Current UConn stars Napheesa Collier and Katie Lou Samuelson are among 29 players named to the 2017-20 USA Basketball Women's National Team pool.
Collier and Samuelson are among 10 current and former UConn products in the player pool including Olympic gold medalists Sue Bird, Tina Charles, Maya Moore, Breanna Stewart and Diana Taurasi in addition to Stefanie Dolson, Tiffany Hayes and Morgan Tuck.
The national team will hold a training camp from Feb. 9-1 at the Carolina Coliseum, the second camp run by new national team coach Dawn Staley.
“This is a very talented group, from four-time Olympians Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi, to the younger players who are hoping to compete in their first USA National Team competition,” said Carol Callan, USA Basketball Women’s National Team director and chair of the USA Women’s National Team Player Selection Committee.