The United States Basketball Association is bringing three former college basketball stars and one current NCAA player to Paris to defend its gold medal in women's 3×3 basketball at the 2024 Olympics.
The five players represent Stanford, TCU, Tennessee, Kentucky and Wake Forest.
Jennifer Rizzotti, president of the WNBA's Connecticut Sun, will serve as head coach, assisted by Tammy Rice. Rizzotti played at the University of Connecticut and previously served as head coach at the University of Hartford and George Washington University. Rice was a four-year star at the University of Virginia and is currently the head coach at the University of Rhode Island.
2024 US Olympic Women's 3×3 Basketball Team
| player | School year) | position |
|---|---|---|
| Cameron Brink* | Stanford (2024) | center |
| Haley Van Lith | TCU (present) | guard |
| Sierra Burdick | Tennessee (2015) | forward |
| Ryne Howard | Kentucky (2022) | guard |
| Dearica Hamby* | Wake Forest (2015) | forward |
Cameron Brink was injured during the 2024 WNBA regular season, and Los Angeles Sparks teammate Dearrica Hamby was named to replace her on the Olympic 3×3 roster.
Cameron Brink
Brink was a dominant player during her collegiate career and was selected second overall in the 2024 WNBA Draft. During her collegiate career, Brink won a national championship in 2021, was named All-American three times and was named the 2024 National Defensive Player of the Year.
Important Details
school: Stanford (2020-24)
Career average: 14.0 Averages per game: points, 9.1 rebounds, 3.1 blocks, 1.7 assists
Current WNBA teams: Los Angeles Sparks
WNBA career averages: 8.8 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.6 blocks, 2.1 assists
Career Honors
- Los Angeles Sparks to select No. 2 overall in 2024 WNBA Draft
- NCAA Champions (2021)
- Four-time Pac-12 champion (2021-24)
- Two Pac-12 Tournament Championships (2021-22)
- Naismith Defensive Player of the Year (2024)
- WBCA Defensive Player of the Year (2023)
- Three-time WBCA All-America selection (2022-24)
- Three-time Associated Press All-America Award winner (2022-24)
- USBWA All-America First Team (2024)
- USBWA All-America Second Team (2023)
- USBWA All-America Third Team (2022)
- Two-time Wooden Award All-America winner (2023-24)
- Lisa Leslie Awards (2024)
- Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Finalist (2022)
- Two-time Katrina McClain Award Finalist (2022-23)
- Pac-12 Player of the Year – Coaches and Media (2024)
- Pac-12 Media Player of the Year (2022)
- Three-time Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year – Coaches and Media (2022-24)
- Four-time All-Pac-12 selection – Coaches and Media (2021-24)
- Three-time Pac-12 All-Defensive Team selection – Coaches and Media (2022-24)
- Two-time selection to the NCAA Tournament Regional All-Tournament Team (2021-22)
- Three-time Pac-12 All-Tournament Team selection (2021-23)
- Rainbow Wahine Showdown All-Tournament Team (2022)
- 12 Pac-12 Player of the Week Awards (November 29, 2021, January 17, 2022, January 31, 2022, February 7, 2022, December 19, 2022, January 9, 2023, January 30, 2023, November 20, 2023, November 27, 2023, January 8, 2024, January 29, 2024, March 4, 2024)
- Associated Press Player of the Week Award (March 5, 2024)
- USBWA Ann Myers Drysdale Player of the Week Award (February 13, 2024)
- USBWA Ann Myers Drysdale National Player of the Week (November 14, 2023)
- Naismith Award for Player of the Week (February 8, 2022)
- Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2021)
- CalHOPE Courage Award (2022)
Haley Van Lith
Van Lith committed to TCU ahead of the 2024-25 season. She played the first three seasons of her career at Louisville, where she was named All-ACC first team twice. Van Lith then transferred to LSU, where she played one season under Kim Mulkey, before announcing her plans to transfer to TCU.
Important Details
school: TCU (2025-26), LSU (2023-24), Louisville (2020-23)
Career average: 14.4 Average points, 3.9 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.3 steals per game
Career Honors
- Only active Division I player to record at least 1,900 career points, 500 career rebounds and 350 career assists
- Five-time FIBA Gold Medalist
- 2023 FIBA 3×3 World Cup Gold Medalist
- 2023 AP and USBWA Honorable Mention All-American
- 2023 Drysdale Prize Finalist
- Two-time All-ACC First Team selection (2022, 2023)
- 2023 College Sports Communicators Second Team Academic All-American
- Three-time All-ACC Academic Team selection (2021-23)
- 2021 NCAA Final Four
- Four NCAA Elite Eight appearances (2021-24)
- 2020 McDonald's All-American
- 2020 Washington Miss Basketball
- 2019 FIBA 3×3 U18 World Cup MVP
- 2018 USA Basketball 3×3 U18 National Championship MVP
Sierra Burdick
Sierra Burdick played four years at Tennessee before beginning a lengthy professional career, and she is the only two-time world champion in 3×3 with the USA Basketball team.
Important Details
school: Tennessee (2011-2015)
Career average: 8.1 Average points, 6.0 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game
Current WNBA teams: N/A
WNBA career averages: 1.8 points, 1.4 rebounds, 0.5 assists
Career Honors
- WNBA Draft second round pick (14th overall, Los Angeles Sparks) — 2015
- AP Honorable Mention All-American – 2015
- NCAA Spokane Regional All-Tournament Team — 2015
- Coaches All-SEC First Team — 2015
- AP All-SEC Second Team — 2015
- SEC All-Tournament Team — 2015
- College Sports Madness All-SEC Second Team — 2015
- CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team — 2015
- SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Student-Athlete Graduate Scholarship Candidate — 2015
- NCAA Jim McKay Scholarship Winner — 2015
- Arthur Ashe Jr. Athletic Scholarship — 2014-15
- SEC Community Services Team — 2015
- SEC Academic Honors List — 2015
- CoSIDA Academic All-District Team (District 3) — 2015
- UT Torchbearer — 2015
- Volker's Miss Tennessee — 2015
- SEC Player of the Week — 2014-15 (2/2)
- College Sports Madness SEC & National Player of the Week — 2014-15 (2/2)
- SEC Co-Player of the Week — 2014-15 (1/12)
- All-State, WBCA Good Works Team Nominee — 2014
- SEC All-Tournament — 2014
- SEC Community Service Team — 2014
- SEC Academic Honor Roll — 2014
- Volkswagen Award for Best Supporting Female Actress — 2014
- SEC Player of the Week — 2013-14 (2/3)
- SEC Academic Honor Roll — 2013
- SEC Player of the Week — 2012-13 (3/4)
- SEC Freshman Honors List — 2012
- SEC Freshman of the Week — 2011-12 (2/20)
Ryne Howard
Howard had a stellar collegiate career at the University of Kentucky where she was named All-American Freshman of the Year and later won the SEC Player of the Year award twice (2021, 2022). Her collegiate success led to Howard being the No. 1 overall selection in the 2022 WNBA Draft.
Important Details
school: Kentucky (2018-22)
Career average: 20.1 Averages per game: 6.9 points, 6.9 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 2.3 steals
Current WNBA teams: Atlanta Dream
WNBA career averages: 16.9 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.4 Spurs
Career Honors
- Six-time SEC Player of the Week
- Two-time espnW National Player of the Week
- Two-time Naismith Award National Player of the Week winner (2021, 2022)
- NCAA Starting Five of the Week (2021)
- 8-time SEC Freshman of the Week
- USBWA National Freshman of the Week
- SEC Player of the Year by League Coaches (2020, 2021)
- SEC Freshman of the Year by League Coaches (2019)
- League Coaches' All-SEC First Team (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
- SEC All-Defensive Team (2020)
- Associated Press SEC Second Team (2019)
- League Coaches' SEC All-Freshman Team (2019)
- SEC Rookie of the Year (Associated Press) (2019)
- espnW National Freshman of the Year (2019)
- WBCA National Freshman of the Year (2019)
- USBWA National Newcomer Award (2019)
- WBCA All-America Honorable Mention (2019, 2020)
- WBCA All-America First Team (2021, 2022)
- WBCA Wade Trophy Finalist (2021, 2022)
- Top 4 Citizen Naismith Award Finalists (2020, 2021)
- Citizen Naismith Trophy Semifinalist (2022)
- John R. Wooden Award National Voting (2020, 2021, 2022)
- John R. Wooden Award All-American (2020, 2021, 2022)
- Cheryl Miller Award Finalist (2020, 2021, 2022)
- Associated Press All-America First Team (2020, 2021, 2022)
- USBWA All-America First Team (2020, 2021, 2022)
- USBWA Ann Myers Drysdale Award Finalist (2020, 2021)
- Dawn Staley Award Finalist (2020, 2021, 2022)
- Honda Sports Award Finalist (2021, 2022)
- Senior CLASS Award Finalist (2022)
- SEC Tournament MVP (2022)
- SEC All-Tournament Teams (2020, 2021, 2022)
Dearica Hamby
Hamby finished his four-year career at Wake Forest as the school's all-time leader in points (1,801) and rebounds (1,021). A weapon on both ends of the court, Hamby had a historic junior season, averaging 22 points and 11 rebounds per game in 31 games to lead the ACC in both points and rebounds. He had a similar senior season, averaging 20.3 points and 10.7 rebounds, which led to him being selected sixth overall in the 2015 WBNA Draft.
Hamby led the U.S. 3×3 team to the 2023 America's Cup title and was named tournament MVP.
Important Details
school: Wake Forest (2011-15)
Career average: 14.0 Average points, rebounds 7.9, assists 1.4, steals 1.7
Current WNBA teams: Los Angeles Sparks
WNBA career averages: 9.2 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 0.9 Spurs
Career Honors
- 6th pick in the 2015 WNBA Draft by San Antonio (now the Las Vegas Aces).
- Wake Forest's all-time leading scorer (1,801 points)
- Wake Forest's all-time leading rebounder (1,021 rebounds)
- 2015 All-American (WBCA and Associated Press)
- 2015 Wade Award Finalist
- 2015 WBCA All-Region Selection
- 2014 & 2015 First Team ALL ACC
- 2014 Wake Forest University Female Athlete of the Year
- Wake Forest season points record (683, 2014)
- Wake Forest single-season double-double record (21, 2014)
