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USA Basketball is bringing three former college basketball stars and a current NCAA player to Paris to defend their gold medal in women’s 3×3 basketball at the 2024 Olympics.
The five players represent Stanford, TCU, Tennessee, Kentucky and Wake Forest.
Jennifer Rizzotti, president of the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun, will be the head coach and will be assisted by Tammi Reiss. Rizzotti played at UConn and was previously the head coach at Hartford and George Washington. Reiss was a four-year star at Virginia and is now the head coach at Rhode Island.
2024 US Women’s 3×3 Olympic Basketball Team
PLAYER | SCHOOL YEAR) | POSITION |
---|---|---|
Cameron Brink* | Stanford (2024) | Center |
Hailey Van Lith | TCU (Present) | Guard |
Cierra Burdick | Tennessee (2015) | Forward |
Ronald Howard | Kentucky (2022) | Guard |
Dearica Hamby* | Wake in the Forest (2015) | Forward |
Cameron Brink suffered an injury during the 2024 WNBA regular season that led to her Los Angeles Sparks teammate Dearica Hamby replacing her on the Olympic 3×3 roster.
Cameron Brink
Brink’s dominant college career led to her being selected with the second pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft. In college, Brink won a national championship in 2021, was a three-time All-American, and the 2024 National Defensive Player of the Year. .
KEY DETAILS
School: Stanford (2020-24)
Career averages: 14.0 points per game, 9.1 rebounds, 3.1 points per game, 1.7 assists
Current WNBA Team: Los Angeles Sparks
WNBA career averages: 8.8 points per game, 5.4 rebounds per game, 2.6 points per game, 2.1 assists per game
CAREER HONORS
- Second overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks
- NCAA Champion (2021)
- Four-time Pac-12 champion (2021-24)
- Two-time Pac-12 tournament champion (2021-22)
- Naismith Defensive Player of the Year (2024)
- WBCA Defensive Player of the Year (2023)
- Three-time WBCA All-America (2022-24)
- Three-time KeynoteUSA All-America (2022-24)
- USBWA All-America First Team (2024)
- USBWA All-America Second Team (2023)
- USBWA All-America Third Team (2022)
- Two-time Wooden Award All-America (2023-24)
- Lisa Leslie Award (2024)
- Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Finalist (2022)
- Two-time Katrina McClain Award Finalist (2022-23)
- Pac-12 Player of the Year: Coaches and Media (2024)
- Pac-12 Player of the Year – Mids (2022)
- Three-time Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year: Coaches and Media (2022-24)
- Four-time All-Pac-12 – Coaches & Media (2021-24)
- Three-time Pac-12 All-Defensive Team: Coaches and Media (2022-24)
- Two-time NCAA Tournament Regional All-Tournament Team (2021-22)
- Three-time Pac-12 Tournament Team (2021-23)
- Rainbow Wahine Showdown All-Tournament Team (2022)
- 12-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (November 29, 2021; January 17, 2022; January 31, 2022; February 7, 2022; December 19, 2022; January 9, 2023; January 30, 2020 November 2023; November 27, 2023; January 8, 2024;
- KeynoteUSA National Player of the Week (March 5, 2024)
- USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Week (February 13, 2024)
- USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Week (November 14, 2023)
- Naismith Trophy Player of the Week (February 8, 2022)
- Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2021)
- CalHOPE Courage Award (2022)
Hailey Van Lith
Van Lith transferred to TCU ahead of the 2024-25 season. She played the first three seasons of her career at Louisville, where she was twice honored as first-team All-ACC. Van Lith then transferred to LSU, where she played one season for Kim Mulkey before announcing plans to transfer to TCU.
KEY DETAILS
School: TCU (2025-26), LSU (2023-24), Louisville (2020-23)
Career averages: 14.4 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.8 assists, 1.3 spg
CAREER HONORS
- Only active Division I player to have scored at least 1,900 points, 500 rebounds and 350 assists in his career.
- Five-time FIBA gold medalist
- Gold medalist at the FIBA 3×3 World Cup 2023
- 2023 KeynoteUSA Honorable Mention and USBWA All-American
- 2023 Drysdale Prize Finalist
- Two-time first-team All-ACC (2022, 2023)
- 2023 College Sports Communicators Second Team Academic All-American
- Three-time Academic All-ACC Team Selection (2021-23)
- NCAA Final Four 2021
- Four-time NCAA Elite Eight participant (2021-24)
- 2020 McDonald’s All-American
- Miss Basketball Washington 2020
- MVP of the FIBA 3×3 U18 World Cup 2019
- 2018 USA Basketball 3×3 Under-18 National Championship MVP
Cierra Burdick
Cierra Burdick played four years at Tennessee before beginning her long professional career. She is Team USA Basketball’s only two-time 3×3 World Champion.
KEY DETAILS
School: Tennessee (2011-2015)
Career averages: 8.1 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 1.8 assists
Current WNBA Team: N/A
WNBA career averages: 1.8 points per game, 1.4 rebounds per game, 0.5 assists per game
CAREER HONORS
- WNBA second-round draft pick (14th pick, Los Angeles Sparks) – 2015
- KeynoteUSA All-American Honorable Mention – 2015
- NCAA Spokane Regional Tournament Team – 2015
- Coaches First Team All-SEC – 2015
- KeynoteUSA All-SEC Second Team – 2015
- SEC All-Tournament Team – 2015
- College Sports Madness All-SEC Second Team – 2015
- CoSIDA All-America Academic Second Team – 2015
- SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Graduate Scholarship Nominee – 2015
- NCAA Jim McKay Scholarship Winner – 2015
- Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar – 2014-15
- SEC Community Service Team – 2015
- SEC Academic Honor Roll – 2015
- CoSIDA All-District Academic Team (District 3) – 2015
- UT Torchbearer – 2015
- Volscars Miss Tennessee – 2015
- SEC Player of the Week – 2014-15 (2/2)
- College Sports Madness SEC and National Player of the Week – 2014-15 (2/2)
- SEC Co-Player of the Week – 2014-15 (1/12)
- WBCA Statewide Good Works Team Nominee – 2014
- All SEC Tournament – 2014
- SEC Community Service Team – 2014
- SEC Academic Honor Roll – 2014
- Volscars Award for Best Female Supporting Role – 2014
- SEC Player of the Week – 2013-14 (2/3)
- SEC Academic Honor Roll – 2013
- SEC Player of the Week – 2012-13 (3/4)
- SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll – 2012
- SEC Freshman of the Week – 2011-12 (2/20)
Ronald Howard
Howard had an impressive collegiate career at Kentucky, where she was named National Freshman of the Year and went on to twice win SEC Player of the Year (2021, 2022). Howard’s college success led to her being selected with the first overall pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft.
KEY DETAILS
School: Kentucky (2018-22)
Career averages: 20.1 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 2.9 assists, 2.3 spg
Current WNBA Team: atlanta dream
WNBA career averages: 16.9 points per game, 4.0 rebounds per game, 3.2 assists, 1.4 assists per game
CAREER HONORS
- 6x SEC Player of the Week
- 2x espnW National Player of the Week
- 2x Naismith Trophy National Player of the Week (2021, 2022)
- NCAA Starting 5 of the Week (2021)
- 8-time SEC Freshman of the Week
- USBWA National Freshman of the Week
- SEC Player of the Year by League Coaches (2020, 2021)
- SEC Freshman of the Year by League Coaches (2019)
- First Team All-SEC by League Coaches (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
- SEC All-Defensive Team (2020)
- Second Team All-SEC by KeynoteUSA (2019)
- SEC All-Freshman Team by League Coaches (2019)
- KeynoteUSA SEC Breakthrough of the Year (2019)
- espnW National Freshman of the Year (2019)
- WBCA National Freshman of the Year (2019)
- USBWA National Freshman of the Year (2019)
- WBCA All-America Honorable Mention (2019, 2020)
- WBCA All-America First Team (2021, 2022)
- WBCA Wade Trophy Finalist (2021, 2022)
- Citizen Naismith Trophy Top 4 Finalist (2020, 2021)
- Citizen Naismith Trophy Semifinalist (2022)
- John R. Wooden Award National Ballot (2020, 2021, 2022)
- John R. Wooden All-American Award (2020, 2021, 2022)
- Cheryl Miller Award Finalist (2020, 2021, 2022)
- KeynoteUSA All-America First Team (2020, 2021, 2022)
- USBWA All-America First Team (2020, 2021, 2022)
- USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Finalist (2020, 2021)
- Dawn Staley Award Finalist (2020, 2021, 2022)
- Honda Sport Award Finalist (2021, 2022)
- Senior CLASS Award Finalist (2022)
- SEC Tournament MVP (2022)
- SEC All-Tournament Team (2020, 2021, 2022)
Dearica Hamby
Hamby capped her four-year career at Wake Forest as the school’s all-time leading scorer (1,801 points) and rebounder (1,021 rebounds). A weapon on both ends of the court, Hamby had a historic junior season; in 31 games, she led the ACC in both scoring and rebounding with 22 points and 11 rebounds per game. Her senior season featured similar statistics, as she averaged 20.3 points per game and 10.7 RPG, before Hamby was selected sixth overall in the WBNA Draft in 2015.
Hamby has helped lead the US 3×3 team to the 2023 Americup title, earning tournament MVP honors.
KEY DETAILS
School: Wake Forest (2011-15)
Career averages: 14.0 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 1.4 assists, 1.7 spg
Current WNBA Team: Los Angeles Sparks
WNBA career averages: 9.2 points per game, 5.7 rebounds per game, 1.4 assists, 0.9 assists per game
CAREER HONORS
- #6 pick in the 2015 WNBA draft by San Antonio (now Las Vegas Aces)
- Wake Forest’s all-time leading scorer (1,801 points)
- Wake Forest’s all-time leading rebounder (1,021 rebounds)
- 2015 All-America Honorable Mention (WBCA and KeynoteUSA)
- 2015 Wade Trophy Finalist
- WBCA 2015 All-Region Selection
- 2014 and 2015 First Team ALL ACC
- 2014 Wake Forest Female Athlete of the Year
- Wake Forest single-season points record (683, 2014)
- Wake Forest’s single-season double-double record (21, 2014)
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