Three-time gold medalist Breanna Stewart headlines the 2012 WBCA All-Americans with USA Basketball experience.

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The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) today announced the participants for the 2012 WBCA High School All-America Game presented by NIKE and nearly half of the athletes selected have USA Basketball experience, eight of whom have won at least one gold medal and one was a USA team finalist.

2011 USA Basketball Female Athlete of the Year Breanna Stewart headlines the list. Stewart has won three gold medals for her country and after claiming the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship gold medal and being named to the All-U19 World Championship Team in the process, Stewart returned to the red, white and blue as a member of the 2011 USA Pan American Games Team. As just the second U.S. high school girls basketball player to represent her country in Pan American Games history, Stewart was the only high school player on the 2011 USA Pan American Games Team, which included 11 collegiate athletes. Stewart also earned gold at the 2010 FIBA U17 World Championship and 2009 FIBA Americas U16 Championship.

Included among the All-America selections are three-time gold medalist Jordan Adams (2009 U16, 2010 U17, 2011 U19); two-time gold medalists Bashaara Graves (2009 U16, 2010 U17); Malina Howard (2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship, 2011 U19); Alexis Jones (2010 U18, 2011 U19) and Morgan Tuck (2010 U17, 2011 U19). Jewell Loyd (U17) and Imani Stafford (U17) have one gold medal apiece, while Moriah Jefferson was a finalist for the 2011 USA U19 squad.

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