USA - Richey-Walton to guide USA women's team at Youth Olympic Games

COLORADO SPRINGS (Youth Olympic Games) - Kathy Richey-Walton, head coach at Southwest Dekalb High School in Decatur, Georgia, on Thursday was named head mentor for the 2010 USA Basketball Women's Youth Olympic Games team.

The Inaugural Youth Olympic Games (YOG), to be held in the city-state of Singapore from 14th to 26th August, will feature FIBA's 3on3 basketball tournaments for both young men and young women and will involve a grand total of 40 teams from 38 different countries. The competition is organised by FIBA and the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Back in 2005, Richey-Walton led her first USA Basketball team to a silver medal as head coach of the USA White Team in the USA Basketball Women's Youth Development Festival. In eight seasons at the helm of the Southwest Dekalb Panthers (2002-03 to present), she has tallied a 182-53 overall record and won the past three Georgia Class 4A state titles.

"This is a wonderful opportunity to coach some of the most talented young basketball players in the country and to be a part of the developmental process for USA Basketball," she said. "I'm excited to have some additional exposure to the international game and to be a part of the best our country has to offer in girl's basketball."

The four-member 2010 USA women's YOG team will be selected following USA Basketball's Women's U17 World Championship/Youth Olympic Games team trials (8th-11th June) at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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