COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – In a little over a week, the future of Notre Dame women’s basketball will be on display at the 2021 USA U19 World Cup Team Trials. Both freshmen, Olivia Miles and Sonia Citron, will be a part of the 27 young athletes invited out to Denver.
Trials will be held May 14-16 at Metro State University. Included on the U19 trials roster are 16 athletes who were college freshmen in 2020-21, nine current high school seniors who will matriculate to college in the fall and another two who are high school juniors from the Class of 2022.
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Being teammates on a USA team is nothing new for Miles and Citron if both were to be selected. The duo originally partnered up back in 2019 when they led the U16 National Team to gold at the FIBA Americas U16 Championship.
Both Miles and Citron started in all six games, as the latter averaged 13.3 points on her way to being named to the All-Tournament Team. Meanwhile, Miles averaged 5.2 points and 7.5 assists.
This past season, Miles jumped onto the collegiate scene at Notre Dame, ending the year with five straight games in double figures, totaling 52 points in said span. Overall, she averaged 9.3 ppg and 3.5 apg.
Over at The Ursuline School, Citron went out on a high note. She was named a McDonald’s All-American, Section I Miss Basketball and a MaxPreps Second Team All-American. Citron finished her prep career with 2,243 career points and 1,192 career rebounds.
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The U19 World Cup features teams from 16 nations and will be held Aug. 7-15 in Debrecen, Hungary. In addition to the USA and host Hungary, teams that will take part in this summer’s U19 World Cup include Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Italy, Japan, Mali, Russia, South Korea and Spain.
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