Kiah Stokes said she felt “timid and shy” during tryouts for the USA Basketball 16-and-under national team.
“I think I could have done more,” said the sophomore from Linn-Mar High School.
Evidently, she did plenty.
Stokes was named Sunday to the 12-girl team that will represent the USA in the 2009 FIBA Americas Championship for Women at a site and time to be announced.
Linn-Mar's Kiah Stokes (41) collects one of her 18 blocks against Cedar Rapids Washington in a January game. Stokes has been invited to try out for the USA Basketball 16-and-under national team. (Gazette photo by Jim Slosiarek)
MARION — All-state basketball player Kiah Stokes of Linn-Mar has been invited to try out for the USA Basketball 16-and-under girls’ basketball team.
Tryouts will take place at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., in late May.
Mid-Prairie boys' basketball coach Don Showalter, here leading players through drills, has been named the head coach for a USA Basketball 16-and-under national team. (Gazette file photo)
Mid-Prairie boys’ basketball coach Don Showalter has been selected head coach for the 2009-10 USA Basketball boys’ 16-and-under boys’ developmental national team.
“As you can imagine, this is a really exciting time for me,” Showalter said. “As a coach, when you reach the highest level of coaching you can reach, which for me is being the national team coach for the high school level, is a tremendous honor. I’m very excited about it. Working with USA Basketball has been a great experience for me in the past.”
