COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (May 24, 2026) – USA Basketball announced today the 2026 USA Women’s U17 National Team following four days of trials in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The team will travel to Brno, Czechia, for the 2026 FIBA U17 Women’s World Cup July 11-19.
The 12-member team, selected from 46 trials participants, was selected by the USA Basketball Women’s Developmental National Team Committee and will reconvene for training camp in Colorado Springs in early July.
The 2026 USA Women’s U17 National Team, featuring athletes from the graduating classes of 2026, 2027 and 2028, includes Jazman Bailey, Caroline Bradley, Tatianna Griffin, Maliya Hunter, Olivia Jones, Eve Long, Micah Ojo, Morghan Reckley, Nya Riak, Arianna Robinson, Nation Williams and Ivanna Wilson Manyacka.
Each athlete has USA Basketball experience at previous junior national trials, competitions or minicamps. Ten members of the 2025 USA Women’s U16 National Team, which won gold at the 2025 FIBA U16 Women’s AmeriCup, made the squad, including Bailey, Bradley, Griffin, Jones, Long, Ojo, Reckley, Robinson, Williams and Wilson Manyacka.
Additionally, Wilson Mayacka has a FIBA U17 Women’s World Cup gold medal on her resume as a member of the 2024 USA Women’s U17 National Team.
The 2026 USA Women’s U17 National Team will be led by head coach Steve Gomez (Lubbock Christian University, TX). He will be assisted by Brittanny Johnson (Evanston Township High School, IL) and Krystle Johnson (Hoover High School, AL). The trio coached the 2025 U16 National Team to a gold medal last year.
The U.S. have won six of the seven iterations of the FIBA U17 Women’s World Cup, including three consecutive. The Americans carry an all-time record of 50-1 in the competition.
The 2026 FIBA U17 Women’s World Cup features 16 teams. The USA, who drew into Group A, will take on Ivory Coast on July 11 in their opening game before facing Australia on July 12 and Latvia on July 14. Each of the 16 teams will advance from group play to the single-elimination tournament, with the round of 16 on July 15, quarterfinals on July 17, semifinals on July 18 and the Final on July 19.