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USA Basketball invites 13 high school basketball standouts to U19 National Team training camp

Lawrence Andrew Fernandezby: Lawrence Fernandez05/20/25lawandfern
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Notre Dame High School (CA) forward Tyran Stokes (4) against Sandra Day O'Connor (AZ) during the Hoophall West High School Invitational at Highland High School. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images

United States Basketball invited a baker’s dozen of high school basketball standouts to the Men’s U19 National Team training camp. That’s more than one-third of the 33-man pool that will start training in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in June.

Tyran Stokes leads the high school basketball contingent based on the On3 Industry Ratings. The top-ranked prospect from the Class of 2026 will spend his final season at Notre Dame High School.

In addition to Stokes, seven of the top 11 prospects will also participate in the training camp. This group includes Brandon McCoy, Christian Collins, Jordan Smith Jr., Caleb Holt, Jason Crowe Jr., Tahj Ariza, and Caleb Gaskins.

McCoy and Collins will play for St. John Bosco’s California campuses in Bellflower and Playa Del Rey, respectively. Smith will enter his senior year in Virginia’s Paul VI Catholic School. Holt will lead Geogia’s Grayson High School and Crowe will be the go-to guy at Inglewood High School.

Tahj, former NBA player Trevor Ariza’s son, will collaborate with Collins, while Gaskins will represent Florida’s Columbus High School. Other high school basketball standouts in the training pool include Jaxon Richardson, ranked 16th among the Class of 2026, and Cameron Holmes, ranked one spot behind Jason Richardson’s younger son.

Richardson will team up with Gaskins as they try to win a fifth consecutive Class 7A state championship for Columbus. Meanwhile, Holmes will complete his high school basketball career at Arizona’s Millennium High School.

Completing the high school basketball contingent are Overtime Elite’s Taylen Kinney, Blair Academy’s Derron Rippey Jr., and TMI Episcopal’s Elijah Williams. They are ranked 18th, 19th, and 38th among the Class of 2026 prospects, respectively.

These high school basketball standouts will compete for spots in the team competing in the FIBA U19 Men’s World Cup in Switzerland. The United States will start the competition in Group D against Australia, France, and Cameroon.

Also included in the training camp are incoming college basketball freshmen AJ Dybantsa, Koa Peat, Malachi Moreno, Mikel Brown Jr., Chris Cenac Jr., and Nik Khamenia, among others.

Meanwhile, University of Arizona’s Tommy Lloyd will head the coaching staff. His assistants are Grant McCasland (Texas Tech), Micah Shrewsberry (Notre Dame), Hubert Davis (North Carolina), Nate Oats (Alabama), and Mark Pope (Kentucky).