Temple University Athletics
Alliya Butts was invited to the 2015 USA U19 World Championship Team Trials
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Butts Accepts Invitation for U19 World Team Tryouts
5.6.15 | Women's Basketball
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- After a stellar freshman season, Temple's Alliya Butts has accepted an invitation to join 34 of the nation's best at the 2015 USA Basketball Women's U19 World Championship Team Trials. The 12-member USA squad team will be selected at the trials, held May 14-17 at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The invitations were issued by the USA Basketball Women's Junior National Team Committee.
Butts had a standout rookie season for the Owls, leading the team in scoring, steals, and threes. She averaged 12.3 points a contest, while racking up 72 total steals and connecting on 71 shots from beyond-the-arc. Butts also finished third on the team with 76 total assists, and racked up 24 double-digit scoring performances. The Edgewater Park, N.J. was named the Philadelphia Big 5 Rookie of the Year, and was also named All-Conference (American Athletic Conference and Philadelphia Big 5) and to the American's All-Freshman team.
The 13 USA U19 trials athletes who recently completed their freshman year of college also may be considered for the 2015 USA Pan American Games and USA World University Games teams. Those athletes include: Butts, Flaherty, Gilbert, Jennings, Kea, Moore, Ortiz, Stephens, Thomas, Venson, White, Williams and A'ja Wilson. Trials for those two teams will take place on the same dates, but at different times, as the USA U19 World Championship Team Trials.
The USA squad, which is on a quest to capture a sixth-consecutive gold medal at the U19 Worlds, will compete in the 2015 FIBA U19 World Championship, hosted by Russia from July 18-26 in Chekhov.
The USA team will regroup for training July 1-7 at the USOTC prior to traveling to Alicante, Spain, to compete in a round-robin tournament July 11-13 against U19 national teams from Australia, Canada and Spain prior to arriving in Russia for the 2015 FIBA U19 World Championship.
2015 USA Basketball Women's U19 World Championship Team Trial Attendees
Kristine Anigwe (Desert Vista H.S./Phoenix, Ariz.)
De'Janae Boykin (Charles H. Flowers H.S./Springdale, Md.)
Kalani Brown (Salmen H.S./Slidell, La.)
Alliya Butts (Temple/Edgewater Park, N.J.)
Batouly Camara (Blair Academy/New York, N.Y.)
DiJonai Carrington (Horizon H.S./San Diego, Calif.)
Chassity Carter (Dickson H.S./Dickson, Tenn.)
Natalie Chou (Plano West Senior H.S./Plano, Texas)
Napheesa Collier (Incarnate Word Academy/O'Fallon, Mo.)
Te'a Cooper (McEachern H.S/Powder Springs, Ga.)
Lauren Cox (Flower Mound H.S./Flower Mound, Texas)
Sophie Cunningham (Rock Bridge H.S./Columbia, MO)
Crystal Dangerfield (Blackman H.S./Murfreesboro, Tenn.)
Asia Durr (St. Pius X Catholic H.S./Douglasville, Ga.)
Katelynn Flaherty (Michigan/Point Pleasant Beach, N.J.)
Keiana Gilbert (Chattanooga/Pulaski, Tenn.)
Joyner Holmes (Cedar Hill H.S./Cedar Hill, Texas)
Alexis Jennings (Kentucky/Madison, Ala.)
Paris Kea (North Carolina/Greensboro, N.C.)
Beatrice Mompremier (Miami H.S./Miami, Fla.)
Mariya Moore (Louisville/Richmond, Calif.)
Nancy Mulkey (Cypress Woods H.S./Cypress, Texas)
Gabbi Ortiz (Oklahoma/Racine, Wis.)
Ali Patberg (Columbus North H.S./Columbus, Ind.)
Katie Lou Samuelson (Mater Dei H.S./Huntington Beach, Calif.)
Destiny Slocum (Mountain View H.S./Meridian, Idaho)
Azurá Stevens (Duke/Raleigh, N.C.)
Shakayla Thomas (Florida State/Sylacauga, Ala.)
Mikayla Venson (Virginia/Arlington, Va.)
Destinee Walker (Lake Highland Prep/Orlando, Fla.)
Chatrice White (Illinois/Shelby, Neb.)
Gabby Williams (Connecticut/Sparks, Nev.)
Anna Wilson (Collegiate School/Richmond, Va.)
A'ja Wilson (South Carolina/Hopkins, S.C.).
Butts had a standout rookie season for the Owls, leading the team in scoring, steals, and threes. She averaged 12.3 points a contest, while racking up 72 total steals and connecting on 71 shots from beyond-the-arc. Butts also finished third on the team with 76 total assists, and racked up 24 double-digit scoring performances. The Edgewater Park, N.J. was named the Philadelphia Big 5 Rookie of the Year, and was also named All-Conference (American Athletic Conference and Philadelphia Big 5) and to the American's All-Freshman team.
The 13 USA U19 trials athletes who recently completed their freshman year of college also may be considered for the 2015 USA Pan American Games and USA World University Games teams. Those athletes include: Butts, Flaherty, Gilbert, Jennings, Kea, Moore, Ortiz, Stephens, Thomas, Venson, White, Williams and A'ja Wilson. Trials for those two teams will take place on the same dates, but at different times, as the USA U19 World Championship Team Trials.
The USA squad, which is on a quest to capture a sixth-consecutive gold medal at the U19 Worlds, will compete in the 2015 FIBA U19 World Championship, hosted by Russia from July 18-26 in Chekhov.
The USA team will regroup for training July 1-7 at the USOTC prior to traveling to Alicante, Spain, to compete in a round-robin tournament July 11-13 against U19 national teams from Australia, Canada and Spain prior to arriving in Russia for the 2015 FIBA U19 World Championship.
2015 USA Basketball Women's U19 World Championship Team Trial Attendees
Kristine Anigwe (Desert Vista H.S./Phoenix, Ariz.)
De'Janae Boykin (Charles H. Flowers H.S./Springdale, Md.)
Kalani Brown (Salmen H.S./Slidell, La.)
Alliya Butts (Temple/Edgewater Park, N.J.)
Batouly Camara (Blair Academy/New York, N.Y.)
DiJonai Carrington (Horizon H.S./San Diego, Calif.)
Chassity Carter (Dickson H.S./Dickson, Tenn.)
Natalie Chou (Plano West Senior H.S./Plano, Texas)
Napheesa Collier (Incarnate Word Academy/O'Fallon, Mo.)
Te'a Cooper (McEachern H.S/Powder Springs, Ga.)
Lauren Cox (Flower Mound H.S./Flower Mound, Texas)
Sophie Cunningham (Rock Bridge H.S./Columbia, MO)
Crystal Dangerfield (Blackman H.S./Murfreesboro, Tenn.)
Asia Durr (St. Pius X Catholic H.S./Douglasville, Ga.)
Katelynn Flaherty (Michigan/Point Pleasant Beach, N.J.)
Keiana Gilbert (Chattanooga/Pulaski, Tenn.)
Joyner Holmes (Cedar Hill H.S./Cedar Hill, Texas)
Alexis Jennings (Kentucky/Madison, Ala.)
Paris Kea (North Carolina/Greensboro, N.C.)
Beatrice Mompremier (Miami H.S./Miami, Fla.)
Mariya Moore (Louisville/Richmond, Calif.)
Nancy Mulkey (Cypress Woods H.S./Cypress, Texas)
Gabbi Ortiz (Oklahoma/Racine, Wis.)
Ali Patberg (Columbus North H.S./Columbus, Ind.)
Katie Lou Samuelson (Mater Dei H.S./Huntington Beach, Calif.)
Destiny Slocum (Mountain View H.S./Meridian, Idaho)
Azurá Stevens (Duke/Raleigh, N.C.)
Shakayla Thomas (Florida State/Sylacauga, Ala.)
Mikayla Venson (Virginia/Arlington, Va.)
Destinee Walker (Lake Highland Prep/Orlando, Fla.)
Chatrice White (Illinois/Shelby, Neb.)
Gabby Williams (Connecticut/Sparks, Nev.)
Anna Wilson (Collegiate School/Richmond, Va.)
A'ja Wilson (South Carolina/Hopkins, S.C.).
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