Temple University Athletics
Cardoza Named to USA Basketball National Team Committee
4.26.17 | Women's Basketball
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado – Temple women's basketball head coach, Tonya Cardoza, was named to the USA Basketball Women's Junior National Team Committee, which will select coaches and athletes for various USA Basketball teams for the 2017-2020 quadrennium.
Cardoza, the all-time winningest head coach in Temple women's basketball history, has previous experience with USA Basketball, serving as a court coach 2016 USA Women's U18 National Team Trials. At Temple, Cardoza has led the Owls to three-straight 20-win seasons, hitting the mark in seven of her nine seasons at the helm. This year, she led the Owls to a 24-8 overall record, a national ranking, and an NCAA Tournament bid. She was the Philadelphia Big 5 Coach of the Year, the American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year alongside UConn's Geno Auriemma, and was a finalist for WBCA National Coach of the Year.
Men's and women's USA Basketball Junior National Team Committees, comprised of NCAA and athlete representatives, will issue invitations for trials and training camps and select coaching staffs and team members for college-aged teams, including USA Basketball U18 and U19 National Teams that will compete in the 2017 and 2019 FIBA U19 World Cups and 2018 and 2020 FIBA Americas U18 Championships, as well as the 2019 Pan American Games. The USA Women's Junior National Team Committee also will select the staff and athletes for the USA U23 National Team that will compete in August 2017 in the first U23 Four Nations Tournament, an event anticipated to be held annually through 2020.
George Washington University head coach Jennifer Rizzotti, who directed the 2011 USA U19 World Championship and 2010 USA U18 championship team to gold medal finishes and also served as support staff on the 2012 and 2016 U.S. Olympic teams, will serve as chair of the USA Basketball Women's Junior National Team Committee. 2008 Olympic gold medalist Kara Lawson Barling will serve as the athlete representative, and joining Rizzotti as representatives of the NCAA are Cardoza, University of Texas head coach Karen Aston, and North Carolina State head coach Wes Moore.
USA Basketball
Based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and chaired by retired Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, USA Basketball is a nonprofit organization and the national governing body for men's and women's basketball in the United States. As the recognized governing body for basketball in the U.S. by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), USA Basketball is responsible for the selection, training and fielding of USA teams that compete in FIBA-sponsored international competitions, as well as for some national competitions, and for the development of youth basketball initiatives that address player development, coach education and safety.
Cardoza, the all-time winningest head coach in Temple women's basketball history, has previous experience with USA Basketball, serving as a court coach 2016 USA Women's U18 National Team Trials. At Temple, Cardoza has led the Owls to three-straight 20-win seasons, hitting the mark in seven of her nine seasons at the helm. This year, she led the Owls to a 24-8 overall record, a national ranking, and an NCAA Tournament bid. She was the Philadelphia Big 5 Coach of the Year, the American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year alongside UConn's Geno Auriemma, and was a finalist for WBCA National Coach of the Year.
Men's and women's USA Basketball Junior National Team Committees, comprised of NCAA and athlete representatives, will issue invitations for trials and training camps and select coaching staffs and team members for college-aged teams, including USA Basketball U18 and U19 National Teams that will compete in the 2017 and 2019 FIBA U19 World Cups and 2018 and 2020 FIBA Americas U18 Championships, as well as the 2019 Pan American Games. The USA Women's Junior National Team Committee also will select the staff and athletes for the USA U23 National Team that will compete in August 2017 in the first U23 Four Nations Tournament, an event anticipated to be held annually through 2020.
George Washington University head coach Jennifer Rizzotti, who directed the 2011 USA U19 World Championship and 2010 USA U18 championship team to gold medal finishes and also served as support staff on the 2012 and 2016 U.S. Olympic teams, will serve as chair of the USA Basketball Women's Junior National Team Committee. 2008 Olympic gold medalist Kara Lawson Barling will serve as the athlete representative, and joining Rizzotti as representatives of the NCAA are Cardoza, University of Texas head coach Karen Aston, and North Carolina State head coach Wes Moore.
USA Basketball
Based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and chaired by retired Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, USA Basketball is a nonprofit organization and the national governing body for men's and women's basketball in the United States. As the recognized governing body for basketball in the U.S. by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC), USA Basketball is responsible for the selection, training and fielding of USA teams that compete in FIBA-sponsored international competitions, as well as for some national competitions, and for the development of youth basketball initiatives that address player development, coach education and safety.
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