UConn-bound recruit Samarie Walker, a 6-foot-1 swingman from Dayton, Ohio, will join Huskies’ incoming freshman guard Kelly Faris and St. John’s freshman and former Trinity Catholic star Da’Shena Stevens at the USA Basketball U-19 National Team Trials, The trials will be held at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. May 14-17. A total of 27 players were invited to compete.
Should they advance they will return to Colorado Springs for training camp July 8.
The eventual 12-player roster will be announced prior to the team departing for Thailand. The U.S. will be looking to earn its third straight gold medal at the FIBA U-19 World Championship in Bangkok, Thailand July 23 – Aug. 2.
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