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Lauren Betts Selected to USA Basketball December Training Camp
November 24, 2025 | Women's Basketball
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Center Lauren Betts will join the USA Basketball Women's National Team for a December training camp, set for Dec. 12-14 at Duke University, as part of an 18-player group.
Betts travels to Durham, N.C., to take part in the evaluation on the campus of Duke University. She is one of ten players making their senior national team camp debut, joined by Cameron Brink, Paige Bueckers, Veronica Burton, Sonia Citron, Caitlin Clark, Kiki Iriafen, Rickea Jackson, Angel Reese and JuJu Watkins.
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The Centennial, Colo., native earned silver with Team USA at the 2023 FIBA Women's AmeriCup, one of three medals on her trophy case. She was named to the 2023 USA Women's AmeriCup Team for her efforts. In seven games, the center averaged 11.4 points, 10.9 rebounds (2nd on team, 3rd in tournament) and a team-high 2.1 blocks (2nd among all players).
Betts captured two gold medals with the junior national team, first at the 2019 FIBA Americas Women's U16 Championship and again at the 2021 FIBA U19 Women's World Cup. She was named All-Star Five at the U19 tournament in Chile; Betts started all six games and averaged 12.2 points, 13.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game to help the USA to a 6-0 record.
USA BASKETBALL COACHING STAFF
2025-28 USA Basketball Women's National Team head coach Kara Lawson (Duke University) will lead training camp. She will be assisted by court coaches Natalie Nakase (Golden State Valkyries), Nate Tibbetts (Phoenix Mercury) and Stephanie White (Indiana Fever). White, the 2023 WNBA Coach of the Year, was a court coach at the April 2024 Women's National Team's Training Camp and also played for the USA at the 1997 Jones Cup and the 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival. During the 2025 season, White led the Fever to a franchise-best 24 wins. Tibbetts, who made it to the WNBA Finals in 2025 with Phoenix, was the head coach of the USA Basketball Men's Pan American Games Team that finished third place in 2011. Nakase, the 2025 WNBA Coach of the Year, will make her USA Basketball debut. The first-year head coach helped the Valkyries become the first-ever expansion franchise to make the playoffs in their first season.
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 their fifth consecutive World Cup gold medal.
Betts travels to Durham, N.C., to take part in the evaluation on the campus of Duke University. She is one of ten players making their senior national team camp debut, joined by Cameron Brink, Paige Bueckers, Veronica Burton, Sonia Citron, Caitlin Clark, Kiki Iriafen, Rickea Jackson, Angel Reese and JuJu Watkins.
BETTS WITH USAB
The Centennial, Colo., native earned silver with Team USA at the 2023 FIBA Women's AmeriCup, one of three medals on her trophy case. She was named to the 2023 USA Women's AmeriCup Team for her efforts. In seven games, the center averaged 11.4 points, 10.9 rebounds (2nd on team, 3rd in tournament) and a team-high 2.1 blocks (2nd among all players).
Betts captured two gold medals with the junior national team, first at the 2019 FIBA Americas Women's U16 Championship and again at the 2021 FIBA U19 Women's World Cup. She was named All-Star Five at the U19 tournament in Chile; Betts started all six games and averaged 12.2 points, 13.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game to help the USA to a 6-0 record.
USA BASKETBALL COACHING STAFF
2025-28 USA Basketball Women's National Team head coach Kara Lawson (Duke University) will lead training camp. She will be assisted by court coaches Natalie Nakase (Golden State Valkyries), Nate Tibbetts (Phoenix Mercury) and Stephanie White (Indiana Fever). White, the 2023 WNBA Coach of the Year, was a court coach at the April 2024 Women's National Team's Training Camp and also played for the USA at the 1997 Jones Cup and the 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival. During the 2025 season, White led the Fever to a franchise-best 24 wins. Tibbetts, who made it to the WNBA Finals in 2025 with Phoenix, was the head coach of the USA Basketball Men's Pan American Games Team that finished third place in 2011. Nakase, the 2025 WNBA Coach of the Year, will make her USA Basketball debut. The first-year head coach helped the Valkyries become the first-ever expansion franchise to make the playoffs in their first season.
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 their fifth consecutive World Cup gold medal.
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