2013 USA Basketball Women's U19 World Championship Team Features
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USA U19 Team Trials Photo Gallery Take a quick peek inside the weekend's USA U19 World Championship Team Trials. Story |
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| USA U19 Trials Participants Get Golden Lesson from Kara Lawson First-time USA Basketball committee member and Olympic gold medalist Kara Lawson was in Colorado Springs to help select the USA U19 and World University Games teams and talked with the U19 team trials participants about representing their country. Story |
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How Basketball Found Lia Galdeira Thursday, four and a half hours before the first session of the USA Women’s U19 World Championship Team trials kicked off, Washington State guard Lia Galdeira was camped out in the U.S. Olympic Training Center gymnasium. Story |
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| VIDEO: Kaela Davis Winning three gold medals and one bronze as a member of four USA Basketball teams -- including a pair of 3x3 squads -- rising Georgia Tech freshman Kaela Davis talks to USA Basketball about trials, playing 3x3, what it means to play for USA Basketball and much more! Watch Now |
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Tough Competition Ahead for the 2013 USA U19 World Championship Team, Starting With Trials Thirty-three of the nation’s top 19-and-unders descended upon the U.S. Olympic Training Center (USOTC) in Colorado Springs, Colo., today to try and earn one of the 12 coveted spots on the 2013 USA Basketball U19 World Championship Team. What is the committee looking for? Story |
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2011 USA Basketball U19 World Championship Team Features
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USA U19 Videos...
- July 11: Cierra Burdick, Ariel Massengale & Morgan Tuck
- July 12: Jordan Adams, Stefanie Dolson & Elizabeth Williams
- July 13: Alexis Jones, Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, Breanna Stewart
- July 15: Diamond DeShields, Bria Hartley, Malina Howard!
After three straight days of games, teams competing in the FIBA U19 World Championship had a day off. Rather than spending their off day sitting around and doing nothing, the USA U19 squad headed out on a tour that included time with some llamas, seeing one of the many volcanos in the Los Logos region of Chile and sledding. Check out the Photo Gallery from the team's tour! |
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After three days of trials in Colorado Springs in May, five days of training with 15 USA U19 World Championship Team finalists in Orlando in June, a week of two-a-days last week in Colorado Springs and four days of practices and scrimmages in Puerto Montt, Chile, the 2011 USA Basketball Women’s U19 World Championship Team is ready to take the court on July 21 against Japan. More... |
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Two-time USA Basketball gold medalist Ariel Massengale is currently training with the 2011 USA U19 World Championship Team in Puerto Montt, Chile, during the team’s final preparations for the July 21-31 FIBA U19 Worlds. The U.S. is the three-time defending champ at this age-based event and Massengale wants to make it four golds in a row. More... |
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Cierra Burdick had quite a lot of success in her young life. After surviving open-heart surgery when she was just two, Burdick has aided her Butler High School basketball team to the 2010 North Carolina Class 4A state championship, picked up a couple individual state titles in track & field and excels in the classroom as well. More... |
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Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis is a world-class athlete, but she takes pride in being a world-class individual. The incoming Connecticut freshman is padding her basketball resume this summer with the 2011 USA U19 World Championship Team, but ultimately, the California-native wants to be remembered for her work off the court. More... |
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Bolingbrook, Illinois-native Morgan Tuck is in Colorado Springs, Colo. this week, training with the 2011 USA Basketball U19 World Championship Team. In just a few days, she’ll be in Puerto Montt, Chile, for the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship. However, Tuck didn’t always think she would travel the world to play basketball. More... |
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Jordan Adams has spent the previous two summers representing her country with pride and winning a pair of gold medals along the way. The self-professed sports junkie let out the loudest ‘yeah!’ in the gym this morning when the team was told the U.S. Soccer World Cup Team was up 1-0 on France. She was the first to inquire, the minute practice was over, if the USA had won. More... |
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Connecticut sophomore Bria Hartley has already won a gold medal. She’s been part of the most publicized women’s college basketball team in history and has received countless awards and honors. Yet, the women's U19 member still isn’t satisfied. More... |
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Much like the famed King Midas, it seems as if everything Elizabeth Williams touches turns to gold. The MVP of the 2009 FIBA Americas U16 Championship, Williams is a two-time USA Basketball gold medalist, also winning gold at the 2010 FIBA U17 World Championship. More... |
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Malina Howard didn’t expect to be on the USA Basketball Women’s U19 World Championship Team roster, as she wasn’t selected as a finalist after May’s trials. However, she was grateful for a phone call last week, asking her to return to Colorado Springs to train with the team before competing internationally in Chile next week. More... |
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Norcross High School’s Diamond DeShields is the youngest player on the basketball court this week in Colorado Springs, Colo., as the USA Basketball Women’s U19 World Championship Team trains for next week’s competition in Puerto Montt, Chile, but she’s also taking on a leadership role, trying to help her team to a gold medal. More ... |
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Like millions of teenagers each year, Alexis Jones is spending a week of her summer at Walt Disney World Resorts in Florida. Unlike most teenagers, however, she will not step one foot in any of the many theme parks at the resort. More... |
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Meighan Simmons also participated in the 2010 USA U18 National Team Trials and was not selected to the 12-member USA roster. This year, however, Simmons has a year of college under her belt. And after starting in 36 of 37 games to help the University of Tennessee to a 2011 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight appearance, she says she has more confidence, too. More ... |
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USA U19 Finalists Meet Two Gold Medalists Julie Foudy and Nastia Luikin, soccer and gymnastic Olympic gold medalists, respectively, met with 2011 USA U19 World Championship Team finalists at ESPN Wide World of Sports during the team's training camp. Foudy took the finalists through various team-building exercises, while Luikin and fellow Dallas native Alexis Jones shot some hoops. Watch the Liukin video now! || Watch the Foudy video now! |
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A two-time USA Basketball gold medalist and current finalist for the 2011 USA Women’s U19 World Championship Team, Breanna Stewart rarely is called by her first name on the court – at least when she is wearing a USA jersey. More ... |
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Two-time USA Basketball gold medalist Elizabeth Williams is blogging for ESPN RISE ahead of the ESPN RISE Showcase, which features the USA U19 World Championship Team going up against the Brazil U19 squad on June 5 live at 12:30 p.m. EDT on ESPN3. Check back often for updates! |
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Mo Jefferson has put the past behind her and is focused on the present during the second day of the U19 World Championship Team Trials in Colorado Springs, Colo. After being cut from the 2010 USA Basketball U17 World Championship Team Trials and the 2009 USA U16 National Team Trials, Jefferson, an All-Texas Region first -team member in 2011, hopes her third time competing for a roster spot on a USA national team is the charm. More... | |
Stefanie Dolson recently completed her freshman season at perennial women’s basketball national contender University of Connecticut and completed a standout freshman season for the 36-2 Big East champions who advanced to the 2011 NCAA Final Four. The 6-5 center started in 36 of her team’s 38 games, and averaged double-digit scoring (10.2 ppg.). Additionally, she pulled down 6.1 rebounds a game for the Huskies, and tied for the team lead in blocked shots, swatting 1.2 a game. More... |
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