Iowa star invited to USA Basketball AmeriCup team trials
After an impressive junior season with the Iowa women's basketball program, forward Hannah Stuelke has been selected to participate in the 2025 USA Basketball Women's Americup Team trials, which begin June 17 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She will be joined by 20 other players from across the country who were also selected by the USA Basketball Women's Junior National Team Committee.
In addition to Stuelke, three Big Ten players, including Ohio State's Jaloni Cambridge, USC's Kennedy Smith, and Oregon's Grace VanSlooten, are among the 20 others invited.
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'On behalf of the USA Basketball Women's Junior National Committee, I am proud to announce a talented group of 21 athletes who will compete for their place on the 2025 USA Women's AmeriCup Team,' said Cori Close, USA Basketball Women's Junior National Team Committee chair. 'About half of these young women have already claimed a gold medal with USA Basketball, so they bring great international experience with them. They are sure to be fierce competitors at trials. We look forward to choosing the group who will best represent the U.S. at the 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup.'
Stuelke is one of seven participants making their USA Basketball debuts.
Kara Lawson (Duke) will serve as head coach, with assistant coaches DeLisha Milton-Jones (Old Dominion University) and Jennie Baranczyk (Oklahoma). At trials, court coaches Jim Flanery (Creighton University) and Robyn Fralick (Michigan State) will assist.
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Following the selection of the 2025 USA Women's AmeriCup Team and a training camp in Colorado Springs, the United States will travel to Santiago, Chile, for the 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup, set for June 28-July 6.
The 2025 USA Women's AmeriCup Team will open Group B with host nation Chile, followed by Colombia, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. The winner of the 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup will earn a berth to the 2026 FIBA Women's World Cup, set to be held in Berlin next summer.
Since the event's inception in 1993, the United States has captured four AmeriCup gold medals, including titles in 2019 and 2021.
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