Pure Positivity: LSU Champion Angel Reese Selected To Team USA In FIBA Women's AmeriCup Tourney

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The blessings keep on comin'!

Angel Reese, star player from the LSU women's basketball team, is now on her way to helping the United States bring home a gold medal. According to DailyMail, Reese has been selected to represent the red, white, and blue in the FIBA Women's AmeriCup in July.

This is undoubtedly a big step forward for Angel's basketball career and public profile and she is already reportedly worth $1.3 million based on the NIL (name, image, likeness) deals that she has done since sending Caitlin Carter and her Iowa teammates packing in the National Championship game just a few short months ago. If she were able to capture a gold medal, there's no telling what type of endorsements would be awaiting her at the bank upon her return.

All that said, it isn't lost on Reese how hard this journey has been and how much work she's put in to get here and she recently recapped it on Twitter.

U16 cut.
U18 finalist but cut (I WAS HURT)??
U19 declined invite to win EYBL championship.
U19 finalist but withdrew to focus on my health.
THIS WAS MY YEAR. U23 I MADE IT.
GOD DID.
NEVER GIVE UP ON THINGS YOU WANT IN LIFE.
TIME TO BRING HOME GOLD. ?????? pic.twitter.com/ld9qYz3wIC

— Angel Reese (@Reese10Angel) May 15, 2023

As if this news doesn't have #10 riding high, she is also featured in the famed Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue that will hit newsstands on Thursday!

Angel Reese dans le prochain Sports Illustrated Swimsuit ?? pic.twitter.com/9BjViLQKJo

— Jamal (@Awesome_One91) May 9, 2023

Life is good when you're the champ.

Angel Reese from LSU swimsuit pics pic.twitter.com/MJ6fofQqox

— UnclMario Total Media (@UnclmarioTM) May 9, 2023

Congrats! Can't wait to see her ball out on the international stage!



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