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USA Basketball announces rosters for the Nike Hoop Summit; 26th annual International event will be played on April 12 in Portland (OR)

PORTLAND, Ore. — USA Basketball announced on Wednesday, Jan. 15 the USA men’s and women’s rosters and coaching staffs for the 2025 Nike Hoop Summit with a heavy influence and representation of the Blue Star Media Elite 25 ranked teams.

The 26th Nike Hoop Summit, which features a men’s and women’s game of the top American high school athletes facing off against a World Team of top international players 19-and-younger, is scheduled for Saturday, April 12, at Moda Center in Portland.

Tickets are on sale.

The 2025 Nike Hoop Summit, which will be televised live on USA Network and streamed on Peacock, will tip off with the women’s game at 7:30 p.m. ET followed by the men’s game at approx. 10 p.m. ET.

The 2025 USA Men’s Nike Hoop Summit roster features Darius Acuff Jr., Nate Ament, Cameron Boozer, Cayden Boozer, Mikel Brown Jr., Chris Cenac Jr., A.J. Dybantsa, Jalen Haralson, Jasper Johnson, Nikolas Khamenia, Malachi Moreno and Koa Peat.

The head coach for the USA men is Frank Bennett of Chaminade (St. Louis) and he will be assisted by Rob Brost of Bolingbrook (Ill.) and Charlie Ward of Florida High (Fla.).

The 2025 USA Women’s Nike Hoop Summit roster includes Dee Alexander, Sienna Betts, Aaliyah Chavez, Aaliyah Crump, Jasmine ‘Jazzy’ Davidson, Alexandra Eschmeyer, Madison Francis, ZaKiyah Johnson, Grace Knox, Emilee Skinner, Jordan Speiser and Hailee Swain.

Leading the USA women’s team will be head coach Dan Rolfes of Incarnate Word Academy (Bel Nor, Mo.) with assistant coaches Karen Self of Seton Catholic Prep (Ariz.) and Alicia Komaki of Sierra Canyon School (Chatsworth, Calif.).

Overall, the USA men’s and women’s athletes have combined for 27 gold medals as members of USA Basketball junior national teams. The international players and coaching staffs will be announced at a later date.

The Nike Hoop Summit has been held annually since 1995 (with the exception of 2001-03 and 2020-21). For more on the men’s game, click here, and for the women’s game, here.

From USA Basketball Communications 

Senior Writer and national analyst for Blue Media and compiles the Blue Star Elite 25 national boys and girls high school basketball and football rankings during the season. Lawlor, an award-winning writer, is a voting committee member and advisor for several national high school events, including the McDonald’s All-American Games. He previously wrote for USA TODAY and ESPN.com, where he was the national preps writer, while compiling the national rankings in four sports.

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