2012 USA Basketball Women's U18 National Team Features, Photos & Videos

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• May 20: Bashaara Graves
• May 19: Breanna Stewart
• May 19: USA Junior National Team Committee chair Sue Donohoe

USA U18 Women's National Team Features & Photo Galleries

Lexie Brown Sparkles Off the Court and On Alexis ‘Lexie’ Brown, who earned 2012 Gwinnett County (Ga.) Player of the Year honors following her junior season, hit a triple-double in the state quarterfinals to send her team, North Gwinnett High School, to the state semifinals for the first time since 1963.  Brown averaged 19.0 ppg. overall in 2011-12 after scoring at a clip of 18.5 ppg. as a sophomore in her first season at North Gwinnett. Story

Perseverance Pays Off As the old adage goes, if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.For someone like Moriah Jefferson, however, it should be: if at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try and try again. Story

U18s Open Training Camp Barely a week after trials concluded, both the USA U17 and U18 Women's National Teams took the court for the first time at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resorts in Orlando, Fla., to begin step two of their respecitve quests for a gold medal at the FIBA U17 World Championship and the FIBA Americas U18 Championship. Story

USA U18 Trials Photo Gallery The 25 USA U18 Women's National Team Trials participants have been working hard all weekend and we have photos to prove it! We got shots of all 25 participants in action. Gallery

Michaela Mabrey Feels Right At Home In The Gym Michaela Mabrey is one of 18 players at the 2012 USA Women’s U18 National Team Trials to be participating in a USA Basketball event for the first time at these trials. That does not mean she is unfamiliar with high level basketball, however. More...

Basketball A Family Affair For Imani Stafford Imani Stafford is no stranger to USA Basketball. She was a member of the 2010 USA U17 World Championship Team that won gold in France and was named to the 2011 USA U19 World Championship Team, but was forced to withdraw from the team after suffering an injury. In addition to her personal experience, her mother, Pamela McGee, won a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics and her aunt, Trisha Stafford, played for USA Basketball at the 1990 U.S. Olympic Sports Festival and the 1993 World University Games. Her brother, JaVale McGee, is also a basketball standout as a center for the Denver Nuggets. More...

Familiar Faces, Several New Ones Open 2012 USA Women’s U18 Trials Twenty-five athletes participated in the first session of 2012 USA Basketball Women’s National Team Trials as they work to determine the 12-player USA roster for the 2012 FIBA Americas Championship played Aug. 15-19 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. While there are some familiar faces, including 2011 USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year Breanna Stewart, the majority of those in attendance have no prior experience with USA Basketball. Of the 25, just four have represented the U.S. in competition and only three others have previously attended USA Basketball trials. More...

2010 USA U18 National Team Features & Photo Galleries

Just Do It (All) Is there anything Chiney Ogwumike can’t do? The 6-3 forward from Cy-Fair High School outside of Houston served as her school’s student body president and ranked No. 2 among a class of nearly 700 students. She is a member of the National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Superintendent ... More...

Bria Hartley: The Next Long Island Legend? Bria Hartley gets the question all the time. The 5-10 guard from North Babylon High School in North Babylon, N.Y. grew up on Long Island, less than one hour from New York City and Madison Square Garden, but claims a team that plays its home games nearly 3,000 miles away as her favorite. More...

Who's Ready? Boyd and Thomas Eager To Start Trials Brittany Boyd and Alyssa Thomas were the first ones in the gym to begin the 2010 USA Women's U18 National Team Trials. Hear from Boyd, the youngest player on the trials roster, and Thomas, an All-American headed to Maryland next fall, about what they think will set them apart over three days of trials. More...