Oklahoma State University Athletics
Vivian Gray To Attend U.S. Pan American Games Team Trials
May 02, 2019 | Cowgirl Basketball
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Oklahoma State's Vivian Gray will be among the 36 athletes expected to participate in trials for the 2019 U.S. Pan American Games Women's Basketball Team it was announced today by USA Basketball.
Trials to select the 12-member team will take place May 16-20 at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The team members will return to Colorado Springs for training camp July 23-Aug. 5 before competing in the women's basketball tournament at the 2019 Pan American Games from Aug. 6-10 in Lima, Peru.
Athletes eligible for this team must be U.S. citizens who currently are enrolled as a full-time collegiate student with remaining eligibility for the 2019-20 school year.
For Gray, it will mark her second experience with USA Basketball after participating in 2016 at the U18 trials.
A native of Argyle Texas, Gray received honorable mention All-America status, was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and a unanimous first-team All-Big 12 pick in her first season as a Cowgirl.
The rising junior produced one of the most prolific offensive seasons in school history. Gray averaged 20.0 points per game, which ranked second among Big 12 players and 25th nationally. Additionally, her average was the fifth-best nationally among sophomores.
She finished the year with a team-best 36 blocked shots, the 15th-best single-season total in school history and the most ever by a Cowgirl wing player.
Gray became just the third OSU sophomore to average 20 points per outing and just the second Cowgirl in program history to score 600 points as a sophomore. Her scoring average rose to 21.6 points per game in league play.
The USA Basketball Women's Junior National Team Committee, chaired by George Washington University head coach Jennifer Rizzotti, is responsible for selecting the U.S. trials athletes. In addition to Rizzotti, the USA Junior National Team Committee includes 2008 Olympic gold medalist Kara Lawson as the athlete representative; and Karen Aston (Texas), Tonya Cardoza (Temple) and Wes Moore (North Carolina State) as the NCAA representatives.
Suzy Merchant (Michigan State) will lead the team as USA head coach, with USA assistant coaches Felisha Legette-Jack (Buffalo) and Vic Schaefer (Mississippi State).
Trials to select the 12-member team will take place May 16-20 at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The team members will return to Colorado Springs for training camp July 23-Aug. 5 before competing in the women's basketball tournament at the 2019 Pan American Games from Aug. 6-10 in Lima, Peru.
Athletes eligible for this team must be U.S. citizens who currently are enrolled as a full-time collegiate student with remaining eligibility for the 2019-20 school year.
For Gray, it will mark her second experience with USA Basketball after participating in 2016 at the U18 trials.
A native of Argyle Texas, Gray received honorable mention All-America status, was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and a unanimous first-team All-Big 12 pick in her first season as a Cowgirl.
The rising junior produced one of the most prolific offensive seasons in school history. Gray averaged 20.0 points per game, which ranked second among Big 12 players and 25th nationally. Additionally, her average was the fifth-best nationally among sophomores.
She finished the year with a team-best 36 blocked shots, the 15th-best single-season total in school history and the most ever by a Cowgirl wing player.
Gray became just the third OSU sophomore to average 20 points per outing and just the second Cowgirl in program history to score 600 points as a sophomore. Her scoring average rose to 21.6 points per game in league play.
The USA Basketball Women's Junior National Team Committee, chaired by George Washington University head coach Jennifer Rizzotti, is responsible for selecting the U.S. trials athletes. In addition to Rizzotti, the USA Junior National Team Committee includes 2008 Olympic gold medalist Kara Lawson as the athlete representative; and Karen Aston (Texas), Tonya Cardoza (Temple) and Wes Moore (North Carolina State) as the NCAA representatives.
Suzy Merchant (Michigan State) will lead the team as USA head coach, with USA assistant coaches Felisha Legette-Jack (Buffalo) and Vic Schaefer (Mississippi State).
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