Onyenwere and Team USA The USA will undergo training camp until Aug. 5.
Onyenwere Reports to Training Camp for USA Basketball
July 24, 2019 | Women's Basketball
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. โ Michaela Onyenwere reported to training camp today to join the 2019 U.S. Pan American Games Women's Basketball Team at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center, as the squad begins its preparation for the 2019 Pan American Games.
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"I am really excited to get to work, as I leave this week for Colorado Springs," said Onyenwere, who most recently helped her USA Basketball 3x3 squad place second at the Red Bull 3x qualifier in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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"I'm mostly looking forward to growing my relationship with my new teammates and getting to compete with the best in the country."
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The USA team will undergo training camp until Aug. 5, before competing in the women's basketball tournament at the 2019 Pan American Games, set for Aug. 6-10 at the Coliseo Eduardo Dibo in Lima, Peru. USA will play in preliminary round Group B, along with Argentina, Colombia and U.S. Virgin Islands. Playing in preliminary round Group A will be Brazil, Canada, Paraguay and Puerto Rico.
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For more on USA Basketball, click here.
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The U.S. Pan American Games Women's Basketball Team, which was announced on May 20 following four days of trials, and includes: Bella Alarie (Princeton/Bethesda, Md.), Brittany Brewer (Texas Tech/Abilene, Texas), Chennedy Carter (Texas A&M/Mansfield, Texas), Kathleen Doyle (Iowa/Lagrange Park, Ill.), Tyasha Harris (South Carolina/Noblesville, Ind.), Taylor Mikesell (Maryland/Massillon, Ohio), Beatrice Mompremier (Miami/Miami, Fla.), Michaela Onyenwere (UCLA/Aurora, Colo.), Mikayla Pivec (Oregon State/Lynnwood, Wash.), Lindsey Pulliam (Northwestern/Silver Spring, Md.), Kiana Williams (Stanford/San Antonio, Texas) and Peyton Williams (Kansas State/Topeka, Kan.).
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The USA head coach is Suzy Merchant (Michigan State), with USA assistant coaches Felisha Legette-Jack (Buffalo) and Vic Schaefer (Mississippi State).
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"I am really excited to get to work, as I leave this week for Colorado Springs," said Onyenwere, who most recently helped her USA Basketball 3x3 squad place second at the Red Bull 3x qualifier in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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"I'm mostly looking forward to growing my relationship with my new teammates and getting to compete with the best in the country."
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The USA team will undergo training camp until Aug. 5, before competing in the women's basketball tournament at the 2019 Pan American Games, set for Aug. 6-10 at the Coliseo Eduardo Dibo in Lima, Peru. USA will play in preliminary round Group B, along with Argentina, Colombia and U.S. Virgin Islands. Playing in preliminary round Group A will be Brazil, Canada, Paraguay and Puerto Rico.
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For more on USA Basketball, click here.
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The U.S. Pan American Games Women's Basketball Team, which was announced on May 20 following four days of trials, and includes: Bella Alarie (Princeton/Bethesda, Md.), Brittany Brewer (Texas Tech/Abilene, Texas), Chennedy Carter (Texas A&M/Mansfield, Texas), Kathleen Doyle (Iowa/Lagrange Park, Ill.), Tyasha Harris (South Carolina/Noblesville, Ind.), Taylor Mikesell (Maryland/Massillon, Ohio), Beatrice Mompremier (Miami/Miami, Fla.), Michaela Onyenwere (UCLA/Aurora, Colo.), Mikayla Pivec (Oregon State/Lynnwood, Wash.), Lindsey Pulliam (Northwestern/Silver Spring, Md.), Kiana Williams (Stanford/San Antonio, Texas) and Peyton Williams (Kansas State/Topeka, Kan.).
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The USA head coach is Suzy Merchant (Michigan State), with USA assistant coaches Felisha Legette-Jack (Buffalo) and Vic Schaefer (Mississippi State).
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