usabasketball #uSabWnt 55 Breanna Stewart TEAM G/S AVG MIN FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST TO BLK STL 2018 WNT 1/ 1 18.5 5- 10 .500 0- 1 .000 4- 5 .800 4/ 4.0 14/ 14.0 3 0 3 2 2016 OLY 8/ 0 10.9 22- 30 .733 3- 7 .429 18- 22 .818 18/ 2.3 65/ 8.1 10 6 5 4 2016 OLYx 4/ 1 13.0 8- 15 .533 2- 3 .667 2- 2 1.000 11/ 2.8 20/ 5.0 4 5 1 1 2015 WNT 4/ 1 19.5 12- 24 .500 0- 5 .000 7- 9 .778 18/ 4.5 31/ 7.8 5 5 3 5 2015 PAG 5/ 5 32.6 33- 68 .485 8- 21 .381 19- 28 .679 45/ 9.0 93/ 18.6 4 15 6 9 2014 WC 6/ 0 6.0 2-8 .250 0- 2 .000 7-7 1.000 11/ 1.8 11/ 1.8 1 2 1 0 2014 WCx 5/ 0 13.2 14- 33 .424 3- 5 .600 4-4 1.000 17/ 3.4 35/ 7.0 6 6 7 0 2013 U19 9/ 9 24.7 56-110 .509 14- 24 .583 26- 29 .897 56/ 6.2 152/ 16.9 13 9 12 15 2013 U19X 3/ 3 22.3 12- 34 .353 1- 10 .100 6-7 .857 17/ 5.7 31/ 10.3 2 3 4 2 2012 U18 5/ 2 21.6 27- 50 .540 6- 13 .462 10- 15 .667 39/ 7.8 70/ 14.0 9 10 9 7 2011 PAG 4/ 4 27.8 19- 38 .500 0- 1 .000 23- 26 .885 45/ 11.3 61/ 15.3 5 5 9 5 2011 U19 9/ 3 19.9 36- 77 .468 0- 0 .--- 29- 39 .744 66/ 7.3 101/ 11.2 8 10 15 10 2011 U19X 1/ 1 25.0 5-8 .625 0- 0 .--- 1-1 1.000 7/ 7.0 11/ 11.0 1 2 5 0 2010 U17 8/ 8 17.4 40- 70 .571 0- 1 .000 22- 38 .579 60/ 7.5 102/ 12.8 11 17 18 12 2010 U17X 3/ 2 17.3 12- 25 .480 0- 0 .--- 9- 16 .563 16/ 5.3 33/ 11.0 1 5 6 7 2009 U16 5/ 5 19.0 19- 36 .528 0- 3 .000 10- 13 .769 18/ 3.6 48/ 9.6 2 6 7 7 Totals 80/45 322-636 .506 37- 96 .385 197-261 .755 448/ 5.6 878/ 11.0 85 106 101 86

Diana Taurasi TEAM G/S AVG MIN FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST TO BLK STL 2018 WNT 1/ 1 20.5 5- 8 .625 3- 6 .500 1- 2 .500 1/ 1.0 14/ 14.0 3 0 1 1 2016 OLY 8/ 8 24.3 41-72 .569 33- 57 .579 10- 11 .909 20/ 2.5 125/ 15.6 26 16 0 6 2016 OLYx 4/ 4 25.8 17-36 .472 9- 26 .346 8-9 .889 10/ 2.5 51/ 12.8 12 5 2 2 2014 WC 6/ 6 22.0 18-38 .474 8- 20 .400 9- 12 .750 14/ 2.3 53/ 8.8 27 6 1 3 2014 WCx 4/ 4 22.5 8-29 .276 4- 13 .308 9- 10 .900 10/ 2.5 29/ 7.3 11 4 0 11 2012 OLY 8/ 8 24.1 30-66 .455 15- 35 .429 24- 25 .960 24/ 3.0 99/ 12.4 23 12 2 7 2012 OLYx 5/ 5 20.0 21-42 .500 9- 19 .474 2- 2 1.000 8/ 1.6 53/ 10.6 15 13 2 5 2010 WC 9/ 9 20.6 38-76 .500 14- 28 .500 18- 20 .900 22/ 2.4 108/ 12.0 23 16 1 9 2010 WCx 4/ 2 15.0 12-25 .480 3- 10 .300 4-5 .800 4/ 1.0 31/ 7.8 9 5 0 1 2010 WNT 1/ 1 20.0 4- 7 .571 1-4 .250 0-0 .--- 1/ 1.0 9/ 9.0 0 1 1 1 2008 OLY 8/ 8 19.5 30-61 .492 12- 28 .429 15- 15 1.000 31/ 3.9 87/ 10.9 19 6 2 7 2008 OLYX 3/ 3 24.3 14-26 .538 3-9 .333 3-3 1.000 9/ 3.0 34/ 11.3 5 11 0 4 2007 COLL 8/ 8 28.5 40-84 .476 23- 52 .442 15- 18 .833 50/ 6.3 118/ 14.8 34 8 6 12 2007 FWLT 5/ 5 26.4 25-74 .338 11- 33 .333 12- 15 .800 23/ 4.6 73/ 14.6 10 15 1 8 2007 TOA 5/ 5 21.8 19-36 .528 9- 19 .474 8-9 .889 28/ 5.6 55/ 11.0 17 5 4 5 2006 WC 9/ 9 21.9 48-96 .500 25- 50 .500 8- 15 .533 28/ 3.1 129/ 14.3 20 9 3 4 2006 WCX 1/ 1 21.0 4- 8 .500 2-3 .667 0-0 .--- 1/ 1.0 10/ 10.0 2 3 1 0 2006 WNT 3/ 2 23.7 8-24 .333 4- 15 .267 0-0 .--- 5/ 1.7 20/ 6.7 10 8 1 2 2004 OLY 8/ 0 19.2 26-69 .377 11- 33 .333 5-7 .714 24/ 3.0 68/ 8.5 8 11 3 7 2004 OLYx 3/ 0 17.0 6-17 .353 1-9 .111 0-3 .000 7/ 2.3 13/ 4.3 3 3 0 1 2004 WNT 3/ 0 18.0 11-21 .524 5- 10 .500 0-0 .--- 7/ 2.3 27/ 9.0 12 1 2 3 2001 JWC 7/ 7 28.9 47- 100 .470 22- 51 .431 19- 24 .792 31/ 4.4 135/ 19.3 19 26 4 7 2001 JWCX 4/ 4 25.8 21- 41 .512 8- 18 .444 5-9 .556 13/ 3.3 55/ 13.8 16 5 2 11 2000 JWCQ 5/ 5 24.3 21- 40 .525 11- 26 .423 10- 13 .769 21/ 4.2 63/ 12.6 23 12 2 13 Totals 122/105 514-1096 .469 246-574 .429 185-227 .815 391/ 3.2 1459/ 12.0 347 201 41 130

Morgan Tuck TEAM G/S AVG MIN FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST TO BLK STL 2018 WNT 1/ 0 13.2 1- 5 .200 0- 2 .000 0- 0 .--- 6/ 6.0 2/ 2.0 0 0 0 0 2013 U19 9/ 9 23.0 50-106 .472 6- 22 .273 12- 16 .750 42/ 4.7 118/ 13.1 18 12 2 19 2013 U19x 3/ 3 17.0 12- 31 .387 3- 13 .231 2- 2 1.000 10/ 3.3 29/ 9.7 1 4 0 2 2012 U18 5/ 5 25.8 32- 59 .542 0- 3 .000 25- 31 .806 25/ 5.0 89/ 17.8 7 4 2 5 2011 U19 9/ 5 14.1 14- 37 .378 4- 12 .333 0- 0 .--- 22/ 2.4 32/ 3.6 4 12 2 5 2011 U19X 1/ 0 10.0 0- 3 .000 0- 1 .000 0- 0 .--- 0/ 0.0 0/ 0.0 1 2 0 0 2010 U17 8/ 5 17.5 21- 44 .477 2- 4 .500 15- 20 .750 40/ 5.0 59/ 7.4 9 6 3 5 2010 U17X 3/ 0 11.0 3- 10 .300 2- 5 .400 0- 0 .--- 3/ 1.0 8/ 2.7 0 0 0 0 Totals 39/27 133-295 .451 17- 62 .274 54- 69 .783 148/ 3.8 337/ 8.6 40 40 9 36

56 2018 uSa basketball Women’s World Cup team training Camp Elizabeth Williams TEAM G/S AVG MIN FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST TO BLK STL 2018 WNT 1/ 0 16.5 5- 6 .833 0- 0 .--- 0- 1 .000 5/ 5.0 10/ 10.0 1 0 3 1 2016 SEL 1/ 1 18.3 2- 5 .400 0- 0 .--- 0- 0 .--- 4/ 4.0 4/ 4.0 1 0 0 0 2011 U19 9/ 6 19.4 34- 65 .523 0- 0 .--- 12- 26 .462 45/ 5.0 80/ 8.9 3 13 4 5 2010 U17 8/ 8 20.0 47- 76 .618 0- 0 .--- 14- 25 .560 61/ 7.6 108/ 13.5 14 9 16 7 2010 U17X 3/ 3 23.3 14- 28 .500 0- 0 .--- 6- 11 .545 20/ 6.7 34/ 11.3 0 3 4 2 2009 U16 5/ 5 17.2 29- 44 .659 0- 2 .000 9- 17 .529 26/ 5.2 67/ 13.4 0 4 7 5 Totals 27/23 131-224 .585 0- 2 .000 41- 80 .513 161/ 6.0 303/ 11.2 19 29 34 20

A’ja Wilson TEAM G/S AVG MIN FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST TO BLK STL 2015 U19 7/ 7 22.4 51-103 .495 0- 2 .000 26- 46 .565 59/ 8.4 128/ 18.3 16 22 8 14 2015 U19x 3/ 3 23.0 17- 37 .459 0- 0 .--- 20- 23 .870 31/ 10.3 54/ 18.0 4 7 6 3 2014 U18 5/ 4 18.6 39- 51 .765 0- 0 .--- 17- 25 .680 42/ 8.4 95/ 19.0 4 8 10 4 2013 U19 9/ 0 16.6 40- 74 .541 0- 0 .--- 18- 24 .750 71/ 7.9 98/ 10.9 5 19 15 9 2013 U19X 3/ 0 18.7 11- 23 .478 0- 0 .--- 3-7 .429 22/ 7.3 25/ 8.3 0 4 2 2 Totals 27/14 19.4 158-288 .549 0- 2 .000 85-125 .680 225/ 8.3 400/ 14.8 29 60 41 32

the 1953 uSa World Cup team captured the gold medal at the inagural World Cup.

@usabasketball #uSabWnt 57 USA FIBA WORLD CUP TEAM HEAD COACHES

YEAR SITE USA HEAD COACH FINAL RECORD / MEDAL 2014 Istanbul, Turkey Geno Auriemma, University of Connecticut 6-0 / Gold Medal 2010 Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic Geno Auriemma, University of Connecticut 9-0 / Gold Medal 2006 Sao Paulo, Brazil Anne Donovan, Seattle Storm 8-1 / Bronze Medal 2002 Nanjing, China Van Chancellor, Houston Comets 9-0 / Gold Medal 1998 , Nell Fortner, USA Basketball 9-0 / Gold Medal 1994 Sydney, Australia Tara VanDerveer, 7-1 / Bronze Medal 1990 , Malaysia , Rutgers University 8-0 / Gold Medal 1986 Moscow, Kay Yow, North Carolina State University 7-0 / Gold Medal 1983 Sao Paulo, Brazil Pat Head Summitt, University of Tennessee 6-2 / Silver Medal 1979 Seoul, South Korea Pat Head, University of Tennessee 5-1 / Gold Medal 1975 , , Immaculata College 4-3 / Eighth place 1971 Sao Paulo, Brazil Alberta Cox, Raytown Piperettes 6-2 / Eighth place 1967 , Alberta Cox, Raytown Piperettes 1-5 / Eleventh place 1964 , , Wayland Baptist College 5-4 / Fourth place 1957 , Brazil John Head, Nashville Business College 8-1 / Gold Medal

USA FIBA WORLD CUP TEAM ASSISTANT COACHES

NAME YEAR AFFILIATION NAME YEAR AFFILIATION 1994 University of Colorado 1975 Stephen F. Austin St. 2014, DePaul University University 2010 1986 Francis Marion College Betty Jo Crumm 1979 Weatherford College Bernadette Mattox 1998 University of Kentucky Charlene Curtis 1994 Temple University Tennie McGhee 1957, AAU 1994 Ohio State University 1953 Anne Donovan 2002, Charlotte Sting 2010 Atlanta Dream 1998 Philadelphia Rage Carolyn Moffatt 1971 Ouachita Baptist University 1990 Billie Jean Moore 1975 Cal State Fullerton 1990 St. Joseph's University Deb Patterson 1998 Kansas State University Marianna Freeman 2002 Syracuse University Cheryl Reeve 2014 Minnesota Lynx Fran Garmon 1983 Texas Christian University 1986 Old Dominion University 2010 Los Angeles Sparks Dawn Staley 2014 University of South 2006, Duke University Carolina 2002 2006 Temple University 2006 Connecticut Sun USA FIBA WORLD CUP TEAM MANAGERS NAME YEAR AFFILIATION Barbara Gill 1986 Johnson City C. C. (KS) Linda Hargrove 1990 Wichita State University 1983 Greenville College Lea Plarski 1979 St. Louis Community College-Florissant Valley Jeanne Rowlands 1975 Northeastern University Mauriece Smith 1971 University of Missouri- Kansas City Ruth Webster 1964 Topeka, Kansas

58 2018 USA Basketball Women’s World Cup Team Training Camp USA ALL-TIME FIBA WORLD CUP RESULTS BY COUNTRY

Angola (1-0) China (5-0) Lithuania (3-0)

119- 44 2014 87- 56 2014 90-56 2006 119- 72 2006 105- 48 2002 Argentina (3-0) 70- 54 1998 87- 61 1998 99- 74 1986 74- 71 1971 Madagascar (1-0) 64- 39 1957 101- 91* 1983 34- 22 1953 (3-0) 73- 44 1971 Australia (10-0) New Zealand (1-0) 90-50 2006 82- 70 2014 87- 44 2002 97- 47 1994 83- 75 2010 87- 78 1990 Nigeria (1-0) 71- 56 2002 Czechoslovakia (4-3) 100- 95 1994 79-46 2006 88- 70 1994 87- 59 1990 76- 50 1986 86- 59 1990 Paraguay (4-0) 74- 59 1979 89- 61 1986 54- 39 1964 65- 52 1975 65- 66 1975 60- 40 1957 60- 49 1971 31- 50 1964 41- 31 1953 42- 38 1967 61- 55 1957 60- 28 1953 50- 53 1957 (1-0) Peru (2-0) Czech Republic (2-0) 107- 61 2010 59- 38 1964 89- 69 2010 Brazil (6-3) 75- 37 1957 63- 50 2006 Poland (1-0) 99-59 2006 (2-0) 93- 79 1998 82- 63 1983 107-110 1994 70- 56 1971 109- 78 1983 76- 36 1971 Russia (5-1) 104- 72 1975 France (7-1) 44- 56 1967 68-75 2006 90-80 2006 51- 43 1964 94- 72 2014 79-74 2002 67- 44 1957 81- 60 2010 89-55 2002 23- 29 1953 76- 41 2006 71- 65 1998 101- 68 2002 Bulgaria (2-3) 96- 60 1998 80- 59 1979 93- 72 1990 51- 68 1971 Senegal (4-0) 99- 77 1983 48- 37 1964 40- 68 1967 41- 37 1953 108- 52 2010 42- 46 1964 77- 48 1998 Greece (1-0) 39- 52 1964 106- 36 1990 89- 33 1975 Canada (6-1) 99- 73 2010 Serbia (1-0) Hungary (3-0) 87- 46 2010 94- 74 2014 98- 65 1994 78- 63 1986 95- 70 1990 78- 55 1975 (2-0) 82- 59 1986 51- 46 1957 77- 61 1979 89- 62 1998 68- 74 1975 Italy (1-1) 103- 96 1994 80- 60 1971 66- 64 1979 South Korea (6-2) Chile (2-0) 45- 56 1967 106- 44 2010 76- 47 1957 Japan (2-1) 91- 53 2002 49- 36 1953 108- 64 1994 95- 89 1998 87- 55 1990 84- 65 1979 82- 66 1983 71- 73 1975 82- 94 1979 50- 86 1971

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GOLD SILVER BRONZE United States 9 1 2 Soviet Union 6 2 0 Australia 1 0 3 Brazil 1 0 1 Russia 0 3 0 Czechoslovakia 0 2 4 South Korea 0 2 0 Bulgaria 0 1 1 China 0 1 1 Spain 0 1 1 Chile 0 1 0 Czech Republic 0 1 0 Japan 0 1 0 Yugoslavia 0 1 0 Canada 0 0 2 Cuba 0 0 1 France 0 0 1

The 2014 USA World Championship Team captured gold in Istanbul with a 6-0 record.

Continued from page 59 Spain (5-0) Yugoslavia (3-1) Soviet Union (2-4) 77- 64 2014 88- 78 1990 106- 70 2010 92- 49 1986 108- 88 1986 94- 55 2002 43- 58 1967 84- 85 1983 79- 68 1998 50- 46 1964 82- 84 1983 92- 71 1994 37- 71 1967 *Overtime 37- 71 1964 Taiwan (2-0) 51- 48 1957 80- 39 2002 105- 52 1990

60 2018 USA Basketball Women’s World Cup Team Training Camp FIBA WORLD CUP YEAR-BY-YEAR FINAL STANDINGS

1953 1957 1959* 1964 1967 1971 1975 1979 1983 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 1. USA USA URS URS URS URS URS USA URS USA USA BRA USA USA AUS USA 2. CHI URS BUL CZK KOR CZK JPN KOR USA URS YUG CHN RUS RUS RUS CZE 3. FRA CZK CZK BUL CZK BRA CZK CAN CHN CAN CUB USA AUS AUS USA ESP 4. BRA BRA YUG USA GDR KOR ITA AUS KOR CZK CZK AUS BRA KOR BRA BLR 5. PAR HUN POL BRA JPN JPN KOR ITA BRA CHN URS SVK ESP ESP FRA AUS 6. ARG PAR ROM YUG YUG FRA MEX JPN BUL CUB AUS CUB LTU CHN LTU FRA 7. PER CHI HUN PER BUL CUB COL FRA POL BUL CAN CAN CUB BRA CZE RUS 8. MEX MEX DRK KOR BRA USA USA NED YUG HUN BUL ESP SVK FRA ESP KOR 9. SUI ARG JPN ITA AUS HUN BRA CAN AUS CHN FRA JPN CUB ARG BRA 10. CUB AUS FRA AUS CAN AUS BOL CUB KOR BRA KOR HUN ARG CAN JPN 11. PER CHI USA ARG CAN MAS AUS BRA KOR ITA GER LTU CUB GRE 12. CUB PAR ECU BRA SEN JPN TPE JPN JPN CHN YUG CHN CAN 13. ARG MAD SEN PER ITA POL KOR JPN KOR CHN 14. ZAI SEN TPE SEN TPE TPE ARG 15. ZAI NZL ARG SEN SEN MLI 16. MAS KEN CON TUN NGR SEN

2014 1. USA 2. ESP 3. AUS 4. TUR 5. CAN 6. CHN 7. FRA 8. SRB 9. CZE 10. BLR 11. BRA 12. CUB 13. KOR 14. JPN 15. MOZ 16. ANG

*The United States chose not to participate in After serving as an assistant coach to the 2006-08 and 2010-16 USA National the 1959 Women's World Championship, Teams, Dawn Staley took the helm in 2017 to lead the USA through 2020. which was held in Moscow.

LEGEND: ANG-; ARG-Argentina; AUS-Australia; BLR-Belarus; BOL-Bolivia; BRA-Brazil; BUL-Bulgaria; CAN-Canada; CHI- Chile; CHN-China; COL-Colombia; CON-Congo; CUB-Cuba; CZE-Czech Republic; CZK-Czechoslovakia; DRK-Democratic Republic of Korea; ECU-Ecuador; ESP-Spain; FRA-France; GDR-German Democratic Republic; GER-Germany; GRE-Greece; HUN-Hungary; ITA-Italy; JPN-Japan; KEN-; KOR-South Korea; LTU-Lithuania; MAD-Madagascar; MAS-Malaysia; MEX-Mexico; MLI-Mali; MOZ-; NED-; NGR-Nigeria; NZL-New Zealand; PAR-Paraguay; PER-Peru; POL-Poland; ROM-; RUS-Russia; SEN-Senegal; SRB-Serbia; SVK-Slovakia; SUI-; TPE-Chinese (Taiwan); TUN-; TUR-Turkey; URS-Soviet Union; USA-United States of America; YUG-Yugoslavia; ZAI-Zaire.

@usabasketball #USABWNT 61 USA ALL-TIME WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ALPHABETICAL ROSTER A E

Rita Alexander 1957 Hutcherson Flying Rita Easterling 1975 Mississippi College-Women Jayne Appel 2010 San Antonio Silver Teresa Edwards 1994, 1990, Georgia Stars/Stanford 1986 C. Phillips Aspedon 1967 Raytown Piperettes 1986 Texas Seimone Augustus 2014, 2006 Minnesota Lynx/LSU F Jennifer Azzi 1998, 1994, San Jose Lasers/Stanford 1990 Mary Lois Finley 1967 Wayland Baptist College B 2006 Detroit Shock/Louisiana Tech Sylvia Fowles 2010 Chicago Sky/Louisiana State Agnes Baldwin 1953 Nashville Business College G Alice Barron 1957 Hutcherson Flying Queens Cathy Benedetto 1967 Central Washington State Linda Gamble 1971 Ouachita Baptist 2006 Washington Mystics/Duke Jennifer Gillom 2002, 1986 Phoenix Mercury /Mississippi Sue Bird 2014, 2010, Seattle Storm/Connecticut Brittney Griner 2014 Phoenix Mercury/Baylor 2006, 2002 H 1979 Montclair State College Opal Bogand 1964 Wayland Baptist College 1990 Texas Carol Bollinger 1971 Ouachita Baptist Lola Ham 1967 Wayland Baptist College Ruthie Bolton 1998, 1994 Sacramento 1986 Texas Monarchs/Auburn 1975 Delta State Pauline Bowden 1953 Nashville Business College 1994 Tennessee Colleen Bowser 1971 Raytown Piperettes Pat Head 1975 Tennessee-Martin Barbara Brown 1979 Stephen F. Austin State Patty Jo Hedges 1983 Kentucky 1986 Long Beach State Tara Heiss 1979 Maryland 1990 Maryland 1990 Stanford Carolyn Bush 1975 Wayland Baptist College Chamique Holdsclaw 1998 Tennessee C Rita Horky 1967, 1964 Jacksonville J.C./ Nashville Business College 1998 Colorado Xplosion/Texas Margie Hunt 1964 Wayland Baptist College Swin Cash 2010 Seattle Storm/Connecticut I Tamika Catchings 2010, 2006, Indiana Fever/Tennessee 2002 Lisa Ingram 1983 Northeast Louisiana 1994 Tennessee Tina Charles 2014, New York Liberty/ J Connecticut 1990 Florida 2010 Connecticut Sun/Connecticut Shannon Johnson 2002 /South Betty Clark 1953 Iowa Wesleyan College Carolina Cheryl Cook 1983 Cincinnati Asjha Jones 2010 Connecticut Sun/Connecticut Cynthia Cooper 1990, 1986 Southern California Carolyn Jones 1990 Auburn Alberta Cox 1964, 1957 Raytown Piperettes/Midland Jewelry K Joan Crawford 1957 Clarendon J.C. Edith Keaton 1957 Midland Jewelry 1983, 1979 UCLA Kris Kirchner 1979 Maryland D L Lucille Davidson 1957 Midland Jewelry Janice Lawrence 1983 Louisiana Tech 1986 Texas Lisa Leslie 2002, 1998, Los Angeles Sparks/ Myrna DeBerry 1971 Raytown Piperettes 1994 Southern California 1990 Old Dominion Charlotte Lewis 1975 Illinois State 2002 Los Angeles Sparks/Kansas Nancy Lieberman 1979, 1975 Old Dominion/ Far Anne Donovan 1986, 1983 Old Dominion Rockaway H.S. Carolyn Dornak 1971 Wayland Baptist College Lori Lindahl 1967 Orange California Lionettes 1975 California State-Fullerton Andrea Lloyd 1994 Texas Candice Dupree 2014, 2010 Phoenix Mercury/Temple Becky Loveday 1967 Kansas City Junior College/ Raytown Piperettes Agnes Loyd 1953 Nashville Business College

62 2018 USA Basketball Women’s World Cup Team Training Camp M S

Ann Mattlock 1967 Raytown Piperettes/ Mildred Sanders 1953 Nashville Business College Missouri-Kansas City Judy Schneider 1971 Raytown Piperettes Katrina McClain 1994, 1990, Georgia Doris Scoggins 1957 Nashville Business College 1986 Betty Searles 1964 Nashville Business College Suzie McConnell 1986 Penn State 1975 John F. Kennedy College Angel McCoughtry 2014, 2010 Atlanta Dream/Louisville Odyssey Sims 2014 Tulsa Shock/Baylor Barbara Ann Sipes 1967, 1957 Raytown Piperettes/Iowa Nikki McCray 1998 Washington Wesleyan College Mystics/Tennessee Marcia Sheildknight 1971 Wayland Baptist College Doris McDermitt 1964 Wayland Baptist College Katie Smith 2006, Detroit Shock/Ohio State Pam McGee 1983 Southern California 2002, Minnesota Lynx/Ohio State Carla McGhee 1994 Tennessee 1998 Columbus Quest/Ohio State Taj McWilliams 1998 Philadelphia Rage/ 2006 Houston Comets/Tennessee St. Edwards Dawn Staley 2002, Charlotte Sting/Virginia Ann Meyers 1979, 1975 UCLA 1998, Philadelphia Rage/Virginia Carolyn Miller 1967 Houston Jets 1994 Virginia 1986, 1983 Southern California Breanna Stewart 2014 Connecticut DeLisha Milton-Jones 2006, Washington Jackie Swaim 1979 Texas Mystics/Flordia Sheryl Swoopes 2006, 2002, Houston Comets/Texas Tech 2002 Los Angeles Sparks/Florida 1994 1998 Philadelphia Rage/Florida T Pam Mindemann 1971 Raytown Piperettes Maya Moore 2014, 2010 Connecticut Diana Taurasi 2014, 2010, Phoenix Mercury/ Ellen Mosher 1971 Parsons College 2006 Connecticut 1983 Louisiana Tech Peggy Tate 1957 Nashville Business College Betty Murphy 1953 Nashville Business College Janet Thompson 1953 Iowa Wesleyan College N Tina Thompson 2006, Houston Comets/ *2002, Southern California Fern Nash 1953 Nashville Business College *1998 Patsy Neal 1964 Lakers Jan Trombly 1979 Old Dominion 1983 Tennessee W O Rosie Walker 1979 Stephen F. Austin State Mary Anne O'Connor 1975 Southern 1979 Tennessee Connecticut State K. Washington 1957, 1953 Nashville Business College Nnemkadi Ogwumike 2014 Los Angeles 1971 Raytown Piperettes Sparks/Stanford T. Weatherspoon 1986 Louisiana Tech 1990 Auburn Lindsay Whalen 2014, 2010 Minnesota Lynx/Minnesota P 1957 Nashville Business College Cindy Wigington 1964 Wayland Baptist College Candace Parker 2006 Tennessee Natalie Williams 2002, Peg Peterson 1964 Iowa Wesleyan College 1998 Portland Power/UCLA Carole Phillips 1964 Topeka Boosters Kara Wolters 1998, 1994 New England 2002 New York Liberty/Central Blizzard/Connecticut Florida Dixie Woodall 1967 Raytown Piperettes LaTaunya Pollard 1983 Long Beach State 1990, 1983 Kansas R

Pat Ramsey 1971 Raytown Piperettes *Injured and did not compete Jill Rankin 1979 Wayland Baptist College Betty Ransom 1964 Wayland Baptist College Cherri Rapp 1975, 1971 Wayland Baptist College Sue Rojcewicz 1975 Southern Connecticut State Doris Rogers 1964 Nashville Business College Norma Rowland 1967, 1957 Raytown Piperettes/ Platt College

@usabasketball #USABWNT 63 USA ALL-TIME WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ROSTER BY AFFILIATION

Atlanta Dream Detroit Shock Kentucky

Angel McCoughtry (2014, 2010) Cheryl Ford (2006) Patty Jo Hedges (1983) Auburn Katie Smith (2006) Long Beach State Duke Ruthie Bolton-Holifield (1998, 1994) Cindy Brown (1986) Carolyn Jones (1990) Alana Beard (2006) LaTaunya Pollard (1983) Vickie Orr (1990) Far Rockaway H. S. (NY) Los Angeles Sparks Baylor Nancy Lieberman (1975) Tamecka Dixon (2002) Brittney Griner (2014) Florida Lisa Leslie (2002, 1998) Odyssey Sims (2014) DeLisha Milton (2002) California State Fullerton Tammy Jackson (1990) Nnemkadi Ogwumike (2014) DeLisha Milton (2006, 2002, 1998) Louisiana State Nancy Dunkle (1975) Georgia Central Florida Seimone Augustus (2014, 2006) Teresa Edwards (1994, 1990, 1986) Sylvia Fowles (2010) Tari Phillips (2002) Katrina McClain (1994, 1990, 1986) Louisiana Tech Central Washington State Houston Jets Cheryl Ford (2006) Cathy Benedetto (1967) Carolyn Miller (1967) Janice Lawrence (1983) Kim Mulkey (1983) Charlotte Sting Houston Comets (1986) Dawn Staley (2002) Michelle Snow (2006) Louisville Chicago Sky Sheryl Swoopes (2006, 2002) Tina Thompson (2006, *2002, *1998) Angel McCoughtry (2014, 2010) Sylvia Fowles (2010) Hutcherson Flying Queens (TX) Maryland Cincinnati Rita Alexander (1957) Vicky Bullett (1990) Cheryl Cook (1983) Alice Barron (1957) Tara Heiss (1979) Kris Kirchner (1979) Clarendon J. C. Illinois State Midland Jewelry (MO) Joan Crawford (1957) Charlotte Lewis (1975) Alberta Cox (1957) Indiana Fever Colorado Xplosion Lucille Davidson (1957) Edna Campbell (1998) Tamika Catchings (2010, 2006, 2002) Edith Keaton (1957) Columbus Quest Iowa Wesleyan College Minnesota

Katie Smith (1998) Betty Clark (1953) Lindsay Whalen (2014, 2010) Peg Peterson (1964) Connecticut Minnesota Lynx Barbara Ann Sipes (1957) Sue Bird (2014, 2010, 2006, 2002) Janet Thompson (1953) Seimone Augustus (2014, 2006) Maya Moore (2014) Swin Cash (2010) Jacksonville J. C. Tina Charles (2014, 2010) Katie Smith (2006) Asjha Jones (2010) Rita Horky (1967) Lindsay Whalen (2014, 2010) Maya Moore (2014, 2010) John F. Kennedy College Mississippi Breanna Stewart (2014) Diana Taurasi (2014, 2010, 2006) Juliene Simpson (1975) Jennifer Gillom (2002, 1986) Kara Wolters (1998, 1994) Kansas City J. C. Mississippi College-Women Connecticut Sun Becky Loveday (1967) Rita Easterling (1975) Tina Charles (2010) Kansas Missouri - Kansas City Asjha Jones (2010) Ann Mattlock (1967) Delta State Tamecka Dixon (2002) Lynette Woodard (1990, 1983) Montclair State College Lusia Harris (1975) Carol Blazejowski (1979)

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Agnes Baldwin (1953) Norma Rowland (1967, 1957) Jayne Appel (2010) Pauline Bowden (1953) Portland Power Jennifer Azzi (1998, 1994, 1990) Rita Horky (1964) Sonja Henning (1990) Agnes Loyd (1953) DeLisha Milton (1998) Nnemkadi Ogwumike (2014) Betty Murphy (1953) Natalie Williams (1998) Stephen F. Austin State Fern Nash (1953) Raytown Piperettes (MO) Doris Rogers (1964) Barbara Brown (1979) Mildred Sanders (1953) Carole Phillips Aspedon (1967) Rosie Walker (1979) Doris Scoggins (1957) Colleen Bowser (1971) Betty Searles (1964) Alberta Cox (1964) Temple Peggy Tate (1957) Myrna DeBerry (1971) (1957, 1953) Becky Loveday (1967) Candice Dupree (2014, 2010) Nera White (1957) Ann Mattlock (1967) Tennessee Pam Mindemann (1971) Pat Ramsey (1971) Tamika Catchings (2010, 2006, 2002) Kara Wolters (1998) Norma Rowland (1967) Daedra Charles (1994) New York Liberty Judy Schneider (1971) Dena Head (1994) Barbara Ann Sipes (1967) Chamique Holdsclaw (1998) Tina Charles (2014) Marian Washington (1971) Nikki McCray (1998) Tari Phillips (2002) Dixie Woodall (1967) Carla McGhee (1994) Northeast Louisiana St. Edwards Cindy Noble (1983) Candace Parker (2006) Lisa Ingram (1983) Taj McWilliams (1998) Michelle Snow (2006) Ohio State Salt Lake City Lakers Holly Warlick (1979) Tennessee-Martin Katie Smith (2006, 2002, 1998) Patsy Neal (1964) Old Dominion Pat Head (1975) Texas Medina Dixon (1990) Ruthie Bolton-Holifield (1998) Anne Donovan (1986, 1983) San Antonio Silver Stars Edna Campbell (1998) Nancy Lieberman (1979, 1975) Clarissa Davis (1986) Jan Trombly (1979) Jayne Appel (2010) Kamie Ethridge (1986) Vicki Hall (1990) Orange California Lionettes San Jose Lasers Fran Harris (1986) Lori Lindahl (1967) Jennifer Azzi (1998) Andrea Lloyd (1994) Jackie Swaim (1979) Orlando Miracle Seattle Storm Texas Tech Shannon Johnson (2002) Sue Bird (2014, 2010, 2006, 2002) Sheryl Swoopes (2006, 2002, 1994) Ouachita Baptist Swin Cash (2010) South Carolina Topeka Boosters Carol Bollinger (1971) Linda Gamble (1971) Shannon Johnson (2002) Carole Phillips (1964) Parsons College Southern California Tulsa Shock

Ellen Mosher (1971) Cynthia Cooper (1990, 1986) Odyssey Sims (2014) Penn State Lisa Leslie (2002, 1998, 1994) UCLA Pam McGee (1983) Suzie McConnell (1986) Cheryl Miller (1986, 1983) Denise Curry (1983, 1979) Ann Meyers (1979, 1975) Philadelphia Rage Tina Thompson (2006, *2002, *1998) Natalie Williams (2002, 1998) Taj McWilliams (1998) Southern Connecticut State Utah Starzz Dawn Staley (1998) Natalie Williams (2002) Phoenix Mercury Mary Anne O'Connor (1975) Sue Rojcewicz (1975) Candice Dupree (2014, 2010) Jennifer Gillom (2002) Brittney Griner (2014) Diana Taurasi (2014, 2010, 2006) Continued on page 66

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Rita Alexander (1957), Alana Beard (2006), Carol Bollinger (1971), Vicky Bullett (1990), Tamika Carolyn Bush (1975), Teresa Edwards (1986, 1990, Catchings (2002, 2006, 2010), Lucille Davidson 1994), Patty Jo Hedges (1983), Tara Heiss (1979), (1957), Fran Harris (1986), Chamique Holdsclaw Cherri Rapp (1971), Lindsay Whalen (2010, 2014), (1998), Janice Lawrence (1983), Nancy Lieberman Natalie Williams (1998). (1979, 1975), Carla McGhee (1994), Breanna 4 10 Stewart (2014). Seimone Augustus (2006, 2014), Cheryl Cook Agnes Baldwin (1953), Barbara Brown (1979), Swin (1983), Alberta Cox (1964), Joan Crawford (1957), Cash (2010), Clarissa Davis (1986), Tameka Dixon Carolyn Dornak (1971), Nancy Dunkle (1975), (2002), Candice Dupree (2014), Sonja Henning Kamie Ethridge (1986), Vicki Hall (1990), Asjha (1990), Andrea Lloyd (1994), Ann Meyers (1975), Jones (2010), Dawn Staley (1994, 1998, 2002), DeLisha Milton-Jones (1998), Cindy Noble (1983), 5 Holly Warlick (1979), Katherine Washington (1953). 11 Pat Ramsey (1971), Tina Thompson (2006). Sue Bird (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014), Ruthie Bolton (1994, 1998), Pauline Bowden (1953), Colleen Carol Blazejowski (1979), Edna Campbell (1998), Bowser (1971), Cindy Brown (1986), Rita Alberta Cox (1957), Katrina McClain (1994, 1990, Easterling (1975), Doris McDermitt (1964), Ann 1986), Kim Mulkey (1983), Mary Anne O'Connor Meyers (1979), Cheryl Miller (1983), Lynette (1975), Doris Rogers (1964), Marcia Sheildknight 6 Woodard (1990, 1983). 12 (1971), Mildred Sonders (1953), Diana Taurasi (2006, 2010, 2014), Natalie Williams (2002).

Anne Donovan (1986, 1983), Candice Dupree Denise Curry (1983, 1979), Medina Dixon (1990), (2010), Lusia Harris (1975), Tammy Jackson Sylvia Fowles (2010), Jennifer Gillom (1986, 2002), (1990), Taj McWilliams (1998), Maya Moore (2014), Pam Mindemann (1971), Nnemkadi Ogwumike 7 Ellen Mosher (1971), Betty Ransom (1964), Sheryl 13 (2014), Cherri Rapp (1975), Michelle Snow (2006), Swoopes (1994, 2002, 2006), Jan Trombly (1979), Kara Wolters (1998, 1994). Nera White (1957).

Jennifer Azzi (1990, 1994, 1998), Pat Head Tina Charles (2014), Cynthia Cooper (1990, 1986), (1975), Margie Hunt (1964), Angel McCoughtry Myrna DeBerry (1971), Dena Head (1994), Agnes 8 (2010, 2014), DeLisha Milton-Jones (2002, 2006), 14 Loyd (1953), Pam McGee (1983), Maya Moore LaTaunya Pollard (1983), Jackie Swaim (1979), (2010), Sue Rojcewicz (1975), Katie Smith (1998, Janet Thompson (1953), Katherine Washington 2002, 2006), Rosie Walker (1979), Cindy Wigington (1957), Marian Washington (1971), Theresa (1964). Weatherspoon (1986). Jayne Appel (2010), Opal Bogand (1964), Cheryl Daedra Charles (1994), Tina Charles (2010), Ford (2006), Linda Gamble (1971), Edith Keaton Brittney Griner (2014), Rita Horky (1964), Lisa (1957), Lisa Leslie (1994, 1998, 2002), Charlotte Ingram (1983), Carolyn Jones (1990), Kris Kirchner Lewis (1975), Cheryl Miller (1986), Betty Murphy (1979), Suzie McConnell (1986), Nikki McCray 9 (1953), Vickie Orr (1990), Jill Rankin (1979), 15 (1998), Candace Parker (2006), Tari Phillips (2002), Odyssey Sims (2014). Judy Schneider (1971), Juliene Simpson (1975). Alice Barron (1957), Cathy Benedetto (1967), Betty Clark (1953), Mary Lois Finley (1967), Lola Ham (1967), Rita Horky (1967), Lori Lindahl (1967), Becky Loveday (1967), Ann Mattlock (1967), Carolyn Miller (1967), Fern Nash (1953 ), Patsy Neal (1964), Carole Phillips (1964), Carole Phillips Aspedon (1967), Norma Rowland (1967, 1957), Doris Scoggins (1957), Betty Searles (1964), Barbara Ann Sipes (1967), Peggy Tate (1957), Dixie Woodall (1967). ? 3 - Peg Peterson (1964) 41 - Barbara Ann Sipes (1957)

Continued from page 65 Wayland Baptist College Betty Ransom (1964) Cherri Rapp (1975, 1971) Virginia Opal Bogand (1964) Marcia Sheildknight (1971) Carolyn Bush (1975) Cindy Wigington (1964) Dawn Staley (2002, 1998, 1994) Carolyn Dornak (1971) Mary Lois Finley (1967) Washington Mystics * Injured, did not compete Lola Ham (1967) Alana Beard (2006) Margie Hunt (1964) Nikki McCray (1998) Becky Loveday (1967) DeLisha Milton-Jones (2006) Doris McDermitt (1964) Jill Rankin (1979) 66 2018 USA Basketball Women’s World Cup Team Training Camp USA Women’s All-Time Results

OLYMPICS (66-3) 1967 Silver / 6-2 WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES GOODWILL GAMES 1963 Gold / 6-1 2016 Gold / 8-0 (107-15) (14-0) 1959 Gold / 8-0 2012 Gold / 8-0 1955 Gold / 8-0 2017 DNC 1994 Gold / 4-0 2008 Gold / 8-0 2015 Gold / 6-0 1990 Gold / 5-0 2004 Gold / 8-0 FIBA U21 WORLD CUP (15-1) 2013 Gold / 6-0 1986 Gold / 5-0 2000 Gold / 8-0 2011 Gold / 6-0 1996 Gold / 8-0 2007 Gold / 8-0 2009 Gold / 7-0 1992 Bronze / 4-1 2003 Gold / 7-1 R. WILLIAM JONES CUP 2007 DNC 1988 Gold / 5-0 FIBA AMERICAS U20 2005 Gold / 7-0 1984 Gold / 6-0 (108-16) 2003 DNC 1980 Did Not Compete In CHAMPIONSHIP (9-0) 2001 Gold / 7-1 2000 Gold / 4-0 1976 Silver / 3-2 1998 Gold / 5-0 2006 Gold / 5-0 1999 Silver / 4-2 1997 Silver / 6-1 FIBA WORLD CUP (103-21) 2002 Gold / 4-0 1997 Gold / 6-0 1996 Gold / 9-0 FIBA U19 WORLD CUP (79-13) 1995 Silver / 6-1 2014 Gold / 6-0 1993 Bronze / 6-2 1995 Bronze / 6-2 2010 Gold / 9-0 2017 Silver / 6-1 1991 Gold / 8-0 1994 Gold / 8-0 2006 Bronze / 8-1 2015 Gold / 7-0 1989 Competition Canceled 1993 Bronze / 5-2 2002 Gold / 9-0 2013 Gold / 9-0 1987 5th / 4-1 1992 Gold / 8-0 1998 Gold / 9-0 2011 Gold / 8-1 1985 Silver / 5-1 1991 DNC 1994 Bronze / 7-1 2009 Gold / 8-1 1983 Gold / 5-1 1990 DNC 1990 Gold / 8-0 2007 Gold / 9-0 1981 Silver / 6-1 1989 No Competition 1986 Gold / 7-0 2005 Gold / 8-0 1979 Gold / 7-0 1988 Silver / 5-2 1983 Silver / 6-2 2001 Bronze / 6-1 1977 Silver / 6-2 1987 Gold / 7-0 1979 Gold / 5-1 1997 Gold / 6-1 1975 No Competition 1986 DNC 1975 8th / 4-3 1993 7th / 5-2 1973 Silver / 5-3 1985 Gold / 7-1 1971 8th / 6-2 1989 7th / 3-4 1984 Gold / 8-0 1967 11th / 1-5 FIBA 3x3 WORLD 1985 5th / 4-2 1983 DNC 1964 4th / 5-4 1982 Silver / 7-1 1959 DNC CHAMPIONSHIP (23-2) FIBA AMERICAS U18 1981 5th / 7-1 1957 Gold / 8-1 2017 DNC 1980 Bronze / 7-2 CHAMPIONSHIP (59-2) 1953 Gold / 5-1 2016 Bronze / 5-2 1979 Gold / 6-0 FIBA OLYMPIC 2018 Gold / 6-0 2014 Gold / 9-0 1978 DNC 2016 Gold / 5-0 2012 Gold / 9-0 1977 5th / 3-4 QUALIFIER (10-1) 1976 DNC 2014 Gold / 5-0 FIBA 3x3 U18 WORLD 2012 Gold / 5-0 1980 Gold / 5-1 WORLD YOUTH GAMES 1976 Gold / 5-0 2010 Gold / 5-0 CHAMPIONSHIP (39-7) 2008 Gold / 5-0 (5-1) FIBA AMERICAS 2006 Gold / 4-0 2017 Gold / 7-0 2004 Gold / 5-0 2016 Silver / 5-2 1998 Bronze / 5-1 CHAMPIONSHIP (18-7) 2000 Gold / 5-0 2015 Silver / 8-1 1996 Silver / 4-1 2013 Gold / 8-1 2009-17 DNC 2012 Gold / 7-1 2007 Gold / 5-0 1992 Silver / 4-1 1999-05 DNC 1988 Gold / 6-0 *2011 Honorary Bronze / 7-2 1997 Silver / 4-2 FIBA U17 WORLD CUP (36-1) *Competition was known as 1993 Gold / 6-1 3x3 Youth World 1989 4th / 3-4 2018 Gold / 7-0 Championship 2016 Bronze / 6-1 PAN AM. GAMES (78-15) 2014 Gold / 7-0 2015 Silver / 4-1 2012 Gold / 8-0 FIBA AMERICAS 3x3 U18 2011 Seventh / 2-2 2010 Gold / 8-0 CHAMPIONSHIP (5-0) 2007 Gold / 5-0 FIBA AMERICAS U16 2003 Silver / 5-2 2013 Gold / 5-0 1999 Bronze / 4-3 CHAMPIONSHIP (24-1) 1995 Competition Canceled 2017 Gold / 5-0 3x3 YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES 1991 Bronze / 4-2 2015 Bronze / 4-1 1987 Gold / 4-0 (19-1) 2013 Gold / 5-0 1983 Gold / 5-0 2011 Gold / 5-0 1979 Silver / 5-1 2014 Gold / 13-0 2009 Gold / 5-0 1975 Gold / 7-0 2010 Bronze / 6-1 1971 Silver / 5-1

@usabasketball #USABWNT 67 2016-2020 USA BASKETBALL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Martin Dempsey Chauncey Billups Kim Bohuny Jim Carr Bob Gardner Chairman Athlete Representative NBA Representative National Organizations Ex Officio/Past NFHS Representative NBA Representative 2010 World Senior Vice Representative Chairman Executive Director, Championship Gold President, Basketball President and Chief JDMD Investments, National Federation Medalist Operations- Executive Officer, LLC of State High School International, NBA NAIA Associations

Dan Gavitt Bernard Muir Chris Plonsky Michele Roberts Katie Smith Mark Tatum NCAA Representative NCAA Representative NCAA Representative NCAA Representative Athlete Representative NBA Representative Senior Vice Director of Athletics, Director Women’s Executive Director, 2000, 2004 and 2008 Deputy President, Stanford University Athletics/Athletics NBPA Olympic Gold Commissioner/Chief Basketball, NCAA External Services, Medalist Operating Officer, University of Texas NBA

USA BASKETBALL STAFF Jay Demings Trenton Miller Youth Division Director Assistant, Digital Communications Cole Dougherty Saudia Mitchell Coordinator, Youth Division Director, Video Content Sean Ford Ohemaa Nyanin Men's National Team Director Assistant Director, Women's National Team

Jim Tooley Whitney Frye Alexa Patti CEO, USA Basketball Director, Safesport Intern, Video Rita Grayson Kyle Pilipovich Manager, Youth Division Coordinator, National Teams Brent Baumberger Kenisha Ikener Sam Schultz Chief Financial Officer Receptionist/Administration Assistant Coordinator, Youth Division Jill Berryman Jenny Johnston Don Showalter Office Manager/Executive Assistant Assistant Director, Communications Coach Director, Youth Division Rita Bickley Samson Kayode Jim Tooley Assistant, Finance & Administration Assistant Director, Men’s National Team CEO/Executive Director Carol Callan Christopher Keller Andrea Travelstead Women's National Team Director Coordinator, Youth Division Manager, Youth Division Ellis Dawson Craig Miller Caroline Williams Assistant Director, National Teams Chief Communications Officer Senior Director, Communications

USA Basketball, 27 South Tejon Street, Suite 100, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Phone: (719) 590-4800 Fax: (719) 590-4811 www.usab.com 68 2018 USA Basketball World Cup Team USA BASKETBALL COMMITTEES USA Basketball USA Basketball Men’s USA Basketball Standing Committees Committees Women’s Committees

Finance Committee National Team Women's National Team Steering David Denenberg (NBA) Managing Director Committee Craig Moore (Athlete Representative) Jerry Colangelo (The committee reviews basketball matters related to Bernard Muir (NCAA) the participation of the USA Women’s National Team in the FIBA 2018 World Cup and the 2020 Olympics) World Cup Qualification Committee Chair: Carol Callan (USA Basketball) Geno Auriemma (Special Advisor) Officials Advisory Panel (The committee selects athletes for USA Basketball Ruthie Bolton (At-Large) teams competing in FIBA World Cup Qualifying compe- JD Collins (NCAA) titions) Ann Rodriguez (WNBA) Sally Bell (Past Olympic Referee) Katie Smith (Athlete Representative) Joe Borgia (NBA) Chair: Sean Ford (USA Basketball) TBD (WNBA) (NBA G League) Women's National Team Player Adam Simon (NBA G League) Terry Moore (Past Olympic Referee) Selection Committee June Courteau (NCAA) Gersson Rosas (At-Large) Brad Walker (NBA G League) (The committee selects athletes for USA Basketball (Athlete Representative) teams competing in the FIBA 2018 World Cup and the 2020 Olympics) Chair: Carol Callan (USA Basketball) Junior National Team Committee Geno Auriemma (Special Advisor) Curt Miller (WNBA) (The committee selects coaches and athletes for USA Basketball college-aged competitions, which include Penny Toler (WNBA) FIBA U19 World Cups; FIBA Americas U18 Katie Smith (Athlete Representative) Championships; and Pan American Games.) Junior National Team Committee Chair: Matt Painter (NCAA) (Athlete Representative) (The committee selects coaches and athletes for USA Tony Bennett (NCAA) Basketball college-aged competitions, which include U23 competitions, FIBA U19 World Cups; FIBA Americas Ed Cooley (NCAA) U18 Championships; World University Games; and Pan (NCAA) American Games.) Chair: Jennifer Rizzotti (NCAA) (NCAA) Developmental National Team (NCAA) Committee Kara Lawson Barling (Athlete Representative) Wes Moore (NCAA) (The committee selects coaches and athletes for USA Basketball teams competing in FIBA Americas U16 Championships and FIBA U17 World Cups. The Men's Developmental National Team Developmental National Team Committee also selects Committee staff and players for the Nike Hoop Summit.) (The committee selects coaches and athletes for USA Chair: Sean Ford (USA Basketball) Basketball teams competing in the FIBA Americas U16 Evan Daniels (At-Large) Championships; and the FIBA U17 World Cups.) Eric Flannery (At-Large) Chair: Carol Callan (USA Basketball) Keith Langford (Athlete Representative) Kirsten Moore (At-Large - NCAA DIII) John Olive (NFHS) Tamika Catchings (Athlete Representative) Damien Wilkins (Athlete Representative) Kevin Lynch (AAU) Boo Williams (AAU) Delisha Milton-Jones (Athlete Representative) Kirsten Moore (At-Large-NAIA) Jill RankinSchneider (NFSHS Representative)

2018 USA Basketball World Cup Team 69 USAUSA BASKETBALLBASKETBALL TODAYTODAY ased in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA Basketball is a A 12-member Board of Directors governs USA Basketball. Retired nonprofit organization and the national governing body for General Martin E. Dempsey, the 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of men's and women's basketball in the United States. As the Staff, was elected USA Basketball Chairman for the 2017-20 recognizedB governing body for basketball in the United States by the quadrennium. Also members of the Board of Directors are: NBA International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the United States appointees Kim Bohuny, NBA senior vice president, International Olympic Committee (USOC), USA Basketball is responsible for the Basketball Operations; and Mark Tatum, NBA deputy commissioner selection, training and fielding of USA teams that compete in FIBA and chief operating officer; NCAA appointees Dan Gavitt, NCAA senior sponsored international basketball competitions, as well as for some vice president/basketball; Bernard Muir, Stanford University director of national competitions, and for the development of youth basketball ini- athletics; and Chris Plonsky, University of Texas director of women's tiatives that address player development, coach education and safety. athletics and senior associate athletic director of men's/women's USA Basketball is an organization made up of athletics external services; scholastic representative Bob Gardner, organizations. There are five member categories. executive director, National Federation of State High School Professional: Associations; national organizations representative Jim Carr, NAIA • National Basketball Association president and chief executive director; at-large representative Jordan • National Basketball Association Development League Schlachter, NBPA chief marketing officer; and athlete representatives • Women's National Basketball Association Chauncey Billups, 2010 World Championship gold medalist, and three- Collegiate: time Olympic gold medalist Katie Smith. Jerry Colangelo, USA • National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Basketball Men’s National Team managing director, rounds out the • National Collegiate Athletic Association board and will serve in an ex officio capacity as past chairman. • National Junior College Athletic Association Serving since January 2001 as CEO is Jim Tooley, who has been Scholastic: with USA Basketball since 1993.

• National Federation of State High School Associations Images Covatta/Getty Chris From 2013 through 2016, Youth: 2,211 men and women players • and 250 coaches participated Associate: in USA Basketball, including • Athletes In Action USA Basketball men’s and • Basketball Travelers women’s five-on-five and 3x3 • College Commissioners Association teams, USA Basketball trials • and USA team training camps. • Latin-American Basketball League of Los Angeles, CA USA Basketball men’s • National Association of Basketball Coaches and women’s teams between • National Basketball Players Association 2013-17 compiled a • National Basketball Retired Players Association spectacular 157-4 win-loss • National Junior College Basketball Coach Association record in FIBA and FIBA • National Junior College Women’s Coach Association Americas competitions. Adding • National Wheelchair Basketball Association in results from the Pan • USA Deaf Sports Federation American Games, World • United States Armed Forces University Games and the • Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Nike Hoop Summit, USA teams are a striking 187-11. USA Basketball was organized in 1974 and known as Additionally, USA 3x3 teams the Amateur Basketball Association of the United States of America posted an 89-17 win-loss (ABAUSA). The name change to USA Basketball occurred Oct. 12, record in official FIBA and

1989, shortly after FIBA modified its rules to allow professional Bernstein AndrewD. basketball players to participate in international competitions. USA Basketball then admitted the NBA as an active member and made the change.

Above Right: The USA’s Teresa Edwards is the world’s most decorated Olympic basketball player. She earned gold in 1984, 1988, 1996 and 2000, and collected the bronze medal at the 1992 Olympics. Right: The historic 1992 USA Basketball “Dream Team,” first rolled through the Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Portland with a 6-0 record, then later in July, the U.S. squad went 8-0 to claim the Barcelona Olympics gold medal.

70 2018 USA Basketball World Cup Team GarrettEllwod/NBAE FIBA Americas 3x3 U19 / U18 Championships competitions. USA Basketball also USA Basketball ranks fields men's and women's No. 1 in all five of FIBA's national teams for players 19- world ranking categories, years-old or younger. FIBA including combined, men's, now holds U19 World Cups women's, boys and girls. every two years (2019, 2021 The USA Basketball Youth etc.). In 2017 the USA Development division is tasked women finished 6-1 to capture with the development of youth silver, the USA men likewise basketball initiatives that compiled a 6-1 record and address player development, earned the bronze medal. coach education and safety, USA Basketball also fields while promoting, growing, and The 2016 U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team rolled to an 8-0 record in Rio and won the teams featuring players elevating the game. USA United States’ sixth straight Olympic gold medal. 18-years-old or younger for Basketball is committed to FIBA Americas U18 qualifying providing youth throughout the country safe, fun and developmentally tournaments that are scheduled to be held in 2018, 2020, etc. The USA appropriate environments in which they can enjoy the game. Current USA women are currently the eight-time defending U18 gold medalists while Basketball youth initiatives include coach licensing and education; the men are four-time defending U18 champs. organization accreditation; coach academies; regional camps; youth clinics; open court programs; Women in the Game conferences; and the U.S. U17 / U16 Championships Open Basketball Championships. FIBA initiated in 2010 the U17 World Cups for players 17-years-old USA Basketball also sanctions U.S. basketball team tours of or younger and now holds the event every two years (2018, 2020, etc.). foreign countries and foreign basketball team tours of the U.S., as well In 2016 USA Basketball men won a fourth-stright gold medal and the as oversees the certification of FIBA and USA Basketball officials and women captured a bronze medal. USA Basketball also selects national the assignment of those officials to international competitions, and the teams featuring players 16-years-old or younger for FIBA Americas U16 licensing of players to play professionally overseas. qualifying tournaments that will be held in 2019, 2021, etc. A brief synopsis of the various competitions in which USA Basketball teams participate includes: Nike Hoop Summit Olympic Games The Nike Hoop Summit is the country's premiere annual basketball game featuring America's top male high school seniors Men's and women's Olympic basketball competition is held every taking on a World Select Team comprised of top players 19-years-old or four years (2020, 2024, etc.). For a third-consecutive Olympics, the younger from around the world. Played each April, the USA owns a USA captured double gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics with both the 14-6 series lead. The 2019 Nike Hoop Summit will be played April at men’s and women’s teams compiling unblemished 8-0 records. The the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. USA men have captured the gold in 15 of the 18 Olympics in which they have competed and compiled an incredible 138-5 record. The 3x3 World Cups USA women have earned gold in six-consecutive Olympics and boast FIBA initiated 3x3 competitions in 2010 and now conducts 3x3 World of a sterling 58-3 record. The 2020 Summer Olympic Games will be Cups and 3x3 U18 World Cups for men and women yearly (except in years held July 24-Aug. 9 in Toyko, Japan. when the Youth Olympic Games are held), and the Youth Olympic Games, FIBA World Cup featuring 3x3 competition, is held every four years (2018, 2022, etc.). In 2017, the USA women collected the gold medal at the FIBA 3x3 U18 World The FIBA Basketball World Cup, known from 1950 until 2010 as the Championship, while the USA men’s team finished in seventh place at the FIBA World Championship for Men, and the FIBA World Cup for Women, FIBA 3x3 World Championship. Additionally, the USA women are the are the flagship events of FIBA competitions. Held every four years, the defending gold medalists at the Youth Olympic Games, which will be held USA again swept double gold in 2014. The next FIBA Women’s in 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Basketball World Cup will be held in 2018 in Spain, while the FIBA Men’s Basketball World Cup will be in China in 2019. Pan American Games Started in 1951 for men and 1955 for women, the Pan American Games are held every four years (2019, 2023, etc.) in the year preceding the Olympics. Countries from FIBA Americas are eligible to compete. The USA men have an 90-17 overall record, winning eight of a possible 17 gold medals, while the USA women have won seven of 15 gold medals, including 2007, and own a 78-15 record. The 2019 Pan For information about USA Basketball, visit its official website at American Games are slated to be held in Lima, Peru. www.usab.com and connect with us on Facebook (USABasketball and USABYouth), Twitter (@usabasketball, @USABYouth, @USAB3x3), Instagram (@USABasketball) and YouTube (therealusabasketball). 2018 USA Basketball World Cup Team 71