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Grace VanSlooten Selected to USA Women’s AmeriCup Team Roster
6/19/2025 4:52:00 PM | Women's Basketball
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EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State women's basketball player Grace VanSlooten was selected to the 2025 USA Women's AmeriCup Team roster as announced on Thursday afternoon following three days of trials in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Team USA will compete at the 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup from June 28-July 6 in Santiago, Chile.
The roster was selected by the USA Basketball Women's Junior National Team Committee.
The 2025 USA Women's AmeriCup Team includes Raegan Beers, Mikayla Blakes, Madison Booker, Audi Crooks, Joyce Edwards, Hannah Hidalgo, Flau'jae Johnson, Gianna Kneepkens, Olivia Miles, Kennedy Smith, Hannah Stuelke and VanSlooten.
VanSlooten is one of three players from the Big Ten to make the AmeriCup team along with Iowa's Hannah Stuelke and USC's Kennedy Smith.
The Spartan forward VanSlooten is one of six athletes on the roster who have previously claimed a gold medal as members of various USA Basketball teams. VanSlooten won gold as part of the 2023 USA U19 Women's National Team.
Additionally, VanSlooten is the first Spartan represent Team USA in competitions since Aerial Powers helped guide Team USA to gold in the World University Games in South Korea in 2015.
VanSlooten was not the only Spartan in Colorado Springs, as MSU head coach Robyn Fralick was one of the court coaches during the trials. Kara Lawson (Duke University) will serve as head coach with assistant coaches DeLisha Milton-Jones (Old Dominion University) and Jennie Baranczyk (University of Oklahoma).
In her first season with the Spartans, VanSlooten, a junior forward, earned second-team All-Big Ten honors. She led the team in scoring, averaging 15.5 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. VanSlooten played in 31 games, starting 23.
The 2025 USA Women's AmeriCup Team will open Group B with host nation Chile, followed by Colombia, Puerto Rico and Mexico. The winner of the 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup will earn a berth to the 2026 FIBA Women's World Cup, set to be held in Berlin next summer.
2025 USA BASKETBALL WOMEN'S AMERICUP ROSTER
NAME, POS, SCHOOL
Raegan Beers, C, Oklahoma
Mikayla Blakes, G, Vanderbilt
Madison Booker, F, Texas
Audi Crooks, C, Iowa State
Joyce Edwards, F, South Carolina
Hannah Hidalgo, G, Notre Dame
Flau'jae Johnson, G, LSU
Gianna Kneepkens, G, Utah
Olivia Miles, G, Notre Dame
Kennedy Smith, G, Southern California
Hannah Stuelke, F, Iowa
Grace VanSlooten, F , Michigan State
The roster was selected by the USA Basketball Women's Junior National Team Committee.
The 2025 USA Women's AmeriCup Team includes Raegan Beers, Mikayla Blakes, Madison Booker, Audi Crooks, Joyce Edwards, Hannah Hidalgo, Flau'jae Johnson, Gianna Kneepkens, Olivia Miles, Kennedy Smith, Hannah Stuelke and VanSlooten.
VanSlooten is one of three players from the Big Ten to make the AmeriCup team along with Iowa's Hannah Stuelke and USC's Kennedy Smith.
The Spartan forward VanSlooten is one of six athletes on the roster who have previously claimed a gold medal as members of various USA Basketball teams. VanSlooten won gold as part of the 2023 USA U19 Women's National Team.
Additionally, VanSlooten is the first Spartan represent Team USA in competitions since Aerial Powers helped guide Team USA to gold in the World University Games in South Korea in 2015.
VanSlooten was not the only Spartan in Colorado Springs, as MSU head coach Robyn Fralick was one of the court coaches during the trials. Kara Lawson (Duke University) will serve as head coach with assistant coaches DeLisha Milton-Jones (Old Dominion University) and Jennie Baranczyk (University of Oklahoma).
In her first season with the Spartans, VanSlooten, a junior forward, earned second-team All-Big Ten honors. She led the team in scoring, averaging 15.5 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. VanSlooten played in 31 games, starting 23.
The 2025 USA Women's AmeriCup Team will open Group B with host nation Chile, followed by Colombia, Puerto Rico and Mexico. The winner of the 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup will earn a berth to the 2026 FIBA Women's World Cup, set to be held in Berlin next summer.
2025 USA BASKETBALL WOMEN'S AMERICUP ROSTER
NAME, POS, SCHOOL
Raegan Beers, C, Oklahoma
Mikayla Blakes, G, Vanderbilt
Madison Booker, F, Texas
Audi Crooks, C, Iowa State
Joyce Edwards, F, South Carolina
Hannah Hidalgo, G, Notre Dame
Flau'jae Johnson, G, LSU
Gianna Kneepkens, G, Utah
Olivia Miles, G, Notre Dame
Kennedy Smith, G, Southern California
Hannah Stuelke, F, Iowa
Grace VanSlooten, F , Michigan State
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