USA BASKETBALL UGA & USA BASKETBALL: A GOLDEN COMBO
Rarely over the past two decades has a United States National Team entered a major international competition without one or more Georgia Lady Bulldog included as a key ingredient on the roster. Teresa Edwards and Katrina McClain headline an impressive list of 25 Lady Bulldogs who have represented USA Basketball in more than 40 different competitions worldwide. Edwards and McClain were the backbone of virtually every U.S. team fielded for a major competition from 1986-96 and compiled a 109-4 (.965) record in USA Basketball competitions. Edwards, who first played at the national level during the summer after her junior season of high school, is the only basketball player to represent the U.S. in five Olympic Games. All told, she was a member of 22 different USA Basketball teams, compiling an overall record of 205-14 (93.6). Along the way, Edwards compiled some incredible statistics – 2,008 points, 890 assists, 576 rebounds and 372 steals. McClain is perhaps the most decorated international performer other that Edwards. In fact, they first played together during the summer before McClain’s arrival at Georgia, leading the South to a Gold Medal at the 1983 U.S. Olympic Festival. McClain capped her international career at the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta by averaging 14.1 points and posting teambests of 8.3 rebounds per game and 63.9 percent field goal percentage.
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Katie Abrahamson
1985 – National Sports Festival
Barbara Bootz
1985 – National Sports Festival U.S. Junior Pan Am Team 1987 – Seoul Pre-Olympic Invitational
Kara Braxton
2002 – U.S. Young Women National Team 2006 – U.S. Senior National Team
Kiesha Brown
1995 – U.S. Olympic Festival 1996 – U.S. Junior National Team
Cori Chambers
2002 – U.S. Youth Development Festival
Teresa Edwards
1981 – National Sports Festival 1982 – National Sports Festival U.S. Junior Pan Am Team 1983 – National Sports Festival 1984 – U.S. Olympic Team 1986 – Goodwill/FIBA World Championships 1987 – Pan American Games 1988 – U.S. Olympic Team 1990 – Goodwill/FIBA World Championships 1991 – Pan American Games 1992 – U.S. Olympic Team 1994 – FIBA World Championships 1996 – U.S. Olympic Team
1997 – 1998 – 1999 – 2000 –
U.S. Senior National Team U.S. Senior National Team U.S. Senior National Team U.S. Olympic Team
1994 – 1995 – 1997 – 1998 –
R. William Jones Cup Team World University Games World University Games U.S. Senior National Team (Goldmark Cup)
La’Keshia Frett
Stacey Ford
1988 – U.S. Junior National Team
Susie Gardner
1983 – National Sports Festival 1986 – Canadian Invitational Tournament
Carla Green
1986 – U.S. Olympic Festival 1987 – U.S. Olympic Festival 1989 – World University Games
Lady Hardmon
1989 – U.S. Junior National Team 1992 – R. William Jones Cup Team 1993 – World University Games
Teresa Edwards – 1984 Olympic Games
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Janet Harris
1981 – National Sports Festival 1982 – National Sports Festival
Tasha Humphrey was the second-leading scorer for the Gold Medal-winning U.S. team at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro. She double figures in four of five outings to average 11.6 points.
Kedra Holland-Corn
1994 – U.S. Olympic Festival 1997 – World University Games
Coco & Kelly Miller – 1999 World University Games