VanSlooten Invited to USA Basketball’s U19 National Team Trials
05/08/23 | Women's Basketball
EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon forward Grace VanSlooten is one of 24 athletes selected to participate in the 2023 USA Women's U19 National Team trials beginning May 12 at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., USA Basketball announced Monday.
VanSlooten is one of six student-athletes from the Pac-12 competing for 12 roster spots on a team that will compete at the 2023 FIBA U19 Women's World Cup, which is scheduled for July 15-23 in Madrid, Spain. In 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 is one of six student-athletes from the Pac-12 competing for 12 roster spots on a team that will compete at the 2023 FIBA U19 Women's World Cup, which is scheduled for July 15-23 in Madrid, Spain. In 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 BASKETBALL WOMEN'S U19 NATIONAL TEAM TRIALS ROSTER |
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| NAME | POS | HT | AGE* | CLASS | CURRENT TEAM/COMMITMENT | HOMETOWN |
| Kamorea "KK" Arnold | PG | 5-9 | 17 | 2023 | Germantown HS (WI)/Connecticut | Germantown, WI |
| Madison Booker | F | 6-1 | 18 | 2023 | Germantown HS (MS)/Texas | Ridgeland, MS |
| Sydney Bowles | G | 6-0 | 19 | FR | Texas A&M | Lithonia, GA |
| Essence Cody | C/F | 6-3 | 18 | FR | Valdosta HS/Alabama | Valdosta, GA |
| Talaysia Cooper | PG | 6-0 | 18 | FR | South Carolina | Turbeville, SC |
| Breya Cunningham | F/C | 6-4 | 18 | 2023 | La Jolla Country Day School/Arizona | Chula Vista, CA |
| 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 | W | 6-3 | 18 | FR | University of South Carolina | Oviedo, FL |
| Alyssa Latham | F | 6-1 | 17 | 2023 | Homewood - Flossmoor HS/Syracuse | Glenwood, IL |
| Talana Lepolo | G | 5-7 | 18 | FR | Stanford | Alameda, CA |
| Cotie McMahon | F | 5-9 | 19 | FR | Ohio State | Centerville, OH |
| Kiyomi McMiller | G | 5-8 | 16 | 2024 | Life Center Academy | Silver Spring, MD |
| Courtney Ogden | W | 6-1 | 18 | 2023 | The Westminster School/Stanford | Atlanta, GA |
| Mackenly Randolph | F | 6-0 | 17 | 2024 | Sierra Canyon School | Encino, CA |
| Kiki Rice | G | 5-11 | 19 | FR | UCLA | Bethesda, MD |
| Kennedy Smith | W | 6-1 | 17 | 2024 | Etiwanda HS | Rialto, CA |
| Sarah Strong | W | 6-2 | 17 | 2024 | Grace Christian School Sanford | Fuquay Varina, NC |
| Grace VanSlooten | F | 6-3 | 18 | FR | Oregon | Toledo, OH |
| Juju Watkins | G | 6-1 | 17 | 2023 | Sierra Canyon HS/USC | Sylmar, CA |
| 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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