UConn Women’s Trio Invited To World University Games Trials

Tina Charles, Maya Moore and Tiffany Hayes - Hartford Courant and AP Photos

UConn Huskies women’s basketball players Tina Charles, Maya Moore and Tiffany Hayes have been invited to try for the World University Games Team that will compete in Serbia later this summer.

The trials will be held from May 14-17 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.  list of the 29 players invited will be cut down at the end of the trials with the finalists being invited back to Colorado Springs on June 18 for training camp. The 12-player roster will be announced before the team leaves for Serbia on June 25.

The full list of players invited is after the jump.

NAME
POS
HGT
WGT
DOB
YOG
SCHOOL HOMETOWN
Danielle Adams
G
6-1
215
02/19/89
2009
Jefferson College Kansas City, MO
Jayne Appel
F
6-4
210
05/14/88
2010
Stanford Pleasant Hill, CA
Jessica Breland
F
6-3
164
02/23/88
2010
North Carolina Kelford, NC
Doreena Campbell
G
5-9
142
07/03/89
2011
UCLA Alexandria, VA
Tina Charles
C
6-3
193
12/05/88
2010
Connecticut Jamaica, NY
Alysha Clark
F
5-10
162
07/07/87
2010
Middle Tennessee State Mt. Juliet, TN
Cetera DeGraffenreid
G
5-5
140
12/05/88
2011
North Carolina Cullowhee, NC
Dawn Evans
G
5-7
135
06/30/89
2011
James Madison Clarksville, TN
Tyra Grant
G
5-11
166
08/27/88
2010
Penn State Youngstown, OH
Alexis Gray-Lawson
G
5-8
160
04/21/87
2010
California Oakland, CA
Whitney Hand
G
6-1
165
08/16/89
2012
Oklahoma Fort Worth, TX
Tiffany Hayes
G
5-11
140
09/20/89
2012
Connecticut Lakeland, FL
Allison Hightower
G/F
5-11
144
04/06/88
2010
LSU Arlington, TX
Ashley Houts
G
5-6
144
12/31/87
2010
Georgia Trenton, GA
Ify Ibekwe
F
6-2
158
10/05/89
2011
Arizona Carson, CA
Amy Jaeschke
F
6-5
225
04/26/89
2011
Northwestern Wilmette, IL
Jantel Lavender
C
6-4
210
11/11/88
2011
Ohio State Cleveland, OH
Danielle McCray
G/F
5-11
169
10/08/87
2010
Kansas Olathe, KS
Jacinta Monroe
F/C
6-5
166
09/04/88
2010
Florida State Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Maya Moore
F
6-0
170
06/11/89
2011
Connecticut Lawrenceville, GA
Kayla Pedersen
G/F
6-4
195
04/14/89
2011
Stanford Fountain Hills, AZ
Ta’Shia Phillips
C
6-6
225
01/24/89
2011
Xavier Indianapolis, IN
Jeanette Pohlen
G
5-11
168
05/02/89
2011
Stanford Brea, CA
Epiphanny Prince
G
5-9
160
01/11/88
2011
Rutgers Brooklyn, NY
Alex Rack
G
5-4
140
09/15/88
2010
Mississippi State Franklin, LA
Danielle Robinson
G
5-8
130
05/10/89
2011
Oklahoma San Jose, CA
Carolyn Swords
C
6-6
220
07/19/89
2011
Boston College Sudbury, MA
Courtney Vandersloot
G
5-8
135
02/08/89
2011
Gonzaga Kent, WA
Natasha Vital
G
5-8
145
06/09/88
2010
California Stockton, CA
Head Coach: Charli Turner Thorne, Arizona State
Assistant Coach: Suzy Merchant, Michigan State
Assistant Coach: Julie Rousseau, Pepperdine

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