Workforce USA’s efficiency within the 2019 U-19 World Cup was enchanting. Seven years on, the shows authored up by among the staff’s highest-profile gamers really feel like a precursor of their future success.
That 2019 roster was plagued by luminaries, together with Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers, Rhyne Howard and Aliyah Boston. It was a staff that rolled by the group stage, besting its foes by a mean of 30 factors.
Issues acquired just a little tighter in the course of the knockout levels. The Individuals fended off Belgium’s late-game rally within the semis earlier than downing Australia in extra time to take dwelling gold. Bueckers earned MVP honors in the course of the tourney, a premonition for her glint showcases in school and the professionals.
Who else joined her on the rostrum that 12 months? And what has come of their basketball careers within the years since their triumph in Thailand? Here is what you must know.
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2019 USA U-19 FIBA roster
| Participant | Place | Faculty | Workforce |
| Ashley Joens | G | Iowa State | Athinaikos (Greece) |
| Paige Bueckers | G | UConn | Wings |
| Caitlin Clark | G | Iowa | Fever |
| Celeste Taylor | G | Texas/Duke/Ohio State | N/A |
| Cameron Brink | F | Stanford | Sparks |
| Hailey Van Lith | G | Louisville/LSU | Solar |
| Queen Egbo | F | Baylor | N/A |
| Naz Hillmon | F | Michigan | Dream |
| Diamond Miller | G | Maryland | Solar |
| Rhyne Howard | G | Kentucky | Dream |
| Aliyah Boston | F | South Carolina | Fever |
| Fran Belibi | F | Stanford | N/A |
The 2019 USA U-19 roster has loved marked success on the skilled degree, with six gamers incomes lottery distinction in the course of the WNBA Draft. Clark and Bueckers are the standouts. However Howard and Boston have emerged as among the sport’s finest two-way gamers, whereas Cameron Brink and Naz Hillmon have proven flashes of excellences throughout their still-budding careers.
All instructed, 4 gamers heard their names known as first of their respective WNBA Draft: Howard, Boston, Clark and Bueckers. That glint quartet has racked up the {hardware} to this point, combining to say 4 Rookie of the Yr awards, 13 All-Star appearances, three All-WNBA berths and an incalculable variety of highlights. Their reign of terror seems to be all however sure to proceed within the years to return; all are 26 years outdated or youthful.
Not everybody has been capable of finding success within the skilled sport. Ashley Joens established herself as one among school basketball’s finest skills at Iowa State, prompting the Wings to pick her within the second spherical of the 2023 Draft. She has solely performed 19 WNBA video games thus far, most lately turning out for Athens-based facet Athinaikos. Diamond Miller has bounced round a bit since being chosen No. 2 within the 2023 Draft, whereas Queen Egbo and Celeste Taylor are at the moment out of the league. Excessive-flyer Fran Belbi opted to retire after ending her profession at Stanford, opting to pursue a grasp’s diploma at Harvard as an alternative.
Nonetheless, the success price for these draped in USA colours in the course of the 2019 U-19 competitors was remarkably excessive. With Clark, Bueckers, Boston and Howard all anticipated so as to add to their assortment of honors, that staff’s affect ought to proceed to linger.
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2019 USA U-19 stats
Here is a take a look at the numbers posted by the staff en path to a gold medal:
| Participant | FG% | 3PT% | FT% | PPG | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG |
| Paige Bueckers | 43.4% | 35.3% | 60.0% | 11.6 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 1.9 | 0.6 |
| Nazahrah Hillmon-Baker | 48.9% | 0.0% | 46.2% | 7.4 | 7.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.0 |
| Hailey Van Lith | 41.1% | 29.4% | 56.5% | 9.1 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 0.0 |
| Rhyne Howard | 38.5% | 44.7% | 78.9% | 13.1 | 5.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.4 |
| Aliyah Boston | 44.3% | 0.0% | 55.6% | 8.4 | 6.1 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.6 |
| Celeste Taylor | 36.6% | 10.0% | 66.7% | 5.0 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 0.3 |
| Fran Belibi | 68.8% | 0.0% | 47.6% | 7.7 | 7.3 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 0.9 |
| Caitlin Clark | 33.3% | 25.0% | 80.0% | 5.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| Queen Egbo | 58.3% | 0.0% | 72.2% | 7.9 | 5.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| Ashley Joens | 18.5% | 12.5% | 25.0% | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Diamond Miller | 33.3% | 0.0% | 100% | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Cameron Brink | 30.8% | 0.0% | 33.3% | 2.0 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
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