WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue men's basketball incoming freshman Daniel Jacobsen is one of 30 players invited by USA Basketball for a spot on its U18 National Team, the organization announced yesterday.
The 30 athletes were invited as part of the U18 National Team training camp at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Training camp begins Thursday, May 23 with the 12-member team expected to be announced before the team departs for the 2024 FIBA U18 Men's AmeriCup, scheduled for June 3-9 in Buenos Aires.
Jacobsen is one of five players from the Class of 2024 on the training camp roster.
Purdue has been well-represented on USA Basketball. A year ago, Myles Colvin played in the 2023 FIBA U19 World Cup in Hungary. Three years ago, both Jaden Ivey and Caleb Furst won gold medals for Team USA while Zach Edey won bronze with Team Canada. Both Ivey and Edey were named to the FIBA U19 World Cup 5 All-Star Team with Chet Holmgren, Victor Wenbanyama and Serbia's Nikola Jovic.
In 2019, Trevion Williams won gold with Team USA. Carsen Edwards won bronze with Team USA in 2017. Lastly, Caleb Swanigan won gold in 2014 in the U17 World Cup before winning gold in the 2015 U19 World Cup.
Jacobsen, a 7-foot, 3-inch center from Chicago, prepped at Brewster Academy (N.H.), helping Brewster to a No. 9 national ranking in the SCNext Top 25 high school rankings via ESPN and playing with other players that will attend Stanford, Iowa State and Georgia Tech. Ranked in the top 100 by several recruiting services, Jacobsen reclassified from the Class of 2025 and signed with the Boilermakers in November and will arrive on campus in the next month.
One of the biggest risers in the rankings, Jacobsen is part of a recruiting class considered among the top-10 classes in the country.
The 30 athletes were invited as part of the U18 National Team training camp at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Training camp begins Thursday, May 23 with the 12-member team expected to be announced before the team departs for the 2024 FIBA U18 Men's AmeriCup, scheduled for June 3-9 in Buenos Aires.
Jacobsen is one of five players from the Class of 2024 on the training camp roster.
Purdue has been well-represented on USA Basketball. A year ago, Myles Colvin played in the 2023 FIBA U19 World Cup in Hungary. Three years ago, both Jaden Ivey and Caleb Furst won gold medals for Team USA while Zach Edey won bronze with Team Canada. Both Ivey and Edey were named to the FIBA U19 World Cup 5 All-Star Team with Chet Holmgren, Victor Wenbanyama and Serbia's Nikola Jovic.
In 2019, Trevion Williams won gold with Team USA. Carsen Edwards won bronze with Team USA in 2017. Lastly, Caleb Swanigan won gold in 2014 in the U17 World Cup before winning gold in the 2015 U19 World Cup.
Jacobsen, a 7-foot, 3-inch center from Chicago, prepped at Brewster Academy (N.H.), helping Brewster to a No. 9 national ranking in the SCNext Top 25 high school rankings via ESPN and playing with other players that will attend Stanford, Iowa State and Georgia Tech. Ranked in the top 100 by several recruiting services, Jacobsen reclassified from the Class of 2025 and signed with the Boilermakers in November and will arrive on campus in the next month.
One of the biggest risers in the rankings, Jacobsen is part of a recruiting class considered among the top-10 classes in the country.