Lauren Cox and Crystal Dangerfield teamed up to win gold medals last summer at the 2015 FIBA U19 World Championship in Russia. They'll be looking to continue their global domination later this month when they attend the 2016 Women's U18 national team trials in Colorado Springs.
Cox, a Baylor signee and the No. 1 prospect in the espnW HoopGurlz Top 100 for the 2016 class, and Dangerfield, a UConn signee and the No. 3 senior prospect, headline a list of 27 players who were invited to tryouts for the team that will compete at the 2016 FIBA Americas U18 Championship July 13-17 in Valdivia, Chile.
Including Cox and Dangerfield, who have a combined five gold medals between them, the trials roster includes 18 players from the 2016 class and nine players from the 2017 class.
Megan Walker and Evina Westbrook, the top two prospects in the espnW HoopGurlz Super 60, headline the invitees from the 2017 class. They are joined by Chennedy Carter, Sidney Cooks, Dana Evans, Vivian Gray, Chasity Patterson, LaDazhia Williams and Micaela Wilson.
The 2016 invitees also include Jeannie Boehm (Harvard), Nicole Ekhomu (Florida State), Nadia Fingall (Stanford), Tyasha Harris (South Carolina), Ruthy Hebard (Oregon), Nia Hollie (Michigan State), Kiara Lewis (Ohio State), Tori McCoy (Ohio State), Amber Ramirez (TCU), Reili Richardson (Arizona State), Kylee Shook (Louisville), Oliana Squires (Montana State), Jenna Staiti (Maryland), Dominique Toussaint (Virginia), Jasmine Walker (Florida State) and Aaliyah Wilson (Arkansas).
Twelve players will be selected for the final roster during trials, which will be held May 28-30. The team will be coached by Suzie McConnell-Serio (Pittsburgh) and assistants Kamie Ethridge (Northern Colorado) and Charlotte Smith (Elon).