Kendall Cooper

2013 McDonald's All-American rosters announced

Today the McDonalds All-American Games unveiled the rosters for the 12th annual McDonald's All-American Girls Team.  The game will feature the first ever father/daughter duo with Taya Reimer (Hamilton Southeastern – Indianapolis, Ind.), daughter of Ben Davis who was a McDonald's All-American in 1991.

Showcase for smaller SoCal high schools featured some big time talent

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calf.

WBCA names 2013 All-American Team

ATLANTA, Ga. -- The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced the 20 player roster for the 22nd WBCA All-American Game presented by Nike to be played on April 6  in New Orleans.  For the fourth consecutive year, the game will be played on the official NCAA Women’s Final Four court. The roster will be divided into two 10-player teams for the game, which will be played according to NCAA rules. Tipoff is set for 4:30 p.m. CT.

Kendall Cooper

2012 Boo Williams Invitational & 2012 Nike Nationals

Cooper is a low-block insider with college-ready frame with an emerging post game;.  She is superb in transition, a defensive presence in the key; Her sister, Jourdan is playing at Mt. San Antonio JC, in Californina. - Dan Olson

USA Basketball

Won gold with the 2012 USA U18 National Team. Participated in the 2011 USA Basketball Women’s U16 National Team Trials.

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Named a 2013 WBCA High School All-American

The rich get richer: Duke lands a pair of elite recruits

Duke women’s basketball coach Joanne P. McCallie thought she was getting bad news when top recruit Rebecca Greenwell called her on Oct. 11. The 6-1 shooting guard,rated as fourth best player in the class of 2013 by the Collegiate Girls Basketball Report, had just been on campus for an official visit the weekend before, taking in a football game and getting a run at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

U.S. Under-18s come back from 11 down to win gold

The road to gold took a turn the U-18 National Team didn’t expect on Sunday as Brazil jumped out to a double-digit lead in the gold medal game of the FIBA Americas Championship in Puerto Rico.

Brazil opened the contest with a 9-0 run holding the U.S. scoreless until the 6:15 mark, and finishing off the first quarter with a 16-7 lead.  Team USA, who had never trailed for more than a minute or by more than three points in the entire tournament, continued to struggle in the second quarter when Brazil went up by 11 points.

Brittney Sykes leads U18 team to big win over Brazil

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ORLANDO, FL - To say the U18 National Team dominated in Thursday’s exhibition game against Brazil would be an understatement.  The U.S. held Brazil scoreless until the 7:56 mark of the second quarter en route to a 97-36 victory hosted at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports in Orlando.

U18 National Team announced

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Three players who didn't make the U17 World Championship Team found redemption today when their number was called for the U18 National Team.  Allisha Gray (Washington County HS), Kendall Cooper (St. Anthony H.S.) and Jannah Tucker (New Town H.S.) all survived an even stiffer group of competition to make the U18 National Team roster of 12.

Participants announced for USA Basketball’s 2012 women’s U17 World Championship Team Trials

USA Basketball announced thirty-five top prep players have accepted invitations to participate in the 2012 U17 World Championship Team Trials being held in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 17-20.

Thirteen players return from previous USA Basketball gold medal teams including 2 time gold medalist Diamond Deshields of Norcross High School (Norcross, Ga.) who played for team USA on the 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship and the 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship.