Three former Fighting Irish All-America guards are among 25 finalists for the official 12-player roster that will represent the United States at the Summer Olympics later this year in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Skylar Diggins (’13), Kayla McBride (’14) and Jewell Loyd (-16) all remain in contention to become the first Notre Dame players to wear the Stars & Stripes at the Olympics since Ruth Riley (’01) struck gold with Team USA at the 2004 Athens Games. In addition, Notre Dame is one of just two schools in the country to have three alums among the 25 U.S. Olympic Team finalists, who were chosen by the USA Basketball Women’s National Team Player Selection Committee.
The USA Basketball Women’s National Team will conduct a training camp Feb. 21-23 at the University of Connecticut. Athletes taking part in the minicamp, which is expected to be the final training before the 2016 U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team is selected, will be announced at a later date and will come from the pool of finalists. Connecticut's Geno Auriemma is the USA head coach.
Skylar Diggins (’13), Kayla McBride (’14) and Jewell Loyd (-16) all remain in contention to become the first Notre Dame players to wear the Stars & Stripes at the Olympics since Ruth Riley (’01) struck gold with Team USA at the 2004 Athens Games. In addition, Notre Dame is one of just two schools in the country to have three alums among the 25 U.S. Olympic Team finalists, who were chosen by the USA Basketball Women’s National Team Player Selection Committee.
The USA Basketball Women’s National Team will conduct a training camp Feb. 21-23 at the University of Connecticut. Athletes taking part in the minicamp, which is expected to be the final training before the 2016 U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team is selected, will be announced at a later date and will come from the pool of finalists. Connecticut's Geno Auriemma is the USA head coach.
