2024 USA Women’s National Basketball Team Roster Revealed
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USA Basketball has officially announced the 2024 USA Basketball Women’s National Team, set to compete at the Olympic Games in Paris from July 26 to August 11, 2024. Headlining the squad is Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury), making history with her sixth consecutive Olympic appearance. The roster also includes nine athletes who have previously earned at least one Olympic gold medal.
Joining Taurasi on the 2024 USA Women’s National Team are Napheesa Collier (Minnesota Lynx), Kahleah Copper (Phoenix Mercury), Chelsea Gray (Las Vegas Aces), Brittney Griner (Phoenix Mercury), Sabrina Ionescu (New York Liberty), Jewell Loyd (Seattle Storm), Kelsey Plum (Las Vegas Aces), Breanna Stewart (New York Liberty), Alyssa Thomas (Connecticut Sun), A’ja Wilson (Las Vegas Aces), and Jackie Young (Las Vegas Aces).
This formidable squad boasts a combined tally of 15 Olympic gold medals, 18 FIBA Women’s World Cup titles, and 55 WNBA All-Star appearances. Additionally, the team includes eight WNBA champions, three WNBA MVPs, and five WNBA Rookies of the Year. Remarkably, for only the second time in the program’s history, every team member has either an Olympic or World Cup gold medal.
“On behalf of USA Basketball, I’m excited to announce the 2024 USA Women’s National Team,” said USA Basketball Women’s National Team Committee chair Jennifer Rizzotti. “We have selected a team that we are confident will represent our country to the highest standard in Paris. Basketball in the United States boasts unparalleled depth, making this a challenging and competitive process. The commitment these athletes have shown to USA Basketball is unmatched, and I look forward to watching them take on the world in Paris.”
Taurasi, a five-time Olympian, has played more games than any other women’s player in USA Basketball Olympic history (38) and is second in points scored (414), trailing only Lisa Leslie (488).
Collier, Gray, Griner, Loyd, Stewart, Taurasi, and Wilson return to the 2024 squad after a 6-0 run toward a gold medal in Tokyo at the 2020 Olympic Games. Wilson and Griner led the team with 16.5 points per game, while Stewart topped the team with 10.0 rebounds per game, also contributing 15.0 points per game. Griner, Stewart, and Taurasi also won gold at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.
Plum and Young captured gold in Tokyo as members of the USA 3×3 Women’s National Team, going 8-1 to claim the sport’s first Olympic gold medal.
Copper, Gray, Ionescu, Loyd, Plum, Stewart, Thomas, and Wilson were all part of the 2022 USA Women’s National Team, which secured its 11th World Cup gold medal in Sydney, qualifying the USA for the Paris Games.
Head coach Cheryl Reeve (Minnesota Lynx) will lead the team, assisted by Kara Lawson (Duke University), Joni Taylor (Texas A&M University), and Mike Thibault (Washington Mystics). The coaching staff, which guided the USA to gold at the 2022 FIBA Women’s World Cup, was selected by the USA Basketball Women’s National Team Committee.
Additionally, Curt Miller (Los Angeles Sparks) and Tanisha Wright (Atlanta Dream) will support the team as scouts. Both have previously served as court coaches for the USA Women’s National Team training camps, with Miller also acting as an assistant coach at the 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournament and for the USA’s college exhibition wins last fall.
“This roster features some of the best basketball talent our country has to offer, and I’m excited to lead this team with the goal of winning an eighth straight Olympic gold medal in Paris,” said Reeve. “I’m looking forward to getting together in Phoenix and starting the journey to Paris.”
USA Basketball will be represented by four teams in Paris, including 5-on-5 men and women and 3×3 men and women. The USA holds the title of reigning Olympic champions in 5-on-5 men and women and 3×3 women, with 3×3 men set to make their Olympic debut this summer.
“With the announcement of our final national team, USA Basketball is poised to begin our quest for four Olympic gold medals this summer in Paris as the first country to ever qualify a quartet of basketball teams for the Games,” said USA Basketball chairperson Martin Dempsey. “I’m excited to support all four teams, and I’m especially proud of the USA Women’s National Team as they seek an unprecedented eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal. These 32 Olympic basketball athletes are great representatives of our country, and I’m looking forward to cheering them on.”
The USA women’s basketball team will hold a training camp in Phoenix before facing the WNBA All-Stars in the league’s All-Star Game on Saturday, July 20, at 8:30 p.m. ET (ABC). Following this, they will travel to London to play against the German Women’s National Team at the O2 Arena on July 23 at 3 p.m. ET (FS1) as part of the 2024 USA Basketball Showcase. The USA women are aiming for their eighth consecutive and 10th overall Olympic gold medal.
The American women will start group play against Japan on July 29 at 3:00 p.m. ET, followed by Belgium on August 1 at 3:00 p.m. ET, and Germany on August 4 at 11:15 a.m. ET. The U.S. boasts a combined 29-2 record against its Group C opponents. This marks the second consecutive Olympics that the USA is grouped with Japan and the first time the U.S. will face Belgium and Germany at the Games.
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