Vivians Invited To USA Basketball Pan Am, World Univ. Games Trials
STARKVILLE, Miss. – After proving herself as one of the nation’s top freshmen, Mississippi State’s Victoria Vivians has been invited to participate in the 2015 USA Basketball Pan American Games and World University Games Team Trials.
Vivians will join 53 others for the Team Trials May 14-17 at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Trials will be used to compile the 12-person rosters for the Pan American and World University Games. The member of each squad, or finalists for each team, will be announced May 17.
Vivians earned the invitation following a heralded rookie campaign that saw her earn Associated Press All-America Honorable Mention accolades after averaging 14.9 ppg, the best clip by an SEC rookie and the third highest regardless of class.
The Second Team All-SEC and SEC All-Freshman Team selection also topped rookies in scoring in conference games with 13.8 ppg. That tally included an MSU freshman-record 39 points at Kentucky, a total that tied for the most in the nation by a rookie this season.
The Carthage, Miss., native was named MVP of the Preseason WNIT following her first four collegiate games and was tabbed to the Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic All-Tournament Team. She also earned four SEC Freshman of the Week honors and MSU’s first USBWA National Freshman of the Week accolade.
Vivians, who averaged 17.5 ppg against ranked opponents, became the first freshman to win the Gillom Trophy as Mississippi’s top female college basketball player.
She capped her first season in Maroon & White rating ninth in the SEC in field goal percentage (36.8 percent), third in 3-pointers made (2.0) and percentage (32.7 percent) and seventh in free-throw percentage (74.6 percent).
The Pan American Games will be played July 16-20 in Toronto, Canada, while the World University Games will be held July 4-13 in Gwangju, South Korea.
About USA Basketball
Based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA Basketball, chaired by Jerry Colangelo, is a nonprofit organization and the national governing body for men’s and women’s basketball in the United States. As the recognized governing body for basketball in the U.S. by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), USA Basketball is responsible for the selection, training and fielding of USA teams that compete in FIBA-sponsored international competitions, as well as for some national competitions, and for the development of youth basketball initiatives that address player development, coach education and safety.
USA Basketball men’s and women’s teams between 2012-14 compiled a spectacular 122-4 win-loss record in FIBA and FIBA Americas competitions, the World University Games and the Nike Hoop Summit, and posted a 65-8 win-loss record in official FIBA and FIBA Americas 3x3 competitions.
USA teams are the current men’s and women’s champions in the Olympics; men’s FIBA World Cup and women’s FIBA World Championship; men’s and women’s FIBA U19 and U17 World Championships; men’s and women’s U18 and U16 FIBA Americas Championships; the FIBA 3x3 Women’s World Championship; the FIBA 3x3 Women’s U18 World Championship and the women’s Youth Olympic Games. USA Basketball currently ranks No. 1 in all five of FIBA’s world-ranking categories, including combined, men’s, women’s, boys and girls.
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2015 USA Women’s Pan American And World University Games Team Trials Roster
| Name | POS | SCHOOL | HOMETOWN |
| Jillian Alleyne | F | Oregon | Fontana, CA |
| Ameryst Alston | G | Ohio State | Canton, OH |
| Lexie Brown | G | Maryland | Suwanee, GA |
| Sophie Brunner | F | Arizona State | Freeport, IL |
| Jordin Canada | G | UCLA | Los Angeles, CA |
| Alaina Coates | C | South Carolina | Irmo, SC |
| Kahleah Copper | F/G | Rutgers | Philadelphia, PA |
| Caroline Coyer | G | Villanova | Oak Hill, VA |
| Kaela Davis | G | Georgia Tech | Suwanee, GA |
| Nina Davis | F | Baylor | Memphis, TN |
| DiamondDeShields | G | Tennessee | Norcross, GA |
| Allisha Gray | G | North Carolina | Sandersville, GA |
| Rebecca Greenwell | G | Duke | Owensboro, KY |
| Aliyyah Handford | G | St. John's | Newark, NJ |
| Linnae Harper | G | Kentucky | Chicago, IL |
| Alexa Hart | F | Ohio State | Columbus, OH |
| Katie Hempen | G | Arizona State | Highland, IL |
| Myisha Hines-Allen | F | Louisville | Montclair, NJ |
| Bria Holmes | G | West Virginia | New Haven, CT |
| Jessica Jackson | F | Arkansas | Jacksonville, AR |
| Tori Jankoska | G | Michigan State | Freeland, MI |
| Moriah Jefferson | G | Connecticut | Glenn Heights, TX |
| Mercedes Jefflo | G | California | Compton, CA |
| Alisia Jenkins | F | South Florida | Stateboro, GA |
| Chanise Jenkins | G | DePaul | Chicago, IL |
| Kaylee Johnson | F | Stanford | Casper, WY |
| Alexis Jones | G | Baylor | Irving, TX |
| Brionna Jones | C | Maryland | Havre de Grace, MD |
| Jasmine Joyner | F | Chattanooga | Southaven, MS |
| Whitney Knight | G | FGCU | Winston-Salem, NC |
| Kelsey Lang | C | Texas | The Woodlands, TX |
| Stephanie Mavunga | F | North Carolina | Brownsburg, IN |
| Erica McCall | F | Stanford | Bakersfield, CA |
| Imani McGee-Stafford | C | Texas | Los Angeles, CA |
| Kelsey Mitchell | F | Ohio State | Cincinnati, OH |
| Tiffany Mitchell | G | South Carolina | Charlotte, NC |
| Adrienne Motley | G | Miami | Newport News, VA |
| Kelsey Plum | G | Washington | Poway, CA |
| Aerial Powers | F | Michigan State | Detroit, MI |
| Courtney Range | F | California | Manteca, CA |
| Taya Reimer | F | Notre Dame | Fishers, IN |
| Mercedes Russell | C | Tennessee | Springfield, OR |
| Ivey Slaughter | F | Florida State | Macon, GA |
| Breanna Stewart | F | Connecticut | North Syracuse, NY |
| Annie Tarakchian | F | Princeton | West Hills, CA |
| Lili Thompson | G | Stanford | Mansfield, TX |
| Victoria Vivians | F | Mississippi State | Carthage, MS |
| Courtney Walker | G | Texas A&M | Edmond, OK |
| Shatori Walker-Kimbrough | G | Maryland | Aliquippa, PA |
| Caira Washington | F | George Washington | Brandywine, MD |
| Sydney Wiese | G | Oregon State | Phoenix, AZ |
| Courtney B. Williams | F/G | Texas A&M | Houston, TX |
| Courtney M. Williams | G | South Florida | Folkston, GA |
| Kaylon Williams | F | Oklahoma | Midwest City, OK |
Pan American Games:
Head Coach: Lisa Bluder, University of Iowa
Assistant Coach: Michelle Clark-Heard, Western Kentucky Univ.
Assistant Coach: Scott Rueck, University of Oregon
World University Games:
Head Coach: Joe McKeown, Northwestern University
Assistant Coach: Holly Warlick, University of Tennessee
Assistant Coach: Tanya Warren, Univ. of Northern Iowa