She played her final season at Nebraska in 2016, and has quickly made a move up in the Team USA system. While this is her second full year playing with the national team, this week in Lincoln during the FIVB Volleyball Nations League tournament is her first time making the roster when the United States has its best players on the roster.
The second night of the tournament provided some excitement for the home fans, but ended as a letdown after 12th-ranked Turkey beat the second-ranked Americans in five sets, 28-26, 25-19, 20-25, 24-26, 16-14.
The national team provides apartments for the players in Anaheim, and Wong-Orantes continued to train during the U.