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Colorado Springs, Colorado – 18 June 2025
1. Wide of USA Women’s AmeriCup team tryouts
2. Medium of player taking a shot
3. Medium of head coach Kara Lawson watching try-outs
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Kara Lawson, Head coach, USA Women’s AmeriCup Team:
"There’s not a better place to be this summer as a college basketball player than with the AmeriCup, because how often do you get to test yourself against pros?"
5. Hannah Hidalgo defending a player
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Hannah Hidalgo, Guard, Notre Dame:
"We have Olympians that come and put the same jersey on and wear USA across their chest, and people that have paved the way. It’s the biggest stage and so just to be a part of it is an honor."
7. Overhead of Lawson coaching
8. Olivia Miles getting rebound
9. Lawson smiling and walking through try-outs
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Kara Lawson, Head coach, USA Women’s AmeriCup Team:
"I wanted to be a coach since I was seven. That’s always what I wanted it to be. In fact, that’s why I chose to play at University of Tennessee to play for Coach Summit, because if you want to learn how to coach, why not go to the best coach?"
11. Lawson standing next to referees while observing try-outs
12. Flau’jae Johnson shooting a basket
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Flau’jae Johnson, Guard, Louisiana State University:
"The intensity she brings every day, you feel it, that’s a pro right there. You know what I’m saying? So, just learning from her, I learned so much in these two days. You know what I’m saying? It’s been amazing."
14. Another coach in a huddle
15. Players scrambling for ball on floor
16. Hidalgo passes ball to teammate who shoots
17. Player shoots ball
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Kara Lawson, Head coach, USA Women’s AmeriCup Team:
"I’m here, I want to win, I wanna be the best coach I can be. I want to challenge the coaches I coach with to be the best coaches they can be, and for sure, for sure for sure I want to challenge these players."
19. Player pivoting to throw shot under rim
20. Johnson talking to teammates on bench
21. Olivia Miles throwing a pass to teammate under basket who scores
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Flau’jae Johnson, Guard, Louisiana State University:
"Being able to play with such elite players, it helps me because it’s like, wow, look what she just did. And you know, I asked her a question like, what do you see? Like, how do you, you know what I’m saying? I’m like a sponge because I’m trying to learn so much in a short time. I asked Olivia like, the passes, like how do that? You know what I’m saying, like what are you? She’s like, ‘I’m not scared to take a risk.’ So I’m, like, mindset. You know what I saying? Just learning from different players. That’s what you want to do."
23. Miles passes in ball then takes it down court
24. Miles avoiding defense and attacking rim
25. SOUNDBITE (English) Olivia Miles, Guard, Texas Christian University:
"I get to really polish my skills and I get to find new teammates that I enjoy playing with. It’s a lot of fun. Hopefully it’ll be like this in the W when we get there, but it’s just amazing to have this caliber of athletes out here."
26. Player shooting basket
27. Hidalgo giving teammates high fives
STORYLINE:
Kara Lawson has always been a basketball trailblazer and now the Duke women’s coach has a legit chance to lead USA to another gold medal.
She has already done it once.
She just thought the entry point might be at the high school level as the WNBA didn’t exist and college wasn’t something she strived to do.
The players agree.
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