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USA Basketball Women's National Team's Preliminary Roster Revealed Ahead of Olympic Qualifiers
Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner are a couple of names listed on the Olympic training camp roster.
Time to dig out your Team USA jerseys! The 2024 USA Basketball Women’s National Team training camp roster boasts a host of impressive names, including five-time Olympic champion Diana Taurasi and two-time Olympian Brittney Griner.
Following a February training camp and qualifying tournament, the field of Olympic hopefuls has been whittled down to 13. From April 3-5, the prospective 2024 Olympians gathered at Cleveland Clinic Courts to prepare for this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris. Twelve players will make the final roster for Paris.
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Team USA Women’s Basketball Roster
Here’s the star-studded list of players — and the years they participated in the Olympics — who will train in pursuit of USA’s eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal:
Ariel Atkins (2020)
Shakira Austin
Aliyah Boston
Chelsea Gray (2020)
Brittney Griner (2016, 2020)
Rhyne Howard
Sabrina Ionescu
Jewell Loyd (2020)
Kelsey Plum (2020, 3x3)
Breanna Stewart (2016, 2020)
Diana Taurasi (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)
A’ja Wilson (2020)
Jackie Young (2020, 3x3)
Head coach Cheryl Reeve, from the Minnesota Lynx, will lead the charge to qualifying tournaments, with assistance from Mike Thibault of the Washington Mystics and Curt Miller of the Los Angeles Sparks, per USA Basketball.
Will Caitlin Clark play in the Olympics?
Caitlin Clark, the NCAA women's basketball sensation, has a number of accolades to her name: just in the last few months, she became the NCAA's all-time leading scorer (in both the men's and women's game), and was drafted first overall in the WNBA by the Indiana Fever. Could she add U.S. Olympian to that impressive list? Clark had indeed been invited to the U.S. training camp in April, but couldn't attend because her Iowa Hawkeyes were still participating in the NCAA tournament. But it's still possible coach Cheryl Reeve could tap the 22-year-old for her first Olympics appearance. It's something Clark herself would be excited about.
"That’s one of my dreams as a kid. Growing up, you always want to be an Olympic gold medalist. Lucky enough, I’ve been able to play for a few junior national teams in their basketball system, so I know how special it is to represent USA across your chest," she told TODAY.com. "Being able to do that on the highest level would certainly be a dream come true."
How many times has Team USA Basketball won?
The U.S. women’s basketball team has dominated the Olympics more than any other nation, even giving the U.S. men’s team a run for their money.
Women’s basketball was added as an Olympic sport in 1976, with nine of the 12 gold medals being awarded to Team USA, which has gone undefeated since 1996.
Below are all the Summer Games in which they took gold:
Los Angeles (1984)
Seoul (1988)
Atlanta (1996)
Sydney (2000)
Athens (2004)
Beijing (2008)
London (2012)
Rio (2016)
Tokyo (2020)
To see how Team USA performs at the 2024 Olympics, tune in to Peacock and NBC beginning July 26.
Originally published Jan 25, 2024.
