Boston College Athletics
Jacobs Selected As Alternate To US Junior National Team
June 18, 2001 | Women's Basketball
June 18, 2001
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Including five members of the 2000 USA Basketball Women's Junior National Team which qualified the U.S. for the 2001 FIBA (International Basketball Federation) Junior World Championship, 12 of the nation's top 19-and-under standouts were named to the 2001 USA Basketball Women's Junior World Championship Team today. The selections were made by USA Basketball Women's Collegiate Committee following four days of trials, held June 15-18 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Committee also named six alternates who would be called upon to join the team in case of an injury during the USA's June 25-July 9 training camp.
Named to the team were: Alana Beard (Duke / Sherveport, La.), Tera Bjorklund (Colorado / St. Peter, Minn.), Shameka Christon (Arkansas / Hot Springs, Ark.), Monique Currie (The Bullis School / Washington, D.C.), Jessica Moore (Connecticut / Palmer, Ark.), Loree Moore (Narbonne H.S. / Harbor City, Calif.), Cappie Pondexter (John Marshall H.S. / Chicago, Ill.), Nicole Powell (Stanford / Phoenix, Ariz.), Stacy Stephens (Texas / Winnsboro, Texas), Ann Strother (Highlands Ranch H.S. / Highlands Ranch, Colo.), Diana Taurasi (Connecticut / Chino, Calif.) and Wynter Whitley (Holy Innocents' Episcopal / Atlanta, Ga.).
Selected as alternates were: Mistie Bass (Janesville Parker H.S. / Janesville, Wis.), Teresa Borton (West Valley H.S. / Yakima, Wash.), Amber Jacobs (Boston College / Clarks Summit, Pa.), Kelly Mazzante (Penn State / Montoursville, Pa.), Nicole Wolff (Walpole H.S. / Walpole, Mass.) and Shanna Zolman (Wawasee H.S. / Syracuse, Ind.).
The 2001 USA Junior Team will train from June 25 - July 2 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs before traveling to Washington, D.C. on July 2 to host the 2001 USA Basketball International Invitational from July 4-8, which features junior national teams from Brazil, China and Japan.
The United States will open 2001 USA Basketball Women's Junior International Invitational play against Brazil on July 4 at 11:00 a.m. at the Patriot Center. The USA-Brazil contest will be followed by a 12:30 p.m. tip-off between China and Japan. The Invitational continues at the Patriot Center July 5 with a 1:00 p.m. game between Brazil and China, and the United States will face Japan at 2:30 p.m. The round-robin preliminary round concludes on July 6 at the Patriot Center with a 1:00 p.m. game between the U.S. and China, and a 2:30 p.m. match-up between Brazil and Japan. Moving the Invitational to George Washington University's Smith Center, the gold and bronze medal games will be held on Sunday, July 8. The bronze medal game will begin at 3:00 p.m., followed by the championship contest scheduled for 4:30 p.m.
