Breanna Stewart
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Breanna Stewart is an American basketball player at Cicero – North Syracuse High School in North Syracuse, New York
. She played on the USA Basketball
U16, U17 and U19 teams, where she helped each team win a Gold Medal. Stewart was selected to be on the USA Women's Pan American Team
, only the second high school player to be selected for this USA team, along with Nancy Lieberman
, who played on the 1975 team. She has signed with the University of Connecticut
and will enroll at the school in the fall of 2012.
U16 team, at age fourteen, the youngest member of the team. All other team members were fifteen or sixteen at the time. She stood six feet, three inches at the time, the same height as Kiah Stokes and Elizabeth Williams. Despite being the youngest, she earned the starting role for all five games, scoring just under ten points per games, and typing Elizabeth Williams for the team lead in blocks. She helped the team win the Gold Medal in the First FIBA Americas U16 Championship For Women, held in Mexico City, Mexico. The win secured an automatic bid to the 2010 FIBA U17 World Championship, held in Rodez & Toulouse, France.
who played on the 1975 tea, before Stewart was born.
The 2011 team finished seventh, the first time in history they did not earn a medal, but Stewart, almost three years younger than the next youngest player, was still a major contributor, scoring 15.4 points per game to lead the team in scoring. The also lead the team in blocks and rebounds.
North Syracuse, New York
North Syracuse is a village in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 6,863 at the 2000 census.The Village of North Syracuse is partly in the Town of Cicero, but is primarily within the Town of Clay. North Syracuse is north of the City of Syracuse.- History :The village was...
. She played on the USA Basketball
USA Basketball
USA Basketball is a non-profit organization and the governing body for basketball in the United States. The organization represents the United States in FIBA and the men's and women's national basketball teams in the United States Olympic Committee...
U16, U17 and U19 teams, where she helped each team win a Gold Medal. Stewart was selected to be on the USA Women's Pan American Team
USA Women's Pan American Team
The Pan American Team is one of the teams under the auspices of the USA Basketball organization. The Pan American Games are held every four years in the year before the Olympics. The first Pan American Games were held in 1951, but those games were men only. The Second Pan American games in 1955...
, only the second high school player to be selected for this USA team, along with Nancy Lieberman
Nancy Lieberman
Nancy Elizabeth Lieberman , nicknamed "Lady Magic", is a former professional basketball player who played and coached in the WNBA.Lieberman is regarded as one of the greatest figures in women's basketball....
, who played on the 1975 team. She has signed with the University of Connecticut
University of Connecticut
The admission rate to the University of Connecticut is about 50% and has been steadily decreasing, with about 28,000 prospective students applying for admission to the freshman class in recent years. Approximately 40,000 prospective students tour the main campus in Storrs annually...
and will enroll at the school in the fall of 2012.
U16
Stewart was selected to join the USA BasketballUSA Basketball
USA Basketball is a non-profit organization and the governing body for basketball in the United States. The organization represents the United States in FIBA and the men's and women's national basketball teams in the United States Olympic Committee...
U16 team, at age fourteen, the youngest member of the team. All other team members were fifteen or sixteen at the time. She stood six feet, three inches at the time, the same height as Kiah Stokes and Elizabeth Williams. Despite being the youngest, she earned the starting role for all five games, scoring just under ten points per games, and typing Elizabeth Williams for the team lead in blocks. She helped the team win the Gold Medal in the First FIBA Americas U16 Championship For Women, held in Mexico City, Mexico. The win secured an automatic bid to the 2010 FIBA U17 World Championship, held in Rodez & Toulouse, France.
U17
Stewart continued with the USA team as it became the U17 team. She earned a starting role in all eight games. In the first game, against the host team from France, she lead all scorers with 13 points. In the final preliminary game against Japan, she lead all scorers with 30 points. In the eight game tournament, she averaged 12.8 points per game, second only to Elizabeth Williams at 13.5 points per game. She was the team leader with 18 blocks, helping the USA team to win all eight games and win the gold medal in the 2010 FIBA U17 World Championship for Women.U19
In 2011, Stewart was selected to be on the USA basketball U19 team. The U18 team won the 2010 Americas Championship, so earned an automatic bid to the U19 World Championship, held in Puerto Montt, Chile. Although one of the youngest players on the team, Stewart averaged 11.2 points per game to post the highest scoring average of the USA players, and was one of the five players named to the all tournament team. Ariel Massengale was the other USA player to earn the all tournament honors.Pan American
The USA Pan American team members are usually chosen from the college ranks, although many of the other countries use their National teams, which include professional players. Stewart is the only high school player chosen for the 2011 Pan American team, and only the second high school player in Pan American team history for the USA teams. The Only other high school player on a Pan American team was Nancy LiebermanNancy Lieberman
Nancy Elizabeth Lieberman , nicknamed "Lady Magic", is a former professional basketball player who played and coached in the WNBA.Lieberman is regarded as one of the greatest figures in women's basketball....
who played on the 1975 tea, before Stewart was born.
The 2011 team finished seventh, the first time in history they did not earn a medal, but Stewart, almost three years younger than the next youngest player, was still a major contributor, scoring 15.4 points per game to lead the team in scoring. The also lead the team in blocks and rebounds.