Nearly 60 athletes who played NCAA Division I women's basketball will be representing 10 different countries in the 2024 Paris Olympics. UConn has historically been one of the nation's strongest programs, so it's no surprise the Huskies have the most Women's Basketball players represented with a total of six -- all coached by Geno Auriemma.
One of those UConn alums is Diana Taurasi, who is competing in her sixth Olympic Games. There is also Breanna Stewart, who won four national championships with the Huskies.
Oregon and Notre Dame are the second-most represented programs with five players each. UCLA is next with four.
All 12 players from Team USA played D-I basketball, and the same can be said about Canada. Puerto Rico doesn't fall too far behind with 11.
Here is a closer look at what NCAA programs are being represented and who the 59 players are:
Programs with multiple players on Olympic rosters
| UConn | 6 |
| Oregon | 5 |
| Notre Dame | 5 |
| UCLA | 4 |
| Duke | 3 |
| Florida State | 3 |
| South Carolina | 3 |
| Oregon State | 2 |
| Texas | 2 |
| Baylor | 2 |
| Louisville | 2 |
| Rutgers | 2 |
| TCU | 2 |
| Iowa | 2 |
| Washington | 2 |
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Alanna Smith, Stanford
The Minnesota Lynx forward played for the Cardinal from 2015-2019 under Tara VanDerveer. She averaged 19.4 points, 8.6 rebounds, 2.1 blocks and one steal per game during her senior year, when she made the Pac-12 All-Defensive Team.
Kristy Wallace, Baylor
The Indiana Fever guard made the Big 12 All-Freshman Team in 2015, and she wrapped up her career with the Lady Bears by making the conference's All-Defensive team in 2018. She averaged 12.9 points per game her senior year while shooting 50.2% from the field.
Sami Whitcomb, Washington
Whitcomb earned All-Pac-10 honors in 2010 after averaging 13 points and 5.6 rebounds per game. She scored 1,205 points from 2006-10, ranking 15th all-time in program's history.
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Bethy Mununga, South Florida
Mununga spent three seasons with the Bulls, and in just 85 games she became one of the best players to ever play for the program. Through her career in South Florida, she racked up 967 career rebounds to rank third all-time in school history.
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Natalie Achonwa, Notre Dame
At just 16 years old, Achonwa was the youngest player to play on the Canadian national team in 2009. A year later, she became Notre Dame women's basketball's first ever international player. This turned out to be a good decision by the Fighting Irish as she was named to the Big East All-Freshman Team.
Kayla Alexander, Syracuse
The center wrapped up her career at Syracuse as the program's career leader in points (2,024), blocks (350), field goals (736), free throws made (552), free throws attempted (750) and tied for most games played (140). She made the All-Big East First Team in 2013 before being drafted eighth overall by the San Antonio Silver Stars.
Laeticia Amihere, South Carolina
Amihere was part of the Gamecocks' 2022 NCAA championship team under coach Dawn Staley. The year before, she broke the school's record for most blocks in an NCAA Tournament game with nine against Texas in the Elite Eight. That South Carolina team held the Longhorns to just 34 total points, including zero in the last quarter.
Bridget Carleton, Iowa State
Carleton finished her career at Iowa State with a total of 2,142 points, third best in program history. She was the Big 12 Player of the Year in 2019 before being drafted 21st overall by the Connecticut Sun and then joining the Minnesota Lynx.
Shay Colley, Michigan State/South Carolina
After being one of the nation's top recruits in 2015, Colley started her career at South Carolina. She had a brief stop at Pittsburgh and wrapped up her career at Michigan State. Colley missed significant playing time during the 2019-20 season because of the Canadian national team, and also due to injury. However, the year before she averaged 14.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.5 assists per contest.
Aaliyah Edwards, UConn
Edwards registered 35 double-doubles during her time at UConn, sixth most in program history. In her senior season, she started all 37 games and averaged 17.6 points while leading UConn with 9.2 rebounds per contest. She was the Big East Most Improved Player of the Year in 2023, and she was drafted sixth overall by the Washington Mystics in 2024.
Yvonne Ejim, Gonzaga
The former Zag received multiple accolades her last college basketball season (2023-24) after averaging 19.7 points and 8.7 rebounds per game. She was named the 2024 Becky Hammon Player of the Year, as well as the 2024 WCC POY and Defensive POY.
Nirra Fields, UCLA
Before graduating in 2016, Fields was a three-time All-Pac-12 selection with the Bruins. She ended her career No. 4 on UCLA women's basketball's all-time scoring list with 1,867 points. She was a terrific offensive weapon for the Bruins as she was No. 3 in 3-point field goals made (138). She also contributed defensively with a total of 262 steals.
Sami Hill, Virginia Tech
Hill played for the Hokies from 2013–2017, and she helped the team start 15-0 her senior season. In that season, Hill averaged 10.4 points and 4.4 rebounds while starting 33 out of 34 games. That was a huge jump from her junior year, when she averaged less than three points per contest.
Kia Nurse, UConn
Nurse won a national championship with UConn in 2015 and again in 2016. She started off her college basketball career as the American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year in 2015. In her junior year, she registered 29 points while tying an NCAA Tournament record with nine 3-pointers in a 94-64 win over Syracuse in the second round.
Cassandre Prosper, Notre Dame
Prosper just wrapped up her sophomore season with the Fighting Irish, but only appeared in five games, three as a starter, because she suffered a lower leg injury in late November. In the games Prosper did play, she averaged 8.2 points and 4.6 rebounds with a total of nine steals and three blocks.
Syla Swords, Michigan
The 2024 McDonald's All-American has not played a college basketball game yet, but she has already made history at Michigan as the highest-ranked recruit in program history at the time of signing her NLI. She averaged 17.6 points, 7.5 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 3.0 steals during her high school senior year.
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Gabby Williams, UConn
Williams made the AAC All-Freshman Team in 2015, which was just the start of her successful career at UConn as the team went 148–3 over her four years. She was the ACC and WBCA Defensive Player of the year in 2017, and she went on to win the Cheryl Miller award the following year. She won NCAA championships in 2015 and 2016 before being drafted No. 4 overall by the Chicago Sky in 2018.
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Emily Bessoir, UCLA
Bessoir missed all but one game of the 2023-24 campaign because of an ACL injury. She chose not to return after graduating in June to focus on making the German Olympic team. The previous season, she appeared in all 37 games for the Bruins, including 35 as a starter, averaging 9.4 points and 5.8 rebounds.
Marie Gülich, Oregon State
The 6-foot-5 center was a three-time All-Pac-12 selection while playing for the Beavers. She averaged 17.5 points and 9.1 rebounds her season season while shooting 65.2% from the floor -- the second-best percentage in Pac-12 history. Gülich was drafted No. 12 overall by the Phoenix Mercury in 2018.
Nayara Sabally, Oregon
Sabally was an All-Pac-12 selection in 2021 and 2022 before joining the New York Liberty as the No. 5 overall pick of the 2022 WNBA Draft. During her last college basketball season, Sabally led the Ducks in scoring and rebounding with 15.4 points and 7.8 boards per contest.
Satou Sabally, Oregon
Satou Sabally is two years older than her sister Nayara. The elder Sabally was the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year in 2018 and later an All-Pac-12 selection in 2019 and 2020. Before being selected No. 2 overall by the Dallas Wings in 2020, she was a WBCA Coaches' All-American and won the Cheryl Miller Award after averaging 18.6 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.8 steals her senior season.
Lina Sontag, UCLA
Sontag only played with UCLA from 2022-2024, but she still made an impact by helping the Bruins make back-to-back Sweet 16 appearances in 2023 and 2024. She was a strong defensive weapon for UCLA and showed it right away by registering 37 blocks in her first year with the program, third-most all-time for a UCLA freshman.
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Adebola Adeyeye, Buffalo/Kentucky
Adeyeye played four years at Buffalo while averaging with 4.8 points and 5.1 rebounds. She later joined Kentucky as a grad student and registered 4.6 points and five rebounds contest while appearing in 31 games, 12 as a starter.
Promise Amukamara, Arizona State
Amukamara made the Pac-12 All-Defensive Team in 2014 and 2015. She played for the Sun Devils from 2011-2015 and appeared in 131 games while averaging 7.6 points, three rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. Before basketball, Amukamara was a rising track and field star.
Elizabeth Balogun, Georgia Tech/Louisville/Duke
Balogun started her career at Georgia Tech, where she was named the ACC Freshman of the Year in 2019. She then moved on to Louisville, where she helped the Cardinals win back-to-back ACC regular-season championships. She transferred again in 2021, and during her 2022-23 season at Duke, Balogun registered a team-high 5.2 rebounds per game while also averaging 10.2 points, second best on the team.
Lauren Ebo, Texas/Notre Dame
Ebo did her undergrad at Texas before spending the 2022-23 season as a grad student with the Fighting Irish. During her last college basketball season she averaged nine points, seven rebounds and one assist per game while shooting 50.3% from the field.
Amy Okonkwo, USC/TCU
Okonkwo started her career at USC before joining the Horned Frogs. She was named the 2018 Big 12 Sixth Player of the Year during her junior season and kept that momentum going as she averaged 14.3 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.1 steals per game her senior year.
Tomi Taiwo, Iowa/TCU
Taiwan spent four years at Iowa and finished her career as a graduate student at TCU. She started 30 games for the Horned Frogs while leading the team in scoring with 14.2 points per game, as well as 1.8 steals per contest. She made eight 3-pointers and registered a career-high 33 points in TCU's 78-70 loss to Texas Tech on Jan. 7, 2023.
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Jackie Benitez, Siena/James Madison
Benitez was the 2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year before transferring to James Madison. During her redshirt junior year at JMU, she was named the CAA Sixth Player of the Year, and she followed that promising season up with 13.4 points, 2.3 rebounds and a team-high 1.6 steals per game as a redshirt senior.
Ali Gibson, Oregon State
The 5-foot-11 guard started all 32 games for the Beavers during the her senior year. She averaged 8.7 points and 2.9 during that 2014-15 campaign, and she wrapped up her career second in school history with a total of 178 3-pointers.
Arella Guirantes, Texas Tech/Rutgers
As a freshman at Texas Tech, Guirantes started 27 games while averaging 9.9 points per contest, second best on the team. She spent the remainder of her college career with Scarlet Knights. During her senior year, she averaged an impressive 20.8 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game.
Mya Hollingshed, Colorado
Hollingshed reached the 1,000-point club as a senior while scoring in double digits in 20 of 23 games. She returned for a fifth year and averaged 14.1 points per contest while leading the Buffs to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since the 2013 season.
Brianna Jones, Louisville/Georgetown
Jones spent two years at Louisville and transferred to Georgetown in 2017. During her senior season with the Hoyas, she appeared in all 35 games, 14 of them as a starter. She scored in double figures 14 times during the 2019-20 campaign and put up a season-high 24 points against Providence on Feb. 28, 2020.
Tayra Meléndez, Rhode Island
Meléndez left her mark at Rhode Island as she finished her career with 1,023 points, becoming just the 20th player in team history to reach 1,000 points. She also finished second all-time in program history with a total of 154 blocks.
India Pagan, Stony Brook
Pagan was part of the roster that reached the program's first ever NCAA Tournament in 2021. She finished her career at Sony Brook with the second-highest career field goal percentage in school history at 52.6% (598-1136).
Mariah Perez, Dayton
The 6-foot-3 forward spent five seasons at Dayton and appeared in 131 games, third most in program history. Her best season was her senior year, when she led the team with 9.4 rebounds per contest while also averaging 11.9 points per game and registering 12 double-doubles.
Isalys Quinones, Dartmouth
Quinones started all 27 games her senior year and led the team with 14.0 points per contest and 18 blocks. She scored in double figures in 20 different games that season and earned the 2019 Gail Koziara '82 Most Valuable Player Award.
Sofia Roma, Duke/Wagner
Roma spent her first two seasons at Wagner, where she proved to be a solid rebounder. She later joined the Blue Devils, but missed most of the 2017-18 campaign while recovering from a knee injury. She appeared in 24 games during her senior season.
Trinity San Antonio, California Baptist/Grand Canyon
San Antonio played her freshman and sophomore year at California Baptist before joining the Grand Canyon roster. She made the 2023-24 All-WAC Defensive Team and will be a senior this upcoming college basketball season. As a junior, San Antonio led the Antelopes with 11.5 points per game while also averaging 4.0 rebounds per contest.
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Yvonne Anderson, Texas
Anderson played for the Longhorns from 2008-2012. During her senior year, she appeared in 31 games, all of them as a starter, while averaging 11.7 points, 5.5 assists and 3.5 rebounds per contest. She registered a season-high 25 points against Texas A&M on March 4, 2012.
Angela Dugalic, Oregon/UCLA
Dugalic spent her freshman year at Oregon but transferred to UCLA in 2021. She missed the 2022-23 campaign due to injury, but bounced back and appeared in 30 games her senior year while the Bruins reached their second consecutive Sweet 16. Dugalic set a career-high 17 points against Oregon on Jan. 5, 2024. She will return this fall for a fifth season.
Ivana Raca, Wake Forest
Raca started all 24 games during her 2020-21 senior campaign. She finished her time at Wake forest ranking ninth in program history with 1,469 career points and 10th in rebounds (705).
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Maite Cazorla, Oregon
Cazorla made the Pac-12 All-Freshman team in 2015 and was named to the All-Pac-12 team her junior and senior seasons. She helped Oregon reach its first ever Final Four in 2019 and a few months later was drafted No. 23 overall by the Atlanta Dream.
María Conde, Florida State
Conde played two years for the Seminoles before returning to Europe. During her sophomore year, she averaged 15.6 minutes off the bench while appearing in all 35 games. She registered a season-high 10 points against Clemson on Jan. 15, 2017.
Megan Gustafson, Iowa
Gustafson is one of the most well-known players to come out of Iowa. She earned multiple top honors during the 2018-19 season, including Big Ten Athlete of the Year, AP Player of the Year, the Naismith Trophy and the Lisa Leslie award. She averaged 27.8 points and 13.4 rebounds per contest her senior season.
Leonor Rodríguez, Florida State
Rodríguez joined FSU in 2009 and spent four seasons with the Seminoles. While she only appeared in a combined 25 games her first two years, she increased her playing time significantly during the second half of her college career. She averaged 14.9 points, 3.6 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2.0 steals her senior season.
Leticia Romero, Florida State/Kansas State
After leaving Kansas State, Romero became the first three-time All-American in FSU history (2015, 2016, 2017). She is one of just three players in program history to register a triple-double, which happened Feb. 22, 2015 against Boston College with 19 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists.
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Napheesa Collier, UConn
Collier reached the Final Four each of her four years at UConn and won an NCAA championship in 2016. She wrapped up career as UConn's third-leading scorer in program history with 2,401 points, and she's No. 4 in rebounds with a total of 1,219. Collier was just the fifth Husky to register 2,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds.
Kahleah Copper, Rutgers
Copper is fourth on Rutgers' all-time scoring list with 1,872 career points through 2012-2016. She is also third in free throws made with 407. During her senior year, Copper powered the Scarlet Knights with 17.7 points and 8.0 rebounds per game while registering 11 double-doubles.
Chelsea Gray, Duke
Gray struggled with knee injuries during her college basketball career, but she made enough of an impact to be drafted 11th overall by Connecticut Sun in 2014. As one of the top point guards in school history, she led the Blue Devils to two ACC Tournament Championships, three ACC regular-season titles and three trips to the Elite Eight.
Brittney Griner, Baylor
Griner finished her collegiate career with 3,283 points and 1,305 rebounds. Her highly-decorated career included being named the Naismith College Player of the Year in 2012 and again in 2013. She helped the Bears win the NCAA Tournament in 2012 while being the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Baylor retired her No. 42 jersey on Feb. 18, 2024.
Sabrina Ionescu, Oregon
Ionescu is the NCAA's all-time leader -- women's and men's basketball-- with 26 career triple-doubles. She is a 3-point marksman, and during her time at Oregon became the first player in NCAA history with 2,000 career points (2,562), 1,000 career rebounds (1,040) and 1,000 career assists (1,091). Ionescu was named the Naismith College Player of the Year in 2020.
Jewell Loyd, Notre Dame
Loyd was the 2013 Big East Freshman of the Year and two years later was named the ACC POY, a program first for Notre Dame. She is one of the top scorers in Fighting Irish history with a total of 1,909 career points. She tied Ruth Riley's Notre Dame single-game scoring record with 41 points against DePaul on Dec. 10, 2014.
Kelsey Plum, Washington
Plum registered 3,527 points during her time at Washington, the second most in D-I women's basketball history. In 2017, she earned multiple honors, including the Dawn Staley Award and the John R. Wooden Award, while also being named the Naismith College Player of the Year.
Breanna Stewart, UConn
Stewart was part of the most successful runs in UConn history with four national championships, and she was named Most Outstanding Player in each of those tournaments. Through her college career, she registered an incredible 151-5 record and earned most Player of the Year honors from 2014–2016, including the Naismith award three times. Her 2,676 career points are still second most in program history.
Diana Taurasi, UConn
Before becoming a WNBA legend, Taurasi was a three-time national champion with UConn. The Huskies tallied a 139-8 record while she was on the roster from 2000-2004. She is third in UConn history with 318 career 3-pointers made, and her 2,156 points are the ninth most in program history.
Alyssa Thomas, Maryland
Thomas is Maryland's all-time leading scorer with the 2,356 points, which she tallied from 2011-14. She is also No. 1 in rebounds (1,235) and double-doubles (66). She was named ACC Player of the Year three times during her time with the Terrapins and left such an impact that her jersey was retired by the school on Senior Day before her college career had even finished.
A'Ja Wilson, South Carolina
Wilson was the Most Outstanding Player when the Gamecocks won the 2017 NCAA Tournament. The next year, she swept major Player of the Year awards, including the AP, Naismith and WSBWA honors, as well as the Lisa Leslie and John R. Wooden Awards. To this day, she is still the program's all-time leading scorer with 2,389 points. In 2021, the school put up a statue of Wilson outside Colonial Life Arena.
Jackie Young, Notre Dame
Young made the ACC All-Freshman Team in 2017 and the next year she was part of the roster that won the 2018 national championship. During her senior season, Young averaged 14.7 points, 7.4 rebounds and 5.0 assists while helping her team get back to the title game for the second consecutive year.
