The honor keep rolling in for Sydney Savoury.
Savoury, the star shooting guard for Belleville High School, was named as one of the 12 members of the United States U18 women’s basketball team on Monday, June 1, the team announced in a release.
Savoury earned her spot during three days of team trials in Colorado Springs, proving she was one of the 12 best American players in the 2026, 2027 or 2028 recruiting classes.
“Even getting an invite to USA Basketball is a compliment, but to be considered one of the 12 best players under 18, that’s an amazing accomplishment for her,” Belleville coach Jason Wilkins said Monday.
Savoury will be on the roster for the 2026 FIBA U18 Women’s AmeriCup, which takes place in Irapuato, Mexico, from June 9-15. Notre Dame coach Niele Ivey – mother of former Detroit Pistons guard Jaden Ivey – will coach the team, while Michigan State coach Robyn Fralick and California coach Charmin Smith will be assistants.
This will be Savoury’s second stint with USA Basketball after taking part in the USA Basketball Junior Women’s National Team minicamp in April.
Savoury, one of the early favorites for the 2027 Mick McCabe Miss Basketball Award, is following up a strong junior campaign for Belleville with a quality summer circuit. Savoury, rated as a five-star recruit and the No. 9 player nationally in the 2027 class (per 247 Sports’ composite rankings), has continued to earn national recognition coming off her Dream Team junior season, when she averaged 27 points and seven rebounds for Belleville, which spent the regular season ranked No. 1 before losing to DeWitt in the state quarterfinals.
Savoury led Belleville to its first girls basketball Division 1 state championship in 2025 as a sophomore.
“She’s hungry,” Wilkins said. “She’s determined.”
Savoury has continued where she left off in high school with her Nike EYBL team, the Ohio-based Sports City Angels. She is playing alongside high school teammate Paisley Stephens and Saline forward Harper Backus. According to the league, Savoury leads Nike Girls EYBL by averaging 23.7 points per game against top competition in the country.
Her summer success has led to two high-profile scholarship offers in recent weeks. First, coach Geno Auriemma offered Savoury a scholarship to Connecticut, the premier women’s basketball program in the country. More recently, on Thursday, Savoury received a scholarship offer from Texas, which has reached back-to-back Final Fours under head coach Vic Schaefer.
Texas and UConn join more than 40 schools that have offered Savoury, including women’s basketball powers such as South Carolina and Tennessee.
“She was absolutely excited,” Wilkins said of Savoury after the Texas and UConn offers. “She was smiling from ear to ear, really excited. When you get offers like that, that’s the cream of the crop.”
Savoury has spent her offseason and summer basketball focusing on improving as a rebounder, distributor and defender. Already a proven scorer who averaged 27 points the last two high school seasons, Savoury wants to become as complete a player as possible before heading to college.
She has really honed in on those parts of her game with her trainer, Justin Popov, and the new scholarship offers have only motivated her further to prove she can be an impact player at one of the top collegiate programs.
“It goes to show you that you don’t have to go to a prep school to get what you want nationally,” Wilkins said. “You can go to the local public school, work hard, be connected with the right people and have great teammates and still get offers from the Texas, UConn, South Carolina and make Team USA basketball. You don’t have to leave the state.”
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Jared Ramsey covers high school sports for the Detroit Free Press. Contact him at jramsey@freepress.com.
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