The UConn trio of Maya Moore, Tina Charles and Tiffany Hayes were among the 12 players named to the USA Women’s World University Games Team Monday. The team will compete for the gold medal at the 2009 World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia July 1-11.
Jantel Lavender (Ohio State), Kayla Pedersen (Stanford), Alexis Gray-Lawson (California), Ashley Houts (Georgia), Danielle McCray (Kansas), Jacinta Monroe (Florida State), Ta’Shia Phillips (Xavier), Jeanette Pohlen (Stanford), and Danielle Robinson (Oklahoma) also made the team. There were 15 finalists at training camp, which started June 18.
“I think that the committee has done a tremendous job of selecting this team,” USA and Arizona State coach Charli Turner Thorne said. “We have everything that we need to bring home a gold medal. Our perimeter and our post game are exceptional. I don’t think we have any kinks in our armor. Now it’s just a matter of becoming a team – really working with each other and learning our offenses and our defenses in a very short amount of time. I could not be more excited about the individuals I’m going to coach and the opportunity in front of us.”
The team will continue training camp at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. through Thursday when it will depart for Belgrade.
Montgomery was one of five finalists, along with Jennifer Barringer (Colorado track & field), Nicole Fawcett (Penn State volleyball) and Danielle Lawrie (Washington softball).
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