BRIEF: Ogwumike selected to USA Basketball Select Team

April 9, 2010, 12:40 a.m.

On Thursday, USA Basketball announced that it had selected Stanford sophomore forward Nnemkadi Ogwumike to be a part of its 10-member select team. She will train with the rest of the squad in Storrs and Hartford, Conn. from April 15-18.

The role of the select squad is to scrimmage with members of the USA Women’s National Team. She will train under a number of prominent college and professional coaches, including Doug Bruno of DePaul University and Jennifer Gillom of the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks.

Ogwumike also has previous experience playing on a U.S. national team. She was on both the Under-18 and Under-19 teams that both won gold medals at the FIBA World Championships.

With the Cardinal’s loss to UConn in Tuesday’s NCAA final, Ogwumike completed a breakout season that saw her receive her first All-America selection. She also was the Pac-10’s Player of the Year and the Most Valuable Player of both the Pac-10 Tournament and the Sacramento Region of the NCAA Tournament.

Kabir Sawhney is currently a desk editor for the News section. He served as the Managing Editor of Sports last volume.

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