Team USA Basketball continues to fine-tune the roster for the Women’s Olympic Team, which will attend the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics. The latest roster reveal for July’s Olympic games includes 14 women’s hoops stars, including one surprise plot twist.
After several exhibition games, training camps in Atlanta and New York and an Olympic Qualifying tournament, Team USA Basketball is getting closer to who will represent the United States in Paris. The coaching staff has invited 14 players to attend a training camp on April 3-5 in Cleveland, Ohio. The camp roster includes 13 current WNBA hoopers and one college hooper: Caitlin Clark.
Clark is tentatively scheduled to attend training camp, pending Iowa’s progress in the NCAA tournament. Additionally, Duke women’s basketball head coach Kara Lawson is also penciled in to serve as an assistant head coach, pending Duke’s progress in the NCAA tournament.
Here are the 14 athletes with a shot at making the Team USA Basketball Roster:
Shakira Austin
(Yukihito Taguchi/USA TODAY Sports)
POSITION: Center
AGE: 23
EXPERIENCE: 2022 USA Women’s World Cup
Ariel Atkins
(Yukihito Taguchi/USA TODAY Sports)
POSITION: Guard
AGE: 27
EXPERIENCE: 2020 (Olympic Gold), 2022 USA Women’s World Cup
Aliyah Boston
(Saul Young/USA TODAY NETWORK)
POSITION: Forward/Center
AGE: 22
EXPERIENCE: USA Basketball activities/training camp
Caitlin Clark
(Marc Lebryk/USA TODAY Sports)
POSITION: Guard
AGE: 22
EXPERIENCE: 2017 U16 USA Women’s World Cup (Gold), 2019 U19 USA Women’s World Cup (Gold), 2021 U19 USA Women’s World Cup (Gold)
Chelsea Gray
(Yukihito Taguchi/USA TODAY Sports)
POSITION: Guard
AGE: 31
EXPERIENCE: 2020 (Olympic Gold), 2022 USA Women’s World Cup
Brittney Griner
(James Lang/USA TODAY Sports)
POSITION: Center
AGE: 33
EXPERIENCE: 2016 (Olympic Gold), 2020 (Olympic Gold)
Rhyne Howard
(Saul Young/USA TODAY NETWORK)
POSITION: Guard
AGE: 23
EXPERIENCE: USA Basketball activities/training camp
Sabrina Ionescu
(Saul Young/News Sentinel-USA TODAY NETWORK)
POSITION: Guard
AGE: 26
EXPERIENCE: 2022 USA Women’s World Cup
Jewell Loyd
(Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
POSITION: Guard
AGE: 30
EXPERIENCE: 2020 (Olympic Gold), 2022 USA Women’s World Cup
Kelsey Plum
(Yukihito Taguchi/USA TODAY Sports)
POSITION: Guard
AGE: 29
EXPERIENCE: 2020 (3×3 – Olympic Gold), 2022 USA Women’s World Cup
Breanna Stewart
(Yukihito Taguchi/USA TODAY Sports)
POSITION: Forward
AGE: 29
EXPERIENCE: 2016 (Olympic Gold), 2020 (Olympic Gold), 2022 USA Women’s World Cup
Diana Taurasi
(Saul Young/USA TODAY NETWORK)
POSITION: Guard
AGE: 41
EXPERIENCE: 2004 (Olympic Gold), 2008 (Olympic Gold), 2012 (Olympic Gold), 2016 (Olympic Gold), 2020 (Olympic Gold),
A'ja Wilson
(Kareem Elgazzar/USA TODAY Sports)
POSITION: Forward
AGE: 27
EXPERIENCE: 2020 (Olympic Gold), 2022 USA Women’s World Cup
Jackie Young
(Candice Ward/USA TODAY Sports)
POSITION: Guard
AGE: 26
EXPERIENCE: 2020 (3×3 – Olympic Gold)
