2018-19 Rundown of uSa BaSketBall paRticipantS • women included in this book are the uSa Basketball performances of current ncaa division i women’s players and coaches listed by school. for further information contact a member of the uSa Basketball communications department at 719-590-4800. ncaa SchoolS RepReSented: Arizona State Iowa Mississippi State South Carolina Auburn Iowa State North Carolina Stanford Baylor Kentucky Notre Dame Tennessee California Louisville Oregon Texas Connecticut Maryland Oregon State Texas A&M DePaul Miami Princeton UCLA Florida State Michigan Rice Indiana Michigan State Rutgers Updated: 3/19/19 2018-19 women’s ncaa tournament participants with uSa Basketball experience Bella Alarie (Princeton) NaLyssa Smith (Baylor) Kristine Anigwe (California) Alecia Sutton (Texas) NCAA DIVISION I COACHES: Janelle Bailey (North Carolina) Brianna Turner (Notre Dame) Kim Barnes Arico (Michigan) Erin Boley (Oregon) Megan Walker (Connecticut) Geno Auriemma (Connecticut) Kalani Brown (Baylor) Destinee Walker (North Carolina) Courtney Banghart (Princeton) Jaelyn Brown (California) Evina Westbrook (Tennessee) Gary Blair (Texas A&M) Jenna Brown (Stanford) Jatarie White (Texas) Lisa Bluder (Iowa) Kennedy Burke (UCLA) Christyn Williams (Connecticut) Doug Bruno (DePaul) Receé Caldwell (California) Anna Wilson (Stanford) Jamie Carey (Texas) Chennedy Carter (Texas A&M) Cori Close (UCLA) Napheesa Collier (Connecticut) Bill Fennelly (Iowa State) Charli Collier (Texas) Kelly Graves (Oregon) Sidney Cooks (Michigan State) Sylvia Hatchell (North Carolina) Lauren Cox (Baylor) Muffet McGraw (Notre Dame) Crystal Dangerfield (Connecticut) Katie Meier (Miami) Aquira DeCosta (Baylor) Kim Mulkey (Baylor) Maya Dodson (Stanford) Carol Owens (Notre Dame) Asia Durr (Louisville) Scott Rueck (Oregon State) Andra Espinoza-Hunter (Mississippi State) Sue Semrau (Florida State) Dana Evans (Louisville) Dawn Staley (South Carolina) Oti Gildon (Oregon) C. Vivian Stringer (Rutgers) Tyasha Harris (South Carolina) Charli Turner Thorne (Arizona State) Ruthy Hebard (Oregon) Tara VanDerveer (Stanford) Destanni Henderson (South Carolina) Jeff Walz (Louisville) Nazahrah Hillmon-Baker (Michigan) Holly Warlick (Tennessee) Joyner Holmes (Texas) Terri Williams-Flournoy (Auburn) Rhyne Howard (Kentucky) Sabrina Ionescu (Oregon) Alexis Jennings (South Carolina) Ashley Joens (Iowa State) Paris Kea (North Carolina) Destiny Littleton (Texas) Marina Mabrey (Notre Dame) Teaira McCowan (Mississippi State) Taylor Mikesell (Maryland) Lauryn Miller (UCLA) Beatrice Mompremier (Miami) Nancy Mulkey (Rice) Taylor Murray (Kentucky) Valencia Myers (Florida State) Olivia Nelson-Ododa (Connecticut) Arike Ogunbowale (Notre Dame) Ali Patberg (Indiana) Sedona Prince (Texas) Abby Prohaska Notre Dame) Reili Richardson (Arizona State) Katie Lou Samuelson (Connecticut) Honesty Scott-Grayson (Baylor) Jessica Shepard (Notre Dame) Destiny Slocum (Oregon State) USA Basketball 27 South Tejon Street, Suite 100 • Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80903 • Telephone: 719-590-4800 • Fax: 719-590-4811 • www.usabasketball.com • Communications Department e-mail address Craig Miller, Chief Media/Communications Officer . [email protected] Caroline Williams, Senior Director . [email protected] Jenny Johnston, Assistant Director . [email protected] Saudia Mitchell, Video Content Director . [email protected] Trenton Miller, Digital Communications Coordinator . [email protected] Members of the Media: In order to assist you with your coverage of the upcoming basketball season, USA Basketball compiled this listing of current high school and NCAA Division I athletes and NCAA Division I coaches who have competed on a USA Basketball team. We have included statistics and notes for each athlete and coach with USA Basketball experience (pages 3-53), a basic recap of events (page 2), rosters and cumulative statistics (pages 54-67) for each team listed and trials rosters (pages 68-83) that feature at least one of the athletes included in the book. We hope that you find this helpful in your basketball coverage this year. Please let us know if you have any questions or if you ever need anything from USA Basketball. Sincerely, The USA Basketball Communications Department table of contents Universities found inside ............................................................................................................Outside Front Cover College athletes with USA Basketball team experience ...............................................................Inside Front Cover College coaches with USA Basketball team experience ..............................................................Inside Front Cover High school athletes with USA Basketball team experience .........................................................Inside Front Cover Conferences featuring athletes/coaches with USA Basketball team experience ..........................Inside Front Cover University-by-University in detail .........................................................................................................................3-51 Athletes sitting out in 2018-19 ...............................................................................................................................52 Additi onal high school Class of 2019 athletes (undeclared or committed to a school with no current USA Basketball affiliation) .........................................52 Class of 2020 athletes .......................................................................................................................................52-53 Class of 2021 athletes ............................................................................................................................................53 Team rosters and cumulative statistics featuring any athlete listed inside ........................................................54-65 3x3 team rosters featuring any athlete listed inside ..........................................................................................66-67 USA trials and training camp rosters featuring any athlete listed inside, to include the 2017 USA U23 National Team and 2018 and 2017 USA Women’s National Team rosters .....................68-85 national & international events listed • 2014: The 2014 USA U17 squad went down to the wire in its U23 final game, but persevered for a 77-75 gold-medal victory over The inaugural USA U23 National Team captured the 2017 U24 Four Spain. Aiding the U.S. to its 7-0 record were all-tournament Nations Tournament with a 3-0 record in Tokyo after defeating team selections Joyner Holmes and Katie Lou Samuelson . Australia, Canada and Japan. The training camp leading up to team • 2012 : The USA team averaged a 35.0 ppg. margin of victory in selection focused on skill development and understanding USA collecting the gold medal. Diamond DeShields was named Basketball’s culture of success. The participants also were divided MVP, and Linnae Harper joined DeShields on the all- into four teams and competed in a round-robin tournament. The tournament team. team was led offensively by Asia Durr (12.7 ppg.). U16 U19 A zone qualifier for the U17 Worlds, the inaugural FIBA Americas Originally known as the FIBA Junior World Championship, the U16 Championship was held in 2009, and the USA has captured tournament was held every four years starting in 1985. FIBA now three gold medals and one bronze medal, while compiling a 19-1 conducts the U19 World Cup every other year. USA women's teams record overall. are 79-13 in the U19/Junior World Cups, capturing the silver medal • 2017 : Behind tournament MVP Aliyah Boston , the USA swept in 2017 after winning six-straight golds. its opponents by a +53.8 ppg. scoring margin en route to the • 2017 : Despite receiving a USA U19 single-game record 31 gold medal in Buenos Aires, Argentina. points from , Russia enacted a bit of revenge Chennedy Carter • 2015: After rolling through the preliminary round, the USA was with a four-point victory in the gold medal game in Udine, Italy. handed its first loss at the U16s, a 72-63 defeat at the hands of The USA took silver with a 6-1 record, and Carter and Tyasha Brazil in the semifinals, but bounced back to claim the bronze. were named to the all-tournament team. Harris • 2013: The 2013 USA U16 team kept the USA’s record at the • 2015 : Behind eventual tournament MVP 30 A’ja Wilson's event perfect after going 5-0 and outscoring opponents by a points, the USA women defeated host Russia 78-70 in the gold 63.8 ppg. margin, and Asia Durr was named tournament MVP. medal game to capture a sixth-straight gold at the U19 Worlds, • 2011: The U.S. U16 squad dominated opponents by an average played in Chekhov, Russia. joined Wilson on Napheesa Collier margin of 43.2 ppg. en route to a perfect 5-0 mark and the gold the all-tournament team. medal. Rebecca Greenwell was named tournamemt co-MVP. U18 3x3 & YOG A zone qualifier for the FIBA U19 World Cup, the event was held The inaugural Youth Olympic Games was held in 2010 and the every four years from 1998-2004 and originally known as the FIBA event is held every four years and played under FIBA’s 3x3 rules. Americas Junior World Championship Qualifying Tournament. The FIBA launched its 3x3 U18 World Cup in 2011 and holds the tournament is now conducted every other year, followed in the next competition annually, with the exception of Youth Olympic Games summer by the U19 Worlds. USA women's teams boast of a years, while FIBA’s 3x3 World Cup (no age limit)