@MizzouWBB’s Blackwell Selected for USA Basketball U19 World Cup Team Trials
5/1/2019 2:03:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Blackwell is one of 30 athletes competing for 12 roster spots
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Women's Basketball incoming freshman Aijha Blackwell (Berkley, Mo.) has been accepted an invitation to participate in the 2019 USA Women's U19 Word Cup Team trials. Invitations were issued by the USA Basketball Women's Junior National Team Committee.
Trials to select the 12-member team will be held May 16-19 at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Training camp will follow July 5-19, with the U19 World Cup competition taking place July 20-28 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Blackwell, who is finishing her senior year at Cardinal Ritter, is the No. 8-ranked prospect in the nation and No. 1 in the state of Missouri in espnW's 2019 HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings. She is a three-time Missouri Basketball Coaches Association Class 3 All-State selection (2016-18) and as a junior at Whitfield, averaged 24.2 points, 8.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.0 steals per game.
Last summer, Blackwell won a gold medal in Mexico City at the 2018 FIBA Americas U18 Championship while playing for the USA U18 National Team. She averaged 9.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game over six games during USA's championships run, including eight points, four rebounds and three steals in the gold medal game win over Canada.
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