PORTLAND, Oregon (March 7, 2025) – Nike Basketball announced the World Select men’s and women’s rosters for the 2025 Nike Hoop Summit. The World’s top talent will join forces to face USA teams, which include several members who won gold medals last summer at the FIBA U17 World Cup and FIBA U18 AmeriCup and represent the high school graduating classes of 2025. The World team features elite talent with players ages 19 and younger across six continents. The event will be held on Saturday, April 12, 2025, at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon, and will be live on USA Network and Peacock. Tickets are on sale now by clicking here.
The 2025 World Select men’s roster includes Ikenna Alozie, Kiyan Anthony, Tajh Ariza, Dash Daniels, Bogoljub Marković, Omer Mayer, Jaion Pitt, Eric Reibe, Michael Ružić, Dame Sarr, Tounde Yessoufou and Boyuan Zhang.
The men’s team will be led by coach Marshall Cho of South Korea. Cho will head the team for the second year with experience coaching Basketball Without Borders and NBA Africa.
The women’s roster will showcase Daria Biriuk, Sarah Cisse, Bella Hines, Agot Makeer, Ayla McDowell, Jovana Popovic, Deniya Prawl, Ainhoa Risacher, Saffron Shiels, Lara Somfai, Olivia Vukosa and Nyadieng Yiech.
The women’s team will be led by coach Carly Clarke of Canada. Clarke will lead her team for the third year while also serving as an assistant for Canada’s national women’s team and the head coach of the women’s program at Toronto Metropolitan University.
The men’s roster features Basketball Without Borders MVP Alozie (Nigeria) and defensive MVP Daniels (Australia) who is also the younger brother of NBA first-round pick Dyson Daniels. The NBA pedigree continues with Anthony (Puerto Rico), the son of 2025 Naismith Hall of Fame finalist Carmelo Anthony; and Ariza (Japan), the son of NBA champion Trevor Ariza. Yessoufou (Benin) joins the team after being top 10 in points per game in the EYBL this past season with Pitt (Canada) being top 10 in rebounds per game. Additionally, the roster consists of Marković (Serbia), Mayer (Israel), Reibe (Germany), Ružić (Croatia), Sarr (Italy) and Zhang (China).
The women’s team consists of two South Carolina commits Makeer (Canada) and McDowell (Brazil). Hines (Mexico) joins the team coming off a Nike National Championship this summer with Cyfair Elite. Vukosa (Croatia) joins elite company playing in her second Hoop Summit game. From IMG Academy come high school teammates Prawl (Canada) and Somfai (Australia). Also joining the roster is Risacher (France), sister of Zaccharie Risacher, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. Additional names to the roster include Biriuk (Ukraine), Cisse (France), Popovic (Serbia), Shiels (Australia) and Yiech (Canada).
Some of the NBA’s biggest stars have turned in key performances at the Nike Hoop Summit. In 2017, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished with 11 points and two assists; NBA champion and three-time MVP Nikola Jokic recorded five points and seven rebounds. The World team holds eight alumni that have been selected with the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA Draft including Karl-Anthony Towns, Andrew Wiggins and Deandre Ayton. The USA boast an 18-7 series advantage over the World team.
On the women’s side, 2023 Nike Hoop Summit World team alumni Shaneice Swain earned the distinction as the first Hoop Summit player to be drafted into the WNBA as she was selected by the Los Angeles Sparks in the second round of the 2023 WNBA Draft. Nyadiew Puoch, who also played for the World in 2023, was drafted by the Atlanta Dream with the 12th overall pick in 2024. The USA hold a 2-0 Hoop Summit advantage over the World.
USA Basketball previously announced the USA rosters for the 2025 game. The Nike Hoop Summit has been held annually since 1995, except for 2001-03 and 2020-21, and has been in Portland since 2008.
Accreditation applications for the 2025 Nike Hoop Summit are being accepted at sportssystems.com/usabasketball.