Gonzaga has been good for a while and used to be better than
by Domerduck (2019-05-16 12:29:14)
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all the PAC12 Northwest teams when Graves was there. Fortier took over and has kept them strong and even beat 3rd seeded Oregon State in Corvallis in the 2015 NCAA tourney her first year after Graves left with mostly Graves players. She recently was named as one of four court coaches for the 2019 USA Basketball Junior National Team trials which starts today until May 20 at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. The trials will be used to select the 2019 USA Basketball Women's U19 World Cup and U.S. Pan American Games teams. Van Lith and Clark are both trying out which also include Jordan and Abby from ND, Pistol Paige, and a slew of Stanford recruits and players. With Walz as head coach and UCLA's Close on the U!19 coaching staff they get an inside track to these players.

Even with this possible Gonzaga advantage, I think Van Lith will go to a Power 5 school given her high profile. Oregon State has also been recruiting Clark hard so don't know if they can get both. Washington would be interesting given she is most compared to Plum as a player. But I wouldn't rule out any of the top schools she interested in as she is a competitor. It will fun to see who ends up on that U19 team.





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