2011 USAB 19u Team Announced

The following were named as finalists for the 2011 USA U19 World Championship Team were:

Jordan Adams (Mater Dei H.S. / Irvine, Calif.);
Cierra Burdick (Butler H.S. / Matthews, N.C.);
Diamond DeShields (Norcross H.S. / Norcross, Ga.);
Stefanie Dolson (Connecticut / Port Jervis, N.Y.);
Bria Hartley (Connecticut / North Babylon, N.Y.);
Mo Jefferson (Texas Home Educators Sports Association / Glenn Heights, Texas);
Alexis Jones (Irving MacArthur H.S. / Irving, Texas);
Betnijah Laney (Smyrna H.S. / Clayton, Del.);
Ariel Massengale (Bolingbrook H.S. / Bolingbrook, Ill.);
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (Mater Dei H.S. / Anaheim, Calif.);
Meighan Simmons (Tennessee / Cibolo, Texas);
Imani Stafford (Winward H.S. / Los Angeles, Calif.);
Breanna Stewart (Cicero-North Syracuse H.S. / North Syracuse, N.Y.);
Morgan Tuck (Bolingbrook H.S. / Bolingbrook, Ill.);
Elizabeth Williams (Princess Anne H.S. / Virginia Beach, Va.).

There was not much of a surprise execpt that six players with ties to UConn were selected for this team. There were not many players here this year at the college freshman level as there were last year trying out for this team. The USAB staff will also be selecting a World University Games team from this group and from another group of players. A number of players who made various USA teams last year and also noted college freshman did not make the cut. Most noteable was the selection of a lot of bigs for this team as down the road the USA team will face an even bigger Austrailian and China team as these players advance in age along with their competition. The guard play will be even quicker and more defensive compared to last year’s 17U and 18U gold medal teams.