Diggins Co-Captain of US World Championship Team

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Notre Dame Official Athletic Site

NOTRE DAME, Ind. - Notre Dame women's basketball incoming freshman guard Skylar Diggins (South Bend, Ind./Washington) has been chosen as a co-captain for the 2009 United States U19 World Championship Team, it was announced Monday by USA Basketball from the tournament's home in Bangkok, Thailand. Diggins and Stanford sophomore forward Nnemkadi Ogwumike, who also were teammates on the USA U18 National Team that struck gold at the FIBA U18 Americas Championship last summer in Argentina, were selected as the U19 squad's captains through a vote of their teammates.

This is an incoming freshman!

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Diggins and Team USA won the gold.

Skylar is something special. I've seen her play a few times in person, both in high school games and in pick up games at Rolfs against guys (including some football players who are very good at basketball), and she is phenomenal. With the women returning everyone from last year plus adding Diggins and another good freshman, this year could turn out very, very well.