Boston College Athletics
Amber Jacobs Invited To Try Out For Team USA
May 01, 2001 | Women's Basketball
May 1, 2001
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - Freshman guard Amber Jacobs (Clarks Summitt, Pa.) on the Boston College women's basketball team has been invited to attend the 2001 Junior National Team Trials on June 15-18 in Colorado Springs, Colo. She will try out for the United States' entry in the 2001 FIBA World Championships for Junior Women, which will be played July 14-22 in the Czech Republic.
In her first year of collegiate competition, Jacobs earned a place on the BIG EAST All-Rookie team. She was the only Boston College player to start all 29 games and she averaged 11.5 points per game and 3.8 assists per game while playing both point guard and shooting guard.
A 12-member team will be selected from those student-athletes invited to attend the trails and the team will be coached by Geno Auriemma, head coach at the University of Connecticut.
