Seoul, South Korea - August 1-8, 1993

USA head coach Jim Foster and the 1993 USA Women's Junior World Championship Team hoped to break with tradition. In the previous two Junior World Championships the USA had not fared well and despite a gutsy performance by a young, inexperienced American team that posted the best U.S. record ever at Junior Worlds, 5-2, tradition held strong and the USA finished seventh.

Now 1-1 in preliminary pool play, each game took on new importance for the U.S., which rose to the challenge and posted a 91-59 triumph over Bulgaria. Having scored the win over Bulgaria, the United States' medal hopes depended on a win over Russia to stay alive. After trading leads for most of the game the USA finally secured the upperhand 63-62 at the 3:36 mark and went on the score the crucial victory 73-68. Dana Johnson and Smith tied for top team scoring honors with 15 points each. With the win, the United States improved it's record to 3-1 and positioned itself, with South Korea and Russia, in a three-way battle for their pool's two medal round berths. All three teams had one game of preliminary pool play remaining,and USA's medal round hopes hinged on the outcome of the next day's games, when the USA faced Zaire and South Korea met Russia.

Behind Woosley's 12 points the USA easily defeated Zaire 64-43, but Russia upset South Korea, 82-68, and the U.S. found itself in a three-way tie for two medal round spots. Under FIBA tie breaking methods which rely on point differential between the tied teams, the U.S. found itself ranked third behind South Korea and Russia and out of medal contention.

Reeling from its elimination from the medal hunt, the USA came out on the short end of a one-point 75-74 decision with France. Following the loss to France, the USA rebounded to secure seventh place with a 109-76 thrashing of Japan. The Japanese team felt the wrath of a jilted USA squad as the United States dominated the game from start to finish.

Woosley ended the tournament as the USA's leading scorer at 10.0 ppg. followed by Smith and Dana Johnson at 9.9 ppg. Hemmer recorded the United States' highest rebounding average at 6.7 rpg.