Floridians On The TEAM USA

[Billy Carson]

June 24, 2009


In USA Basketball news, featuring three two-time USA Basketball gold medalists in Jantel Lavender (Ohio State / Cleveland, Ohio), Maya Moore (Connecticut / Lawrenceville, Ga.) and Kayla Pedersen (Stanford / Fountain Hills, Ariz.), USA Basketball announced the official 12-member roster for the 2009 USA Women's World University Games Team. The USA Women will compete for a gold medal at the 2009 World University Games, July 1-11 in Belgrade, Serbia.

In addition to Lavender, Moore and Pedersen, the 2009 USA Women's World University Games roster includes: Tina Charles (Connecticut / Jamaica, N.Y.); Alexis Gray-Lawson (California / Oakland, Calif.); Tiffany Hayes (Connecticut / Lakeland, Fla.); Ashley Houts (Georgia / Trenton, Ga.); Danielle McCray (Kansas / Olathe, Kan. Formerly of FL); Jacinta Monroe (Florida State / Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.); Ta'Shia Phillips (Xavier / Indianapolis, Ind.); Jeanette Pohlen (Stanford / Brea, Calif.); and Danielle Robinson (Oklahoma / San Jose, Calif.)

[Razorback18]

I want to congratulate some players that who got a gold medal!I hope that they work hard in the future.



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[btcoachj]

Danielle McCray should be counted as a Floridian on the roster too.  She lived in Florida for 15 years before her mother's job transferred her to Kansas.

[Billy Carson]

Thanks Coach!
I have updated the post above.

[the1coachb]

The 2009 USA U16 National Team includes:

Jordan Adams (Mater Dei H.S./Irvine, Calif.)
Cierra Burdick (Butler H.S./Mathews, N.C.)
Bashaara Graves (Clarksville H.S./Clarksville, Tenn.)
Justine Hartman (Brea Olinda H.S./Brea, Calif.)
Betnijah Laney (Smyrna H.S./Clayton, Del.)
Ariel Massengale (Bolingbrook H.S./Bolingbrook, Ill.)
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis (Mater Dei H.S./Anaheim, Calif.)
Alexia Standish (Colleyville Heritage H.S./Colleyville, Texas)
Breanna Stewart (Cicero-North Syracuse H.S. / North Syracuse, N.Y.)
Kiah Stokes (Linn Mar H.S. / Marion, Iowa)
Alexyz Vaioletama (Mater Dei H.S./Fountain Valley, Calif.)
Elizabeth Williams (Princess Anne H.S./Virginia Beach, Va.)
USA and Wingate University head coach Barbara Nelson will lead her first USA squad, with the assistance of Mike Armstrong of Perry Meridian High School (Indiana) and Dorena Bingham of Team Alaska AAU.