USA Basketball Women’s Training Camp: Practice Session Recap
Annapolis, MD – Monday morning coach Geno Auriemma and the U.S. Women’s National Basketball team kicked off their 2014 training camp. The first practice was held today at the historic Halsey Gym on the U.S. Naval base in Maryland. Twenty four of the top female basketball players in the country were invited to participate. Amongst those women selected there are eight who have won WNBA championships including the MVP of the league Maya Moore. Speaking of champions two of the ladies are currently seeking a WNBA championship (Brittney Griner, Diana Taurasi). This mornings practice session was intense as expected from start to finish capped off with a concentrated scrimmage. Diving for loose balls, players extremely vocal everyone with something to prove and desperately seeking a roster position. After practice coach Geno Auriemma stated ” All these ladies are all talented, the hard part is determining who makes the team and who doesn’t… Don’t you want my job?”[laughing]. The nine time NCAA championship coach will definitely have some head scratching decisions to make as the FIBA World Championships are approaching at a rapid pace. The United States Womens national team have been an international juggernaut in FIBA & Olympic play, it is the most dominating in team sports history. The U.S. women own a record eight gold medals, one silver, and two bronze in international play with the most recent medal coming in 2010. Training camp will resume tommorow morning at 9:30am (practice), then later on the U.S.A. team will host a youth clinic for the Boys & Girls Club of Annapolis at 5:30pm.
2014 USA Basketball Women’s World Championship Team Traning Camp Roster
- Seimone Augustus Minnesota Lynx
- Sue Bird Seattle Storm
- DeWanna Bonner Phoenix Mercury
- Tina Charles New York Liberty
- Elena Delle Donne Chicago Sky
- Skylar Diggins Tulsa Shock
- Stefanie Dolson Washington Mystics
- Candice Dupree Phoenix Mercury
- Sylvia Fowles Chicago Sky
- Brittney Griner Phoenix Mercury
- Bria Hartley Washington Mystics
- Briann January Indiana Fever
- Jantel Lavender Los Angeles Sparks
- Kayla McBride San Antonio Stars
- Angel McCoughtry Atlanta Dream
- Maya Moore Minnesota Lynx
- Chiney Ogwumike Connecticut Sun
- Nnemkadi Ogwumike Los Angeles Sparks
- Danielle Robinson San Antonio Stars
- Odyssey Sims Tulsa Shock
- Breanna Stewart University of Connecticut
- Diana Taurasi Phoenix Mercury
- Courtney Vandersloot Chicago Sky
- Lindsay Whalen Minnesota Lynx
