{"id":12385,"date":"2025-07-15T19:46:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T19:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/12385\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T19:46:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T19:46:04","slug":"global-basketball-prospects-descend-upon-indianapolis-for-basketball-without-borders-during-wnba-all-star-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/12385\/","title":{"rendered":"Global basketball prospects descend upon Indianapolis for Basketball Without Borders during WNBA All-Star Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forty elite high-school-age female basketball prospects from outside the U.S. will participate in the third annual Basketball Without Borders (BWB) Global Women\u2019s Camp in Indianapolis.<\/p>\n

The camp \u2014 hosted jointly by the WNBA, NBA and FIBA \u2014 runs July 17\u201319 at the University of Indianapolis\u2019 Nicoson Hall alongside AT&T WNBA All-Star 2025 festivities.\u202f<\/p>\n

The international athletes \u2014 hailing from 33 countries including Croatia, Japan, Senegal and Brazil \u2014 will train under current and former WNBA and FIBA figures. Coaches include 2025 No. 6 WNBA draft pick Georgia Amoore (Washington Mystics\/Australia), two-time NCAA champion Kelly Faris (USA) and two-time MEAC Player of the Year Andrea Gardner-Williams (USA).<\/p>\n

Boston Celtics executive Allison Feaster, a 2004 WNBA All-Star, directs the camp.<\/p>\n

Camp activities feature skill development drills, three-point contests, 5-on-5 games and leadership sessions. WNBA scouts and NCAA coaches will attend, building on 2024\u2019s success, where 34 participants earned NCAA Division I scholarships. Campers will also attend the WNBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on July 19.<\/p>\n

\"GoldenWNBA fans awaiting their turn for an autograph following the game between the Golden State Valkyries and Indiana Fever, held on July 9, 2025, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo\/David Dixon)<\/p>\n

Indiana Fever forward and three-time all-star Aliyah Boston said that investing in women\u2019s sports is crucial to its advancement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing able to invest in women\u2019s sports is so important because as a professional woman athlete, it is crucial that we have everything that we need,\u201d Boston said on July 15.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nike, a BWB partner since 2002, will provide all apparel and footwear. The BWB program \u2014 a global development initiative\u2014has involved over 4,600 athletes from 144 countries since 2001. Of those, 142 secured NBA\/WNBA contracts, including 15 WNBA players like Ezi Magbegor (Seattle Storm\/New Zealand) and Kamilla Cardoso (Chicago Sky\/Brazil). The NBA and FIBA have organized 80 BWB camps across six continents.\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other notable participants include:\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2013 Hyeonjeong Hwang (South Korea)\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2013 Melissa Guillet (France)\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2013 Binta Seye (Senegal)\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2013 Nicole Ogun (United Kingdom)\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2013 Mika Sakaguchi (Japan)\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n

View the full roster at BasketballWithoutBorders.com. Keep up with the movement by following #BWBGlobal on social media for updates.\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n

Contact Multi-Media & Senior Sports Reporter Noral Parham at 317-762-7846 or via email at noralp@indyrecorder.com. Follow him on Facebook @HorsemenSportsMedia.\u00a0For more WNBA All-Star news, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Senior<\/a><\/p>\n

Noral Parham is the multi-media & senior sports reporter for the Indianapolis Recorder, one of the oldest Black publications in the country. Parham has worked with various leagues to provide a diverse perspective in sports, including the Big Ten, Big East, IHSAA, IndyCar, MLB, NHRA, NFL, NBA, WNBA, WWE and the Olympics. Prior to joining the Recorder, Parham served as the community advocate of the MLK Center in Indianapolis and senior copywriter for an e-commerce and marketing firm in Denver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Forty elite high-school-age female basketball prospects from outside the U.S. will participate in the third annual Basketball Without…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[2649,12138,402,12139,28,12140,1075,7080,2652,2653,983,355,3,99,434,12141,12142,1765,2088],"class_list":["post-12385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-all-star","tag-all-star-weekend","tag-basketball","tag-basketball-without-borders","tag-business","tag-bwb","tag-community","tag-hoops","tag-indiana","tag-indianapolis","tag-local-news","tag-nba","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-wnba","tag-wnba-all-star","tag-wnba-live","tag-womens-sports","tag-womens-basketball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}