Congratulations @sedonaprince_ on making Team USA. So proud of you! Ducks everywhere salute you🇺🇸 https://t.co/sWM8jdDcOs
— Kelly Graves (@GoDucksKG) April 22, 2021
Last time I was wearing a USA jersey I went down with an almost career ending injury. Two years later, here I am. https://t.co/Oh0F1mOeH3
— Sedona Prince (@sedonaprince_) April 22, 2021
The Oregon Ducks are going to be represented this summer at the 2021 USA Women’s AmeriCup, with sophomore Sedona Prince being named one of 13 players to make the team.
This isn’t the first time Prince has worn the Red, White, and Blue. She won a gold medal with Team USA at the 2018 FIBA Americas U18 Championship, and she was a bronze medalist at the 2015 FIBA Americas U16 Championship and the 2016 FIBA U17 World Cup.
In her first season at Oregon, Prince averaged 10.4 points and 3.9 rebounds per game while shooting 54.5 percent from the floor. It was her first active season as a college player after missing 2018-19 due to injury and sitting out 2019-20 because of NCAA transfer rules.
Prince had hoped to compete with the Ducks earlier, but the NCAA rejected her case to participate in 2019-20. So she had to wait yet another season to see the floor in Eugene. Once Prince was able to actually play for Oregon, her presence was felt. After some earlier leg injuries, Prince dominated the last half of the year.
Her efforts culminated with a career-high 22 points in a second-round upset win over 3-seed Georgia in the NCAA tournament.
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