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LVFLs Burrell, Jackson Participating In USA National Team Training Camp
April 01, 2026 | Women's Basketball
The USA Basketball Women's National Team announced the 15 players who will participate in a training camp this week in Phoenix, Ariz., and LVFLs Rae Burrell and Rickea Jackson are among them.
Burrell was a 2021 All-SEC performer for the Lady Vols, averaging 10.3 ppg. from 2018-22. She has been with the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks since being drafted ninth overall by that organization in 2022.
Jackson, meanwhile, was a two-time All-SEC honoree and AP All-America honorable mention selection in 2023 and 2024 with UT. She averaged 19.6 ppg. for the Big Orange and now plays for the Sparks since being selected No. 4 overall in the 2024 WNBA Draft.
The camp, running April 1-3, will also feature Olympic gold medalists Napheesa Collier (2024, 2020), Sabrina Ionescu (2024) and A'ja Wilson (2024, 2020). Stefanie Dolson, who won a 3x3 gold medal at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, will also join in Phoenix. Ionescu (2022) and Wilson (2018, 2022) are World Cup champions.
Burrell, Monique Billings and Paige Bueckers return from the squad that went 5-0 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, at 2026 FIBA Women's World Cup Qualifying earlier this month.
Jackson, Bueckers, Cameron Brink, Veronica Burton and JuJu Watkins attended the USA training camp held in December 2025.
Mikayla Blakes won gold at the 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup and will make her senior national team camp debut. Burton, Collier, Dolson, Jackson and Brittney Sykes have all competed at past FIBA Women's AmeriCups.
In addition, Azura Stevens, who has past USA experience, will be in attendance. Brink, Bueckers, Collier, Dolson, Ionescu, Mitchell, Stevens and Watkins own gold medals from various junior competitions. Kayla Thornton also will make her USA Basketball debut in Phoenix.
The 2025-28 USA Basketball Women's National Team head coach Kara Lawson, current head coach at Duke and a Lady Vol alum, will lead training camp. She will be assisted by court coaches Niele Ivey (Notre Dame), Natalie Nakase (Golden State Valkyries), Shea Ralph (Vanderbilt University), Nate Tibbetts (Phoenix Mercury) and Stephanie White (Indiana Fever).
USA Women's National Team managing director Sue Bird will evaluate players prior to naming a team for the 2026 FIBA Women's World Cup, which will take place from Sept. 4-13, 2026, in Berlin. The USA will seek its fifth consecutive World Cup gold medal.
Burrell was a 2021 All-SEC performer for the Lady Vols, averaging 10.3 ppg. from 2018-22. She has been with the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks since being drafted ninth overall by that organization in 2022.
Jackson, meanwhile, was a two-time All-SEC honoree and AP All-America honorable mention selection in 2023 and 2024 with UT. She averaged 19.6 ppg. for the Big Orange and now plays for the Sparks since being selected No. 4 overall in the 2024 WNBA Draft.
The camp, running April 1-3, will also feature Olympic gold medalists Napheesa Collier (2024, 2020), Sabrina Ionescu (2024) and A'ja Wilson (2024, 2020). Stefanie Dolson, who won a 3x3 gold medal at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, will also join in Phoenix. Ionescu (2022) and Wilson (2018, 2022) are World Cup champions.
Burrell, Monique Billings and Paige Bueckers return from the squad that went 5-0 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, at 2026 FIBA Women's World Cup Qualifying earlier this month.
Jackson, Bueckers, Cameron Brink, Veronica Burton and JuJu Watkins attended the USA training camp held in December 2025.
Mikayla Blakes won gold at the 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup and will make her senior national team camp debut. Burton, Collier, Dolson, Jackson and Brittney Sykes have all competed at past FIBA Women's AmeriCups.
In addition, Azura Stevens, who has past USA experience, will be in attendance. Brink, Bueckers, Collier, Dolson, Ionescu, Mitchell, Stevens and Watkins own gold medals from various junior competitions. Kayla Thornton also will make her USA Basketball debut in Phoenix.
The 2025-28 USA Basketball Women's National Team head coach Kara Lawson, current head coach at Duke and a Lady Vol alum, will lead training camp. She will be assisted by court coaches Niele Ivey (Notre Dame), Natalie Nakase (Golden State Valkyries), Shea Ralph (Vanderbilt University), Nate Tibbetts (Phoenix Mercury) and Stephanie White (Indiana Fever).
USA Women's National Team managing director Sue Bird will evaluate players prior to naming a team for the 2026 FIBA Women's World Cup, which will take place from Sept. 4-13, 2026, in Berlin. The USA will seek its fifth consecutive World Cup gold medal.
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