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 team-bests of 8.3 rebounds per game and 63.9 percent field goal percentage.
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 – U.S. Senior National Team 1998 – U.S. Senior National Team 1999 – U.S. Senior National Team 2000 – U.S. Olympic Team
Teresa Edwards – 1984 Olympic Games
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La’Keshia Frett 1994 – R. William Jones Cup Team 1995 – World University Games 1997 – World University Games 1998 – U.S. Senior National Team (Goldmark Cup) 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 Janet Harris 1981 – National Sports Festival 1982 – National Sports Festival Ashley Houts 2007 – U21 World Championships 2009 – World University Games Tasha Humphrey 2003 – U.S. Youth Development Festival 2007 – Pan American Games
Coco & Kelly Miller – 1999 World University Games