Colorado State University Athletics
Lindsay Thomas Invited To Trials
4/15/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Colorado State women?s basketball player Lindsay Thomas has been selected to try out for the World Championship for Young Women?s team and the Pan-American Games team at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The trials will run from May 22-25.
?This is a great opportunity for me,? Thomas said. ?It?s a huge honor and I?m very excited for the chance to play on either one of these teams.?
Jim Foster, head coach at Ohio State, will guide the eventual 12-member team comprised of elite athletes 21-years-old or younger (born on or after Jan. 1, 1982) in hopes of capturing the inaugural FIBA World Championship For Young Women gold medal. The event is scheduled to take place July 25 - Aug. 3 in Sibenik, Croatia.
The Pan American Games, held every four years in the year prior to the Olympics and organized by the Pan American Sports Organization (PASO), is a multi-sport competition open to men and women representing countries from North, South and Central America and the Caribbean. This summer the Pan American Games will be held Aug. 1-17, with the women's basketball competition slated for Aug. 2-9, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Debbie Ryan, the head women?s basketball coach at Virginia has been selected to coach the women?s squad. Ryan led the 2001 USA World University Games Team to a gold medal in Beijing.
?We are elated for Lindsay,? stated Colorado State head coach Chris Denker. ?We think this is very well deserved. She is a very talented young player with a bright future.?
Each team will have 12 members selected to the team, along with several alternates and the teams will practice in Colorado Springs before traveling overseas for the competitions.
For more information on the two teams, please visit the USA Basketball website at: www.usabasketball.com.
