Incoming sophomore forward Zania Socka-Nguemen will represent the United States as she was selected to the 2025 USA Basketball Women’s U19 National Team, it was announced on Friday.
This will be Socka-Nguemen’s first time representing her country on the international stage, which will take place July 12-20 in Brno, Czechia. The head coach for the team will be Indiana’s Teri Moren.
The 6-foot-3 Socka-Ngueman is a former 5-star recruit who transferred to IU from UCLA during the offseason.
In Brno, USA Basketball will compete in Group A alongside Israel, Hungary and Korea. The red, white and blue will tip off vs. Korea on July 12 before taking on Hungary the following day, both at 2:15 p.m. ET. Group play concludes against Israel on July 15 at 8:30 a.m. ET.
The FIBA U19 Women’s World Cup, which was launched in 1985, features the world’s top 16 U19 national teams who qualify based on their finishes the previous year at the biennial U18 zone championships (USA won gold at the 2024 FIBA U18 Women’s World Cup). The USA has won the gold medal in nine of the last 10 competitions, including the last three.
For more information on the 16th staging of the FIBA U19 Women’s World Cup, click here.
