The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Women’s Basketball duo selected for USA Basketball U19 National Team Trials
06.05.2025 | Women's Basketball
Lee and Crump will begin trials in Colorado Springs on June 18.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado — Sophomore Jordan Lee and incoming freshman Aaliyah Crump have been selected to participate in USA Basketball U19 National Team Trials. USA Basketball announced today 27 athletes expected to participate in the 2025 USA Basketball Women's U19 National Team trials at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Trials begin June 18 with the final 12-member roster expected to be announced following trials. The team will travel to Brno, Czechia, for the 2025 FIBA U19 Women's World Cup from July 12-20.
Lee finished a strong freshman season in which she earned All-SEC Freshman Team honors. She scored in double figures in 10 games, including 16 points in the Final Four against No. 2 South Carolina and 17 points on the road at No. 9 Oklahoma in the first SEC game of her collegiate career. Lee helped the Longhorns capture a SEC regular season championship and advance to the Final Four for the first time in 22 years.
Lee competed for USA Basketball and earned a gold medal as part of the U18 team that competed in the 2024 Women's AmeriCup last summer in Colombia.
Aaliyah Crump has represented USA Basketball on several occasions and earned a gold medal in 2023 with the U16 National Team. This year Crump was a member of the 2025 Women's Nike Hoop Summit team that defeated the World Select team. She tallied 11 points in the game with three 3-pointers. In 2024 she was a finalist for the 2024 U17 National Team. Crump, the No. 5 ranked recruit in her class and a McDonald's All-American, averaged 24.4 points, 8.2 rebounds, 3.7 steals and 3.3 assists in leading her high school, Minnetonka to the 2024 4A State Championship.
As previously announced, coaches for the U19 team include Teri Moren (Indiana University), Jose Fernandez (University of South Florida) and Niele Ivey (University of Notre Dame). The trio led the 2024 USA Women's U18 to gold at the FIBA U18 Women's AmeriCup last summer.
"On behalf of the USA Basketball Women's Junior National Team Committee, I am excited to announce this special group of athletes who will compete for their spot on the 2025 USA Women's U19 National Team," said Cori Close, USA Basketball Women's Junior National Team Committee chair. "These young women have a wealth of experience with USA Basketball and I can't wait to see what they bring to the trials. The FIBA Women's U19 World Cup always provides great competition and challenges, and we look forward to selecting an outstanding roster and representing this country to the best of our ability this summer."
The FIBA U19 Women's World Cup, which was launched in 1985, features the world's top 16 U19 national teams who qualify based on their finishes the previous year at the biennial U18 zone championships (USA won gold at the 2024 FIBA U18 Women's World Cup). The USA has won the gold medal in nine of the last 10 competitions, including the last three.
