Crooks Named to USA Basketball Women’s AmeriCup Team
June 19th, 2025 by Jack McGonigal
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Iowa State women’s basketball center Audi Crooks has been named to the 12-person USA Basketball 2025 Women’s AmeriCup team following three days of trials. The team will compete at the 2025 FIBA Women’s AmeriCup from June 28-July 6 in Santiago, Chile.
The roster was selected by the USA Basketball Women’s Junior National Team Committee.
The 2025 USA Women’s AmeriCup Team includes Raegan Beers, Mikayla Blakes, Madison Booker, Audi Crooks, Joyce Edwards, Hannah Hidalgo, Flau’jae Johnson, Gianna Kneepkens, Olivia Miles, Kennedy Smith, Hannah Stuelke and Grace VanSlooten.
Crooks is set to make her competitive debut with USA Basketball. Kara Lawson (Duke University) will serve as head coach with assistant coaches DeLisha Milton-Jones (Old Dominion University) and Jennie Baranczyk (University of Oklahoma).
The 2025 USA Women’s AmeriCup Team will open Group B with host nation Chile, followed by Colombia, Puerto Rico and Mexico. The winner of the 2025 FIBA Women’s AmeriCup will earn a berth to the 2026 FIBA Women’s World Cup, set to be held in Berlin next summer.
Since the event’s inception in 1993, the United States has captured four AmeriCup gold medals, including titles in 2019 and 2021.