Girls Basketball: Area standout makes USA Women’s U-18 National Team

Recent Lakota West graduate Abby Prohaska has been named to the USA Basketball Women’s U18 National Team.

The 12-member roster was selected after three days of trials at the United States Olympics Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.

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Prohaska recently capped a standout career for the Firebirds. As a senior, the Notre Dame recruit was the Co-Player of the Year in the Greater Miami Conference and a first-team, All-Ohio selection.

Prohaska and her Team USA teammates will return to Colorado Springs for training camp on July 20 in preparation for the FIBA Americas U18 Championship set for Aug. 1-7 at a location still to be determined. The team is coached by Louisville’s Jeff Walz.

Prohaska played for Team USA in the 2016, winning a bronze medal in the FIBA U17 World Championship in Zaragoza, Spain.

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