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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.– Senior Texas guard Ariel Atkins has been named to the 12-member roster for the 2017 USA Basketball Women's U23 National Team, which was announced Friday following five days of training camp at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. The USA U23 National Team was selected by the USA Basketball Women's Junior National Team Committee.

The USA U23 squad will play in the inaugural U23 Four Nations Tournament Aug. 12-15 at Katayanagi Arena in Tokyo, Japan. The team will continue training at the USOTC through Aug. 7 before departing for Tokyo. Athletes eligible for this team must be U.S. citizens who are 23 years old or younger and currently are freshmen, sophomores or juniors in college.

Named to the team were: Atkins; Monique Billings (UCLA/Corona, Calif.); Kalani Brown (Baylor/Slidell, La.); Jordin Canada (UCLA/Los Angeles, Calif.); Asia Durr (Louisville/ Douglasville, Ga.); Sabrina Ionescu (Oregon/Walnut Creek, Calif.); Brittany McPhee (Stanford/Normandy Park, Wash.); Kelsey Mitchell (Ohio State/Cincinnati, Ohio); Jamie Nared (Tennessee/Portland, Ore.); Arike Ogunbowale (Notre Dame/Milwaukee, Wis.); Mercedes Russell (Tennessee/Springfield, Ore.); and A'ja Wilson (South Carolina/Hopkins, S.C.).

Atkins was a 2017 All-Big 12 First Team selection and a member of the Big 12 All-Defensive Team. She averaged 12.8 points per game, 4.2 rebounds per game and led the Big 12 Conference in steals per game with 2.0 as a junior last season. She ranked second on her team in scoring and shot a team-best 81.8 percent from the free-throw line.

The 2017 U23 Four Nations Tournament, which will include the USA, Australia, Canada and Japan, will be a round-robin tournament played Aug. 12-15 in at Katayanagi Arena in Tokyo.

The 2017 U23 Four Nations Tournament will provide meaningful competition and development opportunities. The USA's participation in the tournament is intended to help further develop the USA Basketball athlete pipeline and to help prepare athletes for possible future participation in the USA Basketball Women's National Team pool.

The USA will play Australia on Aug. 12, Canada on Aug. 13 and host Japan on Aug. 15.