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Team USA Under-19 National Team finalists feature seven high school basketball standouts

Lawrence Andrew Fernandezby: Lawrence Fernandez06/19/25lawandfern
Oakland Soldiers’ Tyran Stokes (4) shoots a free throw during a game at Nike EYBL at the Memphis Sports & Events Center on Saturday, May 17, 2025 | Chris Day/The Commercial Appeal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
Oakland Soldiers’ Tyran Stokes (4) shoots a free throw during a game at Nike EYBL at the Memphis Sports & Events Center on Saturday, May 17, 2025 | Chris Day/The Commercial Appeal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

USA Basketball revealed the finalists for the Team USA Under-19 National Team after a three-day training camp in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Included in the group vying for the 12 roster spots are seven high school basketball standouts.

Leading the contingent is Tyran Stokes, the top-ranked prospect from the Class of 2026. The 6-foot-7 small forward from Notre Dame High School has a 99.42 On3 Industry Rating and has an estimated NIL value of $1.7 million.

Brandon McCoy and Christian Collins, the second and third-ranked high school basketball seniors, are also vying for Team USA Under-19 roster spots. McCoy has a slightly lower rating than Stokes (99.23), which is still enough to make him the highest-ranked combo guard in his class. He will play his senior season at Bellflower, California’s St. John Bosco.

Meanwhile, Collins is the second-best small forward behind Stokes with a 98.9 rating and will team up with McCoy for their final high school basketball season.

Also in the running for a Team USA Under-19 roster spot is Caleb Holt, who recently transferred from Grayson (Georgia) to Prolific Prep (Florida). Holt is the fifth-best Class of 2026 prospect and the second-best shooting guard in his graduating batch.

There’s also Jason Crowe Jr., the sixth-ranked senior who will complete his high school basketball career at Inglewood. Completing the high school contingent are Blair Academy point guard Deron Rippey Jr. (No. 18 prospect) and TMI Episcopal small forward Elijah Williams (No. 28).

Former high school basketball standouts and incoming college basketball first-year players like AJ Dybantsa (BYU), Mikel Brown Jr. (Louisville), Chris Cenac Jr. (Houston), Koa Peat (Arizona), Jasper Johnson (Kentucky), Nik Khamenia (Duke), and JJ Mandaquit (Washington).

Completing the list of finalists for the Team USA Under-19 National Team are college basketball standouts Daniel Jacobsen (Purdue), Morez Johnson Jr. (Illinois), Royce Parham (Marquette), and Tyrone Riley IV (USF).

The selected players will represent the United States at the FIBA Under-19 World Cup 2025 in Lausanne, Switzerland, this year. Team USA has won this competition eight times, six more than second-place Spain.