Former UConn stars Sue Bird, Swin Cash, Tina Charles, Asjha Jones, Renee Montgomery, Maya Moore and Diana Taurasi are among 24 players are among 24 players planning to take part in next month's U.S. national team training camp.

Baylor rising junior center Brittney Griner and former Gonzaga star Courtney Vandersloot have accepted invites to the camp and will join 22 members of the national team pool. Alana Beard and Cappie Pondexter are the only members of the U.S. national team player pool not planning to take part in the training camp.

"I can't wait to get these guys on the court in Vegas," said UConn and U.S. national team coach Geno Auriemma in a release. "This is going to be the first time we've had this many together and healthy at a training camp, and it'll be interesting to see how bad some of these guys want to make the Olympic team, how much they hustle, fight for rebounds, I'm really looking forward to that.
"Then you add in the two new kids, Griner and Vandersloot. I'm anxious to see how they interact with some of the veterans. Certainly they're a couple of great players, but I'm excited to see them go up against our national team and try to earn their spot in our pool."

Participating in the May 10-12 training camp are national team members Jayne Appel (San Antonio Silver Stars), Seimone Augustus (Minnesota Lynx), Sue Bird (Seattle Storm), Rebekkah Brunson (Minnesota Lynx), Swin Cash (Seattle Storm), Tamika Catchings (Indiana Fever), Tina Charles (Connecticut Sun), Shameka Christon (Chicago Sky), Candice Dupree (Phoenix Mercury), Sylvia Fowles (Chicago Sky), Lindsey Harding (Atlanta Dream), Ebony Hoffman (Los Angeles Sparks), Asjha Jones (Connecticut Sun), Kara Lawson (Connecticut Sun), Angel McCoughtry (Atlanta Dream), Renee Montgomery (Connecticut Sun), Maya Moore (Minnesota Lynx), Candace Parker (Los Angeles Sparks), Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury), Kia Vaughn (New York Liberty), Lindsay Whalen (Minnesota Lynx) and Candice Wiggins (Minnesota Lynx).