Published: June 22, 2009
Junior guard Danielle Robinson has been selected as a member of the U.S. World University Games women’s basketball team.
After being named one of 14 finalists, Robinson and Sooner teammate Whitney Hand traveled last week to the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., for a week-long training camp in which the roster was cut to 12 on Wednesday.
The San Jose, Calif., native averaged 13 points and five assists per game while starting all 37 games this season for OU. While also leading the team in free-throw percentage, Robinson was an integral part of a team that made its first trip to the Final Four since 2002.
Hand left the U.S. Olympic Training Center early Monday morning due to a family emergency, and will not participate in the World University Games.
Robinson and her teammates will now depart for Belgrade, Serbia, where the international competition begins July 1.
The rest of the team includes Jantel Lavendar (Ohio State), Maya Moore (UConn), Kayla Pedersen (Stanford), Tina Charles (UConn), Alexis Gray-Lawson (California), Tiffany Hayes (UConn), Ashley Houts (Georgia), Danielle McCray (Kansas), Jacinta Monroe (Florida State), Ta’Shia Phillips (Xavier) and Jeanette Pohlen (Stanford).
Robinson will be providing real-time updates via Twitter during the duration of her USA Basketball tenure.
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