COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (Jan. 15, 2025) – USA Basketball announced today the USA men’s and women’s rosters and coaching staffs for the 2025 Nike Hoop Summit. The 26th Nike Hoop Summit, which features a men’s and women’s game of the top American high school athletes facing off against a World Team of top international players 19-and-younger, is scheduled for Saturday, April 12, at Moda Center in Portland, Oregon. Tickets are on sale at www.usab.com/tickets.
The 2025 USA Men’s Nike Hoop Summit roster features Darius Acuff Jr., Nate Ament, Cameron Boozer, Cayden Boozer, Mikel Brown Jr., Chris Cenac Jr., AJ Dybantsa, Jalen Haralson, Jasper Johnson, Nikolas Khamenia, Malachi Moreno and Koa Peat.
The head coach for the USA men is Frank Bennett (Chaminade College Prep, MO) and he will be assisted by Rob Brost (Bolingbrook High School, IL) and Charlie Ward (Florida High, FL).
The 2025 USA Women’s Nike Hoop Summit roster includes Darriana ‘Dee’ Alexander, Sienna Betts, Aaliyah Chavez, Aaliyah Crump, Jasmine ‘Jazzy’ Davidson, Alexandra Eschmeyer, Madison Francis, ZaKiyah Johnson, Grace Knox, Emilee Skinner, Jordan Speiser and Hailee Swain.
Leading the USA women’s team will be head coach Dan Rolfes (Incarnate Word Academy, MO) with assistant coaches Karen Self (Seton Catholic Prep, AZ) and Alicia Komaki (Sierra Canyon School, CA).
Overall, the USA men’s and women’s athletes have combined for 27 gold medals as members of USA Basketball junior national teams.
The 2025 Nike Hoop Summit, which will be televised live on USA Network and streamed on Peacock, will tip off with the women’s game at 7:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. PT followed by the men’s game at approx. 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT.
Accreditation applications for the 2025 Nike Hoop Summit, in addition to other upcoming USA Basketball events, will open at a later date.
USA Men’s Nike Hoop Summit Roster Highlights
- Cameron Boozer, Cayden Boozer, Cenac Jr., Dybantsa, Haralson and Peat, a three-time gold medalist, were members of the 2024 Men’s U17 National Team that won the gold medal at the FIBA U17 Men’s World Cup in Istanbul.
- Acuff Jr., Ament, Brown Jr., Johnson and Khamenia were members of the 2024 Men’s U18 National Team that won gold at the FIBA U18 Men’s AmeriCup in Buenos Aires.
- Cameron Boozer, Cayden Boozer, Cenac Jr., Dybantsa and Peat were also members of the 2023 Men’s U16 National Team that captured the gold medal at the FIBA U16 Men’s AmeriCup in Merida, Mexico.
- Peat won his first gold medal with the 2022 Men’s U17 National Team that competed at the FIBA U17 Men’s World Cup in Malaga, Spain.
- Acuff Jr. (Oct. 2024, Oct. 2023), Ament (April 2024), Cameron Boozer (Oct. 2022, April 2022), Cayden Boozer (Oct. 2022, April 2022), Brown Jr. (Oct. 2024, April 2024, Oct. 2023, April 2023), Cenac Jr. (Oct. 2024, April 2024, Oct. 2023), Dybantsa (Oct. 2023, April 2023, Oct. 2022), Haralson (April 2024, Oct. 2023, April 2023, Oct. 2022), Johnson (Oct. 2024, Oct. 2023, April 2023), Khamenia (Oct. 2024, April 2024), Moreno (Oct. 2024, April 2024) and Peat (April 2024, Oct. 2023, April 2023, Oct. 2022, April 2022) have participated in a USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team minicamp.
- Khamenia has a gold medal from the 2024 FIBA 3x3 U18 Men’s World Cup in Debrecen, Hungary.
- Moreno will make his USA Basketball competitive debut in Portland.
- Bennett, who was named an assistant coach for the 2025 USA Men’s U16 National Team, is a two-time assistant for the USA at the Nike Hoop Summit (2024, 2023).
- Brost and Ward will serve their first USA Basketball bench coaching assignment at the 2025 Nike Hoop Summit. Both have previously been a court coach at a USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team minicamp and training camp.
USA Women’s Nike Hoop Summit Roster Highlights
- Swain, a two-time gold medalist, stood atop the 2024 FIBA U17 Women’s World Cup podium alongside Eschmeyer and Skinner in León, Mexico.
- Betts, Davidson, Francis and Johnson captured the gold medal at the 2024 FIBA U18 Women’s AmeriCup in Bucaramanga, Colombia.
- Alexander, Crump and Swain won gold at the 2023 FIBA U16 Women’s AmeriCup in León, Mexico.
- Alexander (March 2024, April 2023), Betts (April 2023), Crump (March 2024, April 2023), Davidson (April 2023), Eschmeyer (March 2024), Johnson (April 2023), Knox (April 2023), Skinner (March 2024) and Swain (March 2024) have each attended a USA Basketball Women’s Junior National Team minicamp in the last two years.
- Davidson is also a two-time gold medalist, helping win the 2024 FIBA 3x3 U18 Women’s World Cup in Debrecen, Hungary.
- Chavez, Knox and Speiser will make their USA Basketball competitive debuts.
- Rolfes was at the helm for the USA gold-medal winning squad at the 2023 FIBA U16 Women’s AmeriCup.
- Self and Komaki will make their bench coach debuts after previously serving as court coaches at the 2023 USA Women’s U16 National Team trials and 2017 USA Women’s U16 National Team trials, respectively.