Zania Socka-Nguemen of IU women’s basketball selected to USA Basketball Women’s U19 national team

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Zania Socka-Nguemen, who announced her transfer from UCLA to Indiana in April, was selected to the USA Basketball women’s U19 national team on Friday.

Teri Moren is the coach of the team, which will compete in the FIBA U19 World Cup next month.

Here’s the release from IU Athletics on Socka-Nguemen’s selection to the U19 national team:

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Incoming sophomore forward Zania Socka-Nguemen will represent the United States as she was selected to the 2025 USA Basketball Women’s U19 National Team.

This will be her first time representing her country on the international stage, which will take place on July 12-20 in Brno, Czechia. The head coach for the team will be Indiana head coach Teri Moren.

In Brno, USA Basketball will compete in Group A alongside Israel, Hungary and Korea. The red, white and blue will tip off vs. Korea on July 12 before taking on Hungary the following day, both at 2:15 p.m. ET. Group play concludes against Israel on July 15 at 8:30 a.m. ET.

The FIBA U19 Women’s World Cup, which was launched in 1985, features the world’s top 16 U19 national teams who qualify based on their finishes the previous year at the biennial U18 zone championships (USA won gold at the 2024 FIBA U18 Women’s World Cup). The USA has won the gold medal in nine of the last 10 competitions, including the last three.

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