San Diego Alumn Rostered For US Olympic Women's Basketball Team: 2024
Kelsey Plum is among the 12-player U.S. Olympic women's basketball team as USA Basketball seeks an eighth consecutive gold medal. The US Olympic Women's Basketball Team: 2024 will consist of nine players who have previously won at least one Olympic gold medal. The selection was approved by the USA Basketball Board of Directors and selected by the team's coach, Cheryl Reeve. The team will begin Olympic play on July 29 against Japan in Lille, France, and the knockout and medal rounds will be played in Paris. All nine players on the team have either an Olympic or World Cup gold medal, including Diana Taurasi, Napheesa Collier, Brittney Griner, Jewell Loyd and Breanna Stewart.
Pubblicato : 10 mesi fa di City News Service in Sports
Plum will be seeking her second Olympic gold medal. She was part of the women's 3x3 team that won the gold medal in the Tokyo Games, the first time the event was held. Plum is among nine players on the team to have won at least one Olympic gold medal, along with her Tokyo 3x3 teammate Jackie Young, one of her three teammates from the Las Vegas Aces on the team, along with A'ja Wilson and Chelsea Gray.
Gray and Wilson are among seven players returning from the gold medal- winning team at the team from the Tokyo Olympics, along with Diana Taurasi, who will be appearing in a record sixth consecutive Olympics, Napheesa Collier, Brittney Griner, Jewell Loyd and Breanna Stewart. The team also consists of Taurasi and Griner's Phoenix Mercury teammate Kahleah Copper, Stewart's New York Liberty teammate Sabrina Ionescu and Alyssa Thomas of the Connecticut Sun.
Every member of the team has either an Olympic or World Cup gold medal. "We have selected a team that we are confident will represent our country to the highest standard in Paris," USA Basketball Women's National Team Committee chair Jen Rizzotti said in a statement.
"Basketball in the United States boasts unparalleled depth, making this a challenging and competitive process. The commitment these athletes have shown to USA Basketball is unmatched." The team was selected by the USA Basketball Women's National Team Committee and approved by the USA Basketball Board of Directors.
The U.S. will be coached by Cheryl Reeve of the Minnesota Lynx. The U.S. will begin Olympic play July 29 against Japan in Lille, France, where group play will be held. The knockout and medal rounds of the tournament will be played in Paris. The U.S. will begin exhibition play July 20 against the WNBA All-Stars in Phoenix in the league's All-Star Game. Plum led La Jolla County Day to the 2012 CIF Division IV state championship. She scored a then-NCAA-record 3,527 points in her four seasons at Washington, including the single-season record, 1,109, as a senior in the 2016- 17 season. The career record was broken by Iowa guard Caitlin Clark Feb. 15, who finished her career with 3,951 points. Clark also broke Plum's single-season scoring record, completing the 2023-24 season with 1,234 points.
Plum was the first overall selection in the 2017 WNBA draft by the San Antonio Stars. The team moved to Las Vegas before the start of the 2018 season. She was an All-WNBA first-team selection in 2022, helping lead the Aces to the first of two back-to-back championships.
Temi: Basketball, Olympics