The AIS will welcome 105 of the best young basketballers in the country through their doors during March as the Centre of Excellence (COE) hosts four junior national squad camps. With a busy schedule of FIBA youth events scheduled for 2022, the Under 17 Women and Men will start preparations for the FIBA Asia Cup and FIBA World Cup while the Under 19 squads also commence their journies to the FIBA Oceania Championships. Athletes for the four squads have been identified from performances at the 2021 Australian Junior Championships, as well as their respective State Performance Programs as part of the National Performance Pathway. The Under 17 Men (athletes born in 2005 and 2006) will be the first to come together, meeting at the COE March 8-10 to start their journey towards the FIBA Asia Under 17 Cup, to be held in Kuwait, June 12-19. Melbourne United NBL championship Assistant Coach Justin Schueller will be at the helm of the team for the 2022 campaign. The WNBL Bendigo Spirit's Head Coach Tracy York will lead the Under 17 Women (Sapphires), who have FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers in Jordan in June, leading into a potential World Cup in Hungary in July. The Sapphires will be in camp March 21-23 as they gear up for a big year for this talented young group. Both men and women Under 19 squads will meet at the CoE from March 18-20 for a 3-day intensive camp. David Herbert will once again coach the Under 19 women, after leading the Gems to a silver medal at the 2021 FIBA Under 19 World Cup while CoE head coach Robbie McKinlay will lead the Under 19 Men as the Emus come together for the first time for the March 18 camp. Full squad lists: U17 MEN'S SQUAD: Brad Ballinger NSW Abass Bodija Queensland Ethan Bolton Victoria Lachlan Brewer Tasmania Carlin Briggs Victoria Lebron Brooks Queensland Tyson Crees Queensland Josh Dent NSW Tristan Devers Victoria Charlie Dimmock WA Alex Dodson SA Riley Dunn Victoria Luke Fennell Victoria Kristian Ferronato Victoria Corey Hastings Victoria Nevarda Higgins Queensland Joshua Hughes Queensland Josh Ibukunoluwa WA Elijah Kamu Queensland Will Mortimore NSW Anthony Mundine NSW James O’Donnell NSW Noah Pagotto NSW Jaylen Pitman Queensland Ned Renfree Victoria Ky Savage Tasmania Roman Siulepa Queensland Thomas Snelgrove WA Martin Steen Victoria Ben Waller Victoria Rocco Zikarsky Queensland U17 WOMEN'S SQUAD: Opal Bird NSW Monique Bobongie Queensland Olivia Bradley SA Jayda Clark WA Edie Clarke Victoria Meera Coburn NSW Macey Crawford Tasmania Emma Donnelly NSW Hilary Fuller Queensland Rubi Gray Tasmania Summah Hanson Queensland Sienna Harvey Victoria Isla Juffermans NSW Amy Kurkowski Victoria Caitlyn Martin NSW Georgia McBean Victoria Savannah Metcalfe WA Jessica Petrie Queensland Sarah Portlock Victoria Saffron Shiels NSW Lulu Twidale Queensland Kyra Webb Victoria Isabel Whitelaw Victoria Monique Williams WA U19 WOMEN'S SQUAD: Dyani Ananiev Victoria Isobel Borlase SA Tayla Brazel SA Sophie Burrows Victoria Jada Crawshaw NSW Emily Foy NSW Ella Gordon Queensland Holly Griffiths Victoria Amelia Hassett NSW Tess Heal Victoria Felicity Henderson NSW Mia Jacobs WA Charli Kay Tasmania Tenielle Knight Victoria Grace Little Queensland Dallas Loughridge Victoria Skye Mason Queensland Taylor Moffat SA Rose Nelson NSW Amy O’Hara Victoria Carla Pitman NSW Nyadiew Puoch Victoria Lilly Rotunno Queensland Jess Simons SA U19 MEN'S SQUAD: Bowyn Beatty ACT Jensen Bradtke Victoria Alex Condon WA Joel DeBarros NT Tomas Dobson WA Ethan Elliott WA Harrison Evans NSW Thomas Gerovich WA Jackson Harding Victoria Rory Hawke Queensland Ben Henshall WA Darcy Jones Victoria Alex Kovatchev WA Chol Machot Victoria AJ Magbegor Victoria Kobe McDowell-White Queensland Cooper Osborne SA Geordan Papacostas Queensland Daniel Poelsma Victoria Tyrese Proctor NSW Kane Runnalls Queensland Sean Stock SA Alex Toohey ACT Yaak Yaak SA Luca Yates Queensland
