UConn Huskies women’s basketball players Tina Charles, Maya Moore and Tiffany Hayes have been invited to try for the World University Games Team that will compete in Serbia later this summer.
The trials will be held from May 14-17 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. list of the 29 players invited will be cut down at the end of the trials with the finalists being invited back to Colorado Springs on June 18 for training camp. The 12-player roster will be announced before the team leaves for Serbia on June 25.
The full list of players invited is after the jump.
NAME |
POS
|
HGT
|
WGT
|
DOB
|
YOG
|
SCHOOL | HOMETOWN |
Danielle Adams |
G
|
6-1
|
215
|
02/19/89
|
2009
|
Jefferson College | Kansas City, MO |
Jayne Appel |
F
|
6-4
|
210
|
05/14/88
|
2010
|
Stanford | Pleasant Hill, CA |
Jessica Breland |
F
|
6-3
|
164
|
02/23/88
|
2010
|
North Carolina | Kelford, NC |
Doreena Campbell |
G
|
5-9
|
142
|
07/03/89
|
2011
|
UCLA | Alexandria, VA |
Tina Charles |
C
|
6-3
|
193
|
12/05/88
|
2010
|
Connecticut | Jamaica, NY |
Alysha Clark |
F
|
5-10
|
162
|
07/07/87
|
2010
|
Middle Tennessee State | Mt. Juliet, TN |
Cetera DeGraffenreid |
G
|
5-5
|
140
|
12/05/88
|
2011
|
North Carolina | Cullowhee, NC |
Dawn Evans |
G
|
5-7
|
135
|
06/30/89
|
2011
|
James Madison | Clarksville, TN |
Tyra Grant |
G
|
5-11
|
166
|
08/27/88
|
2010
|
Penn State | Youngstown, OH |
Alexis Gray-Lawson |
G
|
5-8
|
160
|
04/21/87
|
2010
|
California | Oakland, CA |
Whitney Hand |
G
|
6-1
|
165
|
08/16/89
|
2012
|
Oklahoma | Fort Worth, TX |
Tiffany Hayes |
G
|
5-11
|
140
|
09/20/89
|
2012
|
Connecticut | Lakeland, FL |
Allison Hightower |
G/F
|
5-11
|
144
|
04/06/88
|
2010
|
LSU | Arlington, TX |
Ashley Houts |
G
|
5-6
|
144
|
12/31/87
|
2010
|
Georgia | Trenton, GA |
Ify Ibekwe |
F
|
6-2
|
158
|
10/05/89
|
2011
|
Arizona | Carson, CA |
Amy Jaeschke |
F
|
6-5
|
225
|
04/26/89
|
2011
|
Northwestern | Wilmette, IL |
Jantel Lavender |
C
|
6-4
|
210
|
11/11/88
|
2011
|
Ohio State | Cleveland, OH |
Danielle McCray |
G/F
|
5-11
|
169
|
10/08/87
|
2010
|
Kansas | Olathe, KS |
Jacinta Monroe |
F/C
|
6-5
|
166
|
09/04/88
|
2010
|
Florida State | Ft. Lauderdale, FL |
Maya Moore |
F
|
6-0
|
170
|
06/11/89
|
2011
|
Connecticut | Lawrenceville, GA |
Kayla Pedersen |
G/F
|
6-4
|
195
|
04/14/89
|
2011
|
Stanford | Fountain Hills, AZ |
Ta’Shia Phillips |
C
|
6-6
|
225
|
01/24/89
|
2011
|
Xavier | Indianapolis, IN |
Jeanette Pohlen |
G
|
5-11
|
168
|
05/02/89
|
2011
|
Stanford | Brea, CA |
Epiphanny Prince |
G
|
5-9
|
160
|
01/11/88
|
2011
|
Rutgers | Brooklyn, NY |
Alex Rack |
G
|
5-4
|
140
|
09/15/88
|
2010
|
Mississippi State | Franklin, LA |
Danielle Robinson |
G
|
5-8
|
130
|
05/10/89
|
2011
|
Oklahoma | San Jose, CA |
Carolyn Swords |
C
|
6-6
|
220
|
07/19/89
|
2011
|
Boston College | Sudbury, MA |
Courtney Vandersloot |
G
|
5-8
|
135
|
02/08/89
|
2011
|
Gonzaga | Kent, WA |
Natasha Vital |
G
|
5-8
|
145
|
06/09/88
|
2010
|
California | Stockton, CA |
Head Coach: Charli Turner Thorne, Arizona State | |||||||
Assistant Coach: Suzy Merchant, Michigan State | |||||||
Assistant Coach: Julie Rousseau, Pepperdine |