From USA Basketball Communications:
Forty-eight of the nation’s top high school aged basketball players will gather in Colorado Springs, Colorado, for the 6th annual USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team mini-camp on Oct. 4-5.
The training camp will be used to continue player evaluations and to get a start on preparations for several upcoming international competitions, including in 2015 the Nike Hoop Summit, 2015 FIBA Americas U16 Championship, as well as for the 2016 FIBA U17 World Championship and 2016 FIBA Americas U18 Championship.
Expected to attend the USA Basketball Junior National Team Mimi-Camp are:
Chase Adams (Marian Catholic H.S./Park Forest, IL); Marvin Bagley, III (Corona del Sol H.S./Tempe, Ariz.); Michael Barber (The Veritas School/ Jackson, Miss.); Brian Bowen (Arthur Hill H.S./Saginaw, Mich.); Jaylen Brown (Wheeler H.S./Alpharetta, Ga.); Jordan Brown (Wood Creek H.S./Roseville, Calif.); Marquis Brown (Simeon Career Academy/Chicago, Ill.); Troy Brown Jr. (Centennial H.S./Las Vegas, Nev.); Jalen Brunson (Adlai E. Stevenson H.S./Lincolnshire, Ill.); Harrison Butler (Mater Dei Catholic H.S./Huntington Beach, Calif.); Wendell Carter Jr. (Pace Academy/Fairburn, Ga.); Matthew Coleman (M.F. Maury H.S./Norfolk, Va.); Trevon Duval (St. Benedicts H.S./New Castle, Del.); Nojel Eastern (Evanston Township H.S./Evanston, Ill.); Henry Ellenson (Rice Lake H.S./Rice Lake, Wis.); Jalek Felton(Mullins H.S./Mullins, S.C.); Darius Garland (Brentwood Academy/ Nashville, Tenn.); Chris Giles (Plano West Senior H.S./Plano, Texas); Carte’Are Gordon (St. John Vianney H.S./St. Louis, Mo.); Jaylen Hands (Mater Dei Catholic H.S./Chula Vista, Calif.); D.J. Harvey (DeMatha Catholic H.S./Bowie, Md.); Markus Howard (Perry H.S./Chandler, Ariz.); Chase Jeter (Bishop Gorman H.S./Las Vegas, Nev.); Brandon Johns (East Lansing H.S./Lansing, Mich.); Luke Kennard (Franklin H.S./Franklin, Ohio); Joshua LeBlanc (Madison Preparatory Academy/Baton Rouge, La.); Ira Lee (Sierra Canyon School/San Pedro, Calif.).
James Lewis (Flat Rock H.S./Atlanta, Ga.); Charles Matthews (Saint Rita H.S./Chicago, Ill.); EJ Montgomery Jr. (Montverde Academy/Port Saint Lucie, Fla.); Reginald Perry (Maclay School/Tallahassee, FL); Michael Porter Jr. (Father Tolton Catholic H.S./Columbia, MO);Cameron Reddish (The Haverford School/Norristown, Pa.); Nazreon Reid (Roselle Catholic H.S./Asbury Park, N.J.); David Sloan (Taylor County H.S./Campbellsville, Ky.); Javonte Smart (Scottlandville H.S./Baton Rouge, La.); Cassius Stanley (Sierra Canyon H.S./Encino, Calif.); Caleb Swanigan(Homestead Senior H.S./Fort Wayne, Ind.); Allonzo Trier (Findlay Prep, Nev./Rockville, Md.); Jarred Vanderbilt (Victory Prep/Houston, Texas); Connor Vanover (Arkansas Baptist H.S./Little Rock, Ark.); Paul Washington (Lone Star H.S./Frisco, Texas); Jimmy Whitt (Columbia-Hickman H.S./ Columbia, Mo.); Austin Wiley (Spain Park H.S./Hoover, Ala.); DJ Williams (Simeon Career Academy/ Chicago, Ill.); DeShang Williams-Weaver (Cy Falls H.S./Houston, Texas); Robert Woodard (Columbus H.S./Columbus, Miss.); and Stephen Zimmerman (Bishop Gorman H.S./Las Vegas, Nev.).
The mini-camp will be led by Don Showalter (Iowa City H.S./Iowa City, Iowa), who has directed USA teams to six gold medal finishes as head coach of the USA Basketball Developmental National Team since 2009. Under Showalter, USA teams have won three FIBA U17 World Championships (2010, 2012, and 2014), and three FIBA Americas U16 Championships (2009, 2011 and 2013).
