July 07, 2009

Nneka is on final USA U19 team

Featuring five athletes who helped the U.S. secure its berth to the 2009 FIBA U19 World Championship, USA Basketball today announced the 12-member 2009 USA U19 World Championship Team. As the two-time defending U19 World Championship gold medalists, the USA will attempt to make it three straight golds at the ’09 U19 Worlds, scheduled for July 23-Aug. 2 in Bangkok, Thailand. Read more...

Nneka is one of the five featured athletes who helped the USA claim the gold at the FIBA Americas U18 Championship last summer. Sarah would also be in that group, but she had to withdraw from the team a month ago because she had surgery for a stress fracture in her foot.

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