USA Basketball Notes

• Honors: 2014 FIBA U17 World Cup all-tournament team.
• Gold Medals: 2019 FIBA AmeriCup, 2014 Youth Olympic Games (3x3), 2014 FIBA U17 World Cup, 2013 FIBA Americas U16 Championship, 2013 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup, 2013 FIBA Americas 3x3 U18 Championship.
• Bronze Medal: 2014 Youth Olympic Games Shootout competition.
• Tournament title: 2021 FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
• Is 55-2 in USA Basketball games played, including 3x3 competition.
• Invited to attend 2022 USA Basketball Women’s National Team training camp from Sept. 6-12 in Las Vegas.
• Named as a member of the USA's first U.S. Olympic 3x3 Basketball Team on June 23, 2021. After participating in training camp, was not able to participate in the Olympic Games.
• As a member of the 2021 USA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Team, averaged 3.7 points and 3.7 rebounds per game to help the USA to a 6-0 record at the FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament May 26-30 in Graz, Austria, and most importantly, qualified the USA for the inaugural 3x3 Olympic event in Tokyo.
• Ahead of the 3x3 OQT, helped the USA to a 6-1 record and first-place finish at the 2021 Big Twelve International in Voiron, France.
• Named to the 2021 USA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Team on March 1, 2021.
• Participated in the 2021 USA National Team minicamp Feb. 4-7 in Columbia, South Carolina.
• Participated in the USA National Team training camp in Chicago over the 2020 NBA All-Star Weekend.
• Participated in the February 2020 USA Basketball 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament training camp in Chicago.
• Aided the 2020 USA National Team to a 5-0 record against two collegiate teams and three international opponents; averaged 5.6 ppg.
• Member of the 2019 USA AmeriCup Team that finished with a 6-0 record and the gold medal at the FIBA AmeriCup in San Juan, Puerto Rico; averaged 8.0 ppg. and 4.5 rpg.
• Participated in the 2017 USA National Team training camp Sept. 30-Oct. 2 in Santa Barbara, California, and was one of just five collegiate athletes on the training camp roster.
• Participated in the 2017 USA U23 National Team training camp.
• Named to the 2015 USA U19 World Cup Team on May 17, 2015, but withdrew due to personal reasons.
• Member of the gold-medal winning 2014 USA Youth Olympic Games Team (3x3) that finished with a 13-0 record in Nanjing, China; missed six games due to an ankle injury.
• Member of the 2014 USA U17 World Cup Team that captured the FIBA U17 World Cup with a perfect 7-0 record in Pilsen, Czech Republic.
• Member of the 2013 USA 3x3 U18 World Cup Team that won a gold medal at the 2013 FIBA 3x3 U18 Championship with an 8-1 record.
• Prior to the 2013 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup, earned gold at the FIBA Americas 3x3 U18 Championship with a 5-0 record.
• Earned the right to represent the USA at the 2013 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup by winning the 2013 USA Basketball 3x3 U18 National Championship
• Member of the 2013 USA U16 National Team that won gold with a perfect 5-0 record at the FIBA Americas U16 Championship in Cancun, Mexico.

Professional Notes

• Drafted: No. 4 by the Chicago Sky in 2019.
• Has played four WNBA seasons with Chicago, Dallas, Seattle and Los Angeles.
• Competed the last two seasons (2020-21, 2021-22) for Perfumerias Avenida (Spain) and has helped the team to back-to-back Liga Feminina titles, the 2021 EuroLeague Finals and the 2022 EuroLeague semifinals.

College Years

• As a senior in 2018-19, Connecticut finished with a 35-3 record, including 16-0 in conference play, captured the American Athletic Conference Tournament title and advanced to the NCAA Final Four.
• As a junior in 2017-18, aided UConn to a 36-1 slate, the AAC regular season and tournament titles and to the NCAA Final Four.
• In her first two seasons at Connecticut and helped the Huskies to an overall record of 74-1 (.987), the 2016 NCAA Tournament title, the 2017 NCAA Final Four and two American Athletic Conference regular season championships and a pair of AAC Tournament crowns.
• Three-time WBCA Coaches’ All-American (2017, 2018, 2019)
• Two-time AP First Team All-American (2017, 2018)
• Two-time USBWA First Team All-American (2017, 2018)
• Two-time American Athletic Conference Player of the Year (2017, 2018)
• Three-time American Athletic Conference First Team (2017, 2018, 2019)
• Two-time American Athletic Conference All-Tournament Team (2017, 2018)
• 2019 AP Third Team All-American
• 2019 USBWA Second Team All-American
• 2019 NCAA Albany Regional All-Tournament Team
• 2017 American Athletic Conference Tournament Most Outstanding Player
• 2016 American Athletic Conference All-Freshman Team
• 2016 ESPNW National Freshman of the Year

Personal

• Hails from Huntington Beach, California.
• Daughter of Karen and Jon Samuelson; has two older sisters, Bonnie and Karlie.
• Father played professional basketball in Europe; mother was named to the All-England Netball Team; and both sisters played basketball at Stanford University.
• Both sisters also attended USA Basketball trials, but Katie Lou was the first to earn a spot on a USA team. Bonnie was at the 2010 U17/Youth Olympic Games trials and the 2009 U16 trials. Karlie was at the 2011 U16 and 2012 U17 trials.
• Graduated from Mater Dei High School (Calif.) and attended Edison High School (Calif.) as a freshman in 2011-12.
• Gatorade, USA Today, WBCA, Naismith and Morgan Wootten National Player of the Year and McDonald’s All-American (2015).
• Llisted on her high school’s honor roll every year, earned the Presidential Academic Excellence award for earning straight A’s all through 8th grade, and was an early application and entrant with Stanford University.
• Started playing basketball when she was 5.

Social

• Twitter: @33katielou
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