Washington Mystics guard Ariel Atkins is currently with the USA Basketball women’s national team, where she is playing in two friendlies against college teams, starting today against the Tennessee Lady Volunteers. And speaking about college, Atkins was recently named an assistant coach for player development for the University of Michigan’s women’s basketball team where she will serve on Kim Barnes Arico’s staff.
In the release, Barnes Arico said:
I have known Ariel for a long time after we were part of USA Basketball together [in 2014 with the FIBA Americas U18 team] and think she is the perfect fit for Michigan women’s basketball.