Angel Reese focused on Team USA
“All I wanted to do this offseason was play USA basketball,” Reese told Olympics.com. “This is what I decided to do, so I’m going to maximise my moment here.”
She was recently selected as one of 18 top players to participate in the U.S. Women’s senior national team training camp at Duke University, along with fellow WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark and reigning Rookie of the Year Paige Bueckers.
The Baltimore, Maryland, native is no stranger to the spotlight after leading Louisiana State University past Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes to claim the 2023 NCAA championship.
Selected seventh overall in the 2024 WNBA Draft by the Chicago Sky, she quickly established herself as one of the faces of the WNBA.
Over the course of the past two seasons in the WNBA, she has the stats to back it up. She is averaging a double-double in her career, 18.6 points and 12.3 rebounds per game. In her rookie season, she set the record for rebounds, was named a WNBA All-Star, and earned All-Rookie honors.