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| Breeana Stewart is one of several UConn players, past and present, trying out for Team USA. the USA Women's National Team camp will be held in Stewie's new home, Seattle. |
COLORADO SPRINGS,
Colo.-A total of 19 members of the 2018-20 USA
Basketball Women's National Team athlete pool, including three members of the
Seattle Storm, are expected to participate in the USA Women's National Team's
April 24-26 camp in Seattle.
The three-day camp will culminate with an exhibition
contest against the China National Team April 26 in Seattle's KeyArena. The final
USA roster for the exhibition game will be comprised of athletes participating
in the training camp and will be announced on April 25.
Tickets for the game, which will tip-off at 7 p.m. (all
times listed are PDT) and are available via StormBasketball.com or by calling
the Storm at 206-217-9622.
"I'm excited to have this group of players joining us in
camp in a couple of weeks," said Dawn
Staley, USA National Team and University of South Carolina head coach. "I
look forward to working with them and gaining some more chemistry with both
players and staff, now that we have a staff in place. We can get a lot more
done and really focus on in-game situations, especially with the exhibition
against China at the end of camp."
Prior to its April 26 game, the USA will train at 10 a.m.
April 24 and 11 a.m. April 25 at Seattle Pacific University.
The Seattle training camp will mark the third in the
USA's preparations for the 2018 FIBA World Cup, which will be held Sept. 22-30
in Tenerife, Spain. Members of the national team first gathered Sept. 30-Oct. 2,
2017, in Santa Barbara, California, and concluded a Feb. 9-11, 2018, camp at
the University of South Carolina.
The 21 athletes expected to participate in the Seattle
camp include: Seimone Augustus
(Minnesota Lynx); Sue Bird (Seattle
Storm); Layshia Clarendon (Atlanta
Dream); Napheesa Collier (University
of Connecticut); Elena Delle Donne
(Washington Mystics); Skylar
Diggins-Smith (Dallas Wings); Stefanie
Dolson (Chicago Sky); Sylvia Fowles
(Minnesota Lynx); Allisha Gray
(Dallas Wings); Tiffany Hayes
(Atlanta Dream); Jewell Loyd
(Seattle Storm); Kelsey Mitchell (Indiana Fever); Tiffany Mitchell (Indiana Fever); Breanna Stewart (Seattle Storm); Brittney Sykes (Atlanta Dream); Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury); Morgan Tuck (Connecticut Sun); Sydney Wiese (Los Angeles Sparks); and Elizabeth Williams (Atlanta Dream).
Listed among the April training camp roster are seven
Olympic and FIBA World Cup gold medalists, including Bird, who tops the list
with four Olympic gold medals, three World Cup golds and one World Cup bronze
medals. Taurasi also owns four Olympic golds and has two World Cup gold medals
and one World Cup bronze. Augustus and Fowles won three Olympic golds apiece,
both have one World Cup gold medal and Augustus also has a World Cup bronze
medal. Charles is a two-time Olympic and two-time World Cup gold medalist,
Stewart won gold at the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics and Delle Donne earned
Olympic gold in 2016.
Members of the USA National Team pool who are unable to
participate in camp due to injury or other commitments are: Tina Charles (New York Liberty); Asia Durr (University of Louisville); Chelsea Gray (Los Angeles Sparks); Brittney Griner (Phoenix Mercury); Jantel Lavender (Los Angeles Sparks); Kayla McBride (Las Vegas Aces); Angel McCoughtry (Atlanta Dream); Maya Moore (Minnesota Lynx);
Chiney Ogwumike (Connecticut Sun); Nneka Ogwumike (Los Angeles Sparks); Kelsey Plum (Las Vegas Aces); Katie Lou Samuelson (University of
Connecticut); Odyssey Sims (Los
Angeles Sparks); Courtney Williams
(Connecticut Sun); and A'ja Wilson (Las Vegas Aces).
Assisting Staley and the USA National Team through the
2018 FIBA World Cup are a trio of head coaches, Dan Hughes (Seattle Storm), Cheryl
Reeve (Minnesota Lynx) and Jennifer
Rizzotti (George Washington).
—Staff Reports
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