Oregon State women's basketball alums continue to represent on the international stage this summer, as guard Gabby Hanson is playing for Sweden in the World University Games in Taipei, Taiwan this week.
Monday to open the preliminary round. Sweden will next face Chinese Taipei Tuesday and Chile Wednesday, before the quarterfinals begin Friday. The semifinals are Saturday, and the medal games are are next Monday.
Hanson had previously played for the Swedish National Team four times, all at the European Championships. She was on the U16 squad in 2011, the U18 side team in 2012 and 2013 and the U20 squad in 2014.
Earlier this month, former Beavers Ruth Hamblin and Jamie (Weisner) Scott won gold with the Canadian National Team at the FIBA Women's AmeriCup in Buenos Aires, Argentina, while Ali Gibson's Puerto Rico squad took the bronze. Both teams qualified for next summer's World Cup in Spain, Puerto Rico for the first time in the nation's history.
The Beavers are also represented stateside, with Sydney Wiese on the home stretch of her rookie season with the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks. Wiese is averaging 2.3 points in 7.6 minutes per game while shooting 41.9 percent from three-point range. The Sparks, who currently have the second-best record in the league and are the defending champions, conclude the regular season Sept. 3 and are in position to earn a bye to the playoff's semifinals.