Danielle Robinson and Jayne Appel are trading in their silver and black (for now) for the red, white and blue. Both have been invited to Team USA’s training camp and will look to earn spots on the final roster.
Team USA will hold May 4-6 at UNLV’s Mendenhall Center in Las Vegas. The roster will then be cut down as head coach Geno Auriemma works to finalize the roster to find the best players available to take on the world.
“The committee has watched these three athletes compete at a high level collegiately, and they are all talented players,” said Carol Callan, USA Basketball Women’s National Team Director and chair of the selection committee. “We are always looking toward the future, and we feel that these camps not only help USA Basketball prepare for the next big event, which of course is the Olympic Games, but for competitions beyond 2016.”
Auriemma led USA basketball to a 23-0 record and gold medals at the 2010 and 2014 FIBA World Championships and the 2012 Olympic Games.
Joining Robinson and Appel are Seimone Augustus of the Minnesota Lynx, Sue Bird of the Seattle Storm, Tina Charles of the New York Liberty, Elena Delle Donne of the Chicago Sky, Skylar Diggins of the Tulsa Shock, Stefanie Dolson of the Washington Mystics, Sylvia Fowles of the Chicago Sky, Brittney Griner of the Phoenix Mercury, Bria Hartley of the Washington Mystics, Briann January of the Indiana Fever, Jantel Lavender of the Los Angeles Sparks, Angel McCoughtry of the Atlanta Dream.
Maya Moore (Minnesota Lynx), Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (Seattle Storm), Nnemkadi Ogwumike (Los Angeles Sparks), Candace Parker (Los Angeles Sparks), Cappie Pondexter (Chicago Sky), Odyssey Sims (Tulsa Shock), Breanna Stewart (University of Connecticut), Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury), Courtney Vandersloot (Chicago Sky) and Monica Wright (Minnesota Lynx).
