Duke’s Salvadores heads to Slovenia for U18 European Championship

Coming off leading the FIBA U19 World Championship in scoring with an 18.4 per game average, Duke incoming freshman Angela Salvadores will represent Spain in the FIBA U18 European Championship through Aug. 9 in Celje, Slovenia.

During the U19 World Championship, Salvadores averaged a tournament-best 18.4 points a game in seven contests. A native of Leon, Spain, Salvadores also registered averages of 4.3 assists, 4.1 rebounds and 2.0 steals as Spain advanced to the bronze medal game before falling to Australia. Against Egypt, she posted 25 points, six rebounds and three assists, while also totaling 22 points versus Australia and 21 points against Belgium.

Salvadores, the No. 5 ranked player in the class of 2015 by ESPN HoopGurlz, will be a freshman at Duke in the fall.

Golf

Duke: Senior Celine Boutier is set to play in the RICOH British Open Thursday through Aug. 2 at The Trump Turnberry Resort in Scotland.

Elon: Senior Jonathan DiIanni recently earned a spot in the U.S. Amateur Championship that will be contested Aug. 17-23 in Olympia Fields, Ill.

Men’s Tennis

Duke: Head coach Ramsey Smith announced Jason Tahir will be a volunteer assistant coach.

Men’s Soccer

Wake Forest: Forward Michael Gamble and midfielder Ian Harkes were selected to participate in the U.S. Soccer College Identification Training Camp.

Miscellaneous

ECU: Rokas Cepulis (swimming & diving), Katie Kirk (golf) and Bailie Monahan (swimming & diving) have been named 2014-15 American Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete Excellence Award Winners.

Softball

Duke: Former Big Ten Player of the Year Marissa Young will be head softball coach.

Track

UNC: Hannah Christen, Kenny Selmon and Caroline Alcorta prepare for Pan-American Juniors. The trio qualified for the event after medaling at the U.S. Junior Championships.

This story was originally published July 29, 2015 at 8:19 PM with the headline "Duke’s Salvadores heads to Slovenia for U18 European Championship."