Where the 2024 U.S. Olympic women's 3x3 basketball team played in college

Where the 2024 U.S. Olympic women’s 3×3 basketball team played in college

Posted by Admin June 5, 2024 Basketball

USA Basketball will bring three former college basketball stars and one current NCAA player to Paris to defend their gold medal in women’s 3×3 basketball at the 2024 Olympics.

The four players represent Stanford, TCU, Tennessee and Kentucky.

Jennifer Rizzotti, president of the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun, will serve as the head coach, and she will be assisted by Tammi Reiss. Rizzotti played at UConn and was previously the head coach at Hartford and George Washington. Reiss was a four-year star at Virginia and is now the head coach at Rhode Island.

2024 U.S. Olympic women’s 3×3 basketball team

PLAYER	SCHOOL (YEAR)	POSITION
Cameron Brink	Stanford (2024)	Center
Hailey Van Lith	TCU (Present)	Guard
Cierra Burdick	Tennessee (2015)	Forward
Rhyne Howard	Kentucky (2022)	Guard

Cameron Brink

Brink dominant college career led to her being selected with the No. 2 pick of the 2024 WNBA draft. In college, Brink won a national championship in 2021, was a three-time All-American and the 2024 national defensive player of the year.

KEY DETAILS

School: Stanford
Career averages: 14.0 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 3.1 bpg, 1.7 apg
Current WNBA team: Los Angeles Sparks
WNBA career averages: 8.8 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 2.6 bpg, 2.1 apg

CAREER HONORS

Second overall pick in the 2024 WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks
NCAA champion (2021)
Four-time Pac-12 champion (2021-24)
Two-time Pac-12 tournament champion (2021-22)
Naismith Defensive Player of the Year (2024)
WBCA Defensive Player of the Year (2023)
Three-time WBCA All-America (2022-24)
Three-time Associated Press All-America (2022-24)
USBWA All-America First Team (2024)
USBWA All-America Second Team (2023)
USBWA All-America Third Team (2022)
Two-time Wooden Award All-America (2023-24)
Lisa Leslie Award (2024)
Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Finalist (2022)
Two-time Katrina McClain Award Finalist (2022-23)
Pac-12 Player of the Year – Coaches and Media (2024)
Pac-12 Player of the Year – Media (2022)
Three-time Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year – Coaches and Media (2022-24)
Four-time All-Pac-12 – Coaches and Media (2021-24)
Three-time Pac-12 All-Defensive Team – Coaches and Media (2022-24)
Two-time NCAA tournament Regional All-Tournament Team (2021-22)
Three-time Pac-12 All-Tournament Team (2021-23)
Rainbow Wahine Showdown All-Tournament Team (2022)
12-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (Nov. 29, 2021; Jan. 17, 2022; Jan. 31, 2022; Feb. 7, 2022; Dec. 19, 2022; Jan. 9, 2023; Jan. 30, 2023; Nov. 20, 2023; Nov. 27, 2023; Jan. 8, 2024; Jan. 29, 2024; March 4, 2024)
Associated Press National Player of the Week (March 5, 2024)
USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Week (Feb. 13, 2024)
USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Week (Nov. 14, 2023)
Naismith Trophy Player of the Week (Feb. 8, 2022)
Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2021)
CalHOPE Courage Award (2022)

Hailey Van Lith

Van Lith transferred to TCU prior to the 2024-25 season. She played the first three seasons of her career at Louisville, where she was honored as first-team All-ACC twice. Van Lith then transferred to LSU, where she played one season for Kim Mulkey before announcing plans to transfer to TCU.

KEY DETAILS

School: TCU, LSU, Louisville
Career averages: 14.4 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.8 apg, 1.3 spg

CAREER HONORS

Only active Division I player who has tallied at least 1,900 career points, 500 rebounds and 350 assists
Five-time FIBA gold medalist
2023 FIBA 3×3 World Cup gold medalist
2023 AP and USBWA honorable mention All-American
2023 Drysdale Award finalist
Two-time first team All-ACC (2022, 2023)
2023 College Sports Communicators second team Academic All-American
Three-time All-ACC Academic team selection (2021-23)
2021 NCAA Final Four
Four-time NCAA Elite Eight participant (2021-24)
2020 McDonald’s All-American
2020 Washington Miss Basketball
2019 FIBA 3×3 U18 World Cup MVP
2018 USA Basketball 3×3 U18 National Championship MVP

Cierra Burdick

Cierra Burdick was a four-year player at Tennessee before beginning her lengthy professional career. She is the only two-time world champion in 3×3 for Team USA basketball.

KEY DETAILS

School: Tennessee
Career averages: 8.1 ppg, 6.0 rpg, 1.8 apg
Current WNBA team: N/A
WNBA career averages: 1.8 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 0.5 apg

CAREER HONORS

WNBA Second Round Draft Pick (14th pick, Los Angeles Sparks) — 2015
AP Honorable Mention All-American — 2015
NCAA Spokane Regional All-Tournament Team — 2015
Coaches All-SEC First Team — 2015
AP All-SEC Second Team — 2015
SEC All-Tournament Team — 2015
College Sports Madness All-SEC Second Team — 2015
CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team — 2015
SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship Nominee — 2015
NCAA Jim McKay Scholarship Winner — 2015
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar — 2014-15
SEC Community Service Team — 2015
SEC Academic Honor Roll — 2015
CoSIDA Academic All-District Team (District 3) — 2015
UT Torchbearer — 2015
Volscars Miss Tennessee — 2015
SEC Player of the Week — 2014-15 (2/2)
College Sports Madness SEC & National Player of the Week — 2014-15 (2/2)
SEC Co-Player of the Week — 2014-15 (1/12)
All-State, WBCA Good Works Team Nominee — 2014
SEC All-Tournament — 2014
SEC Community Service Team — 2014
SEC Academic Honor Roll — 2014
Volscars Female Best Supporting Role Award — 2014
SEC Player of the Week — 2013-14 (2/3)
SEC Academic Honor Roll — 2013
SEC Player of the Week — 2012-13 (3/4)
SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll — 2012
SEC Freshman of the Week — 2011-12 (2/20)

Rhyne Howard

Howard put together an impressive college career at Kentucky, where she was named the national freshman of the year and later won SEC player of the year twice (2021, 2022). Howard’s college success led to her being selected as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft.

KEY DETAILS

School: Kentucky
Career averages: 20.1 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 2.9 apg, 2.3 spg
Current WNBA team: Atlanta Dream
WNBA career averages: 16.9 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 3.2 apg, 1.4 spg