Maya Moore, Tina Charles and Tiffany Hayes are among the 14 finalists for the 2009 USA Women’s World University Games Team, USA Basketball announced today. The finalists were selected by the USA Basketball Women’s Junior National Team Committee, which is chaired by Sue Donohoe, the NCAA Vice President for Division I Women’s Basketball.
There were 29 players invited to participate in the trials this week at the U.S. Olympic Training Center. The trio of Huskies is joined by the Stanford trio of Jayne Appel, Kayla Pedersen and Jeanette Pohlen, Ohio State’s Jantel Lavender, Georgia’s Ashley Houts, California’s Alexis Gray-Lawson, Oklahoma’s Whitney Hand and Danielle Robinson, Kansas’ Danielle McCray, Florida State’s Jacinta Monroe and Xavier’s Ta’Shia Phillips.
The finalists will return to Colorado Springs June 18 for the start of training camp and train through June 25 when the final 12-member team will be announced. The World University Games will be held in Belgrade, Serbia July 1-11.
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