VanSlooten Named to USA Basketball’s U19 National Team
05/15/23 | Women's Basketball
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – After three days of trials at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center, Oregon forward Grace VanSlooten was one of 12 athletes named to the 2023 USA Women's U19 National Team that will compete at the 2023 FIBA U19 Women's World Cup later this summer, USA Basketball announced Monday.
VanSlooten and the team will reconvene in Colorado Springs for training camp on July 2 in preparation for the Women's World Cup. The 2023 FIBA U19 Women's World Cup is scheduled to be played in Madrid, Spain, from July 15-23 as Team USA seeks its third straight gold medal at the event.
The roster, which features four players from the Pac-12, includes athletes who enrolled early or were college freshmen in 2022-23 and members of the high school graduating classes of 2023 or 2024. Athletes eligible for this team must be U.S. citizens, born on or after January 1, 2004.
In addition to VanSlooten, the 2023 Women's U19 National Team includes Madison Booker, Aalyah Del Rosario, Jadyn Donovan, Joyce Edwards, Hannah Hidalgo, Londynn Jones, Chloe Kitts, Talana Lepolo, Cotie McMahon, Kiki Rice and Allie Ziebell.
Joni Taylor (Texas A&M) will serve as the USA's head coach along with assistants DeLisha Milton-Jones (Old Dominion) and Teri Moren (Indiana).
In the summer of 2022, VanSlooten helped Team USA capture its 10th straight gold medal at the FIBA U18 Women's Americas Championship.
VanSlooten earned Pac-12 All-Freshman Team and All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention honors following her freshman campaign. The Toledo, Ohio, product was voted Pac-12 Freshman of the Week four times in addition to being voted Pac-12 Player of the Week on Dec. 26, becoming just the third player in Pac-12 history to sweep both weekly conference awards.
VanSlooten made 30 starts and finished second on the team in scoring at 13.2 points per game and rebounds with 5.6 an outing. She ended the season second in scoring in the Pac-12 among freshmen and shot 46.5 percent from the field. VanSlooten tied for the team lead with five 20-point efforts and her 423 points are good for fifth in UO freshman history.
The 2023 FIBA U19 Women's World Cup features 16 teams and FIBA announced that the U.S. will be in Group B along with Chines Taipei, Germany and Mali. Team USA has won the gold at the competition in eight of the last nine events, including the last two.
2023 USA Women's U19 National Team Head Coach: Joni Taylor (Texas A&M University)
Assistant Coach: DeLisha Milton-Jones (Old Dominion University)
Assistant Coach: Teri Moren (Indiana University)
VanSlooten and the team will reconvene in Colorado Springs for training camp on July 2 in preparation for the Women's World Cup. The 2023 FIBA U19 Women's World Cup is scheduled to be played in Madrid, Spain, from July 15-23 as Team USA seeks its third straight gold medal at the event.
The roster, which features four players from the Pac-12, includes athletes who enrolled early or were college freshmen in 2022-23 and members of the high school graduating classes of 2023 or 2024. Athletes eligible for this team must be U.S. citizens, born on or after January 1, 2004.
In addition to VanSlooten, the 2023 Women's U19 National Team includes Madison Booker, Aalyah Del Rosario, Jadyn Donovan, Joyce Edwards, Hannah Hidalgo, Londynn Jones, Chloe Kitts, Talana Lepolo, Cotie McMahon, Kiki Rice and Allie Ziebell.
Joni Taylor (Texas A&M) will serve as the USA's head coach along with assistants DeLisha Milton-Jones (Old Dominion) and Teri Moren (Indiana).
In the summer of 2022, VanSlooten helped Team USA capture its 10th straight gold medal at the FIBA U18 Women's Americas Championship.
VanSlooten earned Pac-12 All-Freshman Team and All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention honors following her freshman campaign. The Toledo, Ohio, product was voted Pac-12 Freshman of the Week four times in addition to being voted Pac-12 Player of the Week on Dec. 26, becoming just the third player in Pac-12 history to sweep both weekly conference awards.
VanSlooten made 30 starts and finished second on the team in scoring at 13.2 points per game and rebounds with 5.6 an outing. She ended the season second in scoring in the Pac-12 among freshmen and shot 46.5 percent from the field. VanSlooten tied for the team lead with five 20-point efforts and her 423 points are good for fifth in UO freshman history.
The 2023 FIBA U19 Women's World Cup features 16 teams and FIBA announced that the U.S. will be in Group B along with Chines Taipei, Germany and Mali. Team USA has won the gold at the competition in eight of the last nine events, including the last two.
| 2023 USA WOMEN'S U19 NATIONAL TEAM | ||||||
| NAME | POS | HT | AGE* | CLASS | CURRENT TEAM/COMMITMENT | HOMETOWN |
| Madison Booker | F | 6-1 | 18 | 2023 | Germantown HS (MS)/Texas | Ridgeland, MS |
| Aalyah Del Rosario | C/F | 6-6 | 19 | 2023 | The Webb School - Bell Buckle/LSU | Danbury, CT |
| Jadyn Donovan | F | 6-0 | 17 | 2023 | Sidwell Friends School/Duke | Upper Marlboro, MD |
| Joyce Edwards | F | 6-3 | 17 | 2024 | Camden HS | Camden, SC |
| Hannah Hidalgo | G | 5-8 | 18 | 2023 | Paul VI/Notre Dame | Merchantville, NJ |
| Londynn Jones | G | 5-5 | 18 | FR | UCLA | Riverside, CA |
| Chloe Kitts | F | 6-3 | 18 | FR | University of South Carolina | Oviedo, FL |
| Talana Lepolo | G | 5-7 | 18 | FR | Stanford | Alameda, CA |
| Cotie McMahon | F | 5-9 | 19 | FR | Ohio State | Centerville, OH |
| Kiki Rice | G | 5-11 | 19 | FR | UCLA | Bethesda, MD |
| Grace VanSlooten | F | 6-3 | 18 | FR | Oregon | Toledo, OH |
| Allie Ziebell | G | 5-11 | 17 | 2024 | Neenah HS | Neenah, WI |
2023 USA Women's U19 National Team Head Coach: Joni Taylor (Texas A&M University)
Assistant Coach: DeLisha Milton-Jones (Old Dominion University)
Assistant Coach: Teri Moren (Indiana University)
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