MANHATTAN, Kansas – Recent K-State graduate Serena Sundell will continue her active summer in 3x3 basketball, as she will play for Team USA at the FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup 2025 in Xiong An, China, on September 17-21.
Teaming up with Sundell in the event for Team USA are Taylor Bigby (TCU), Kaety L’Amoreaux (Fairfield) and Zee Spearman (Tennessee).
All games in the FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup 2025 will be streamed live on YouTube.com/FIBA3x3. The United States has been placed in Pool B and the game schedule is (all times Central): vs. Mexico (Sept. 17, 9:25 p.m.), vs. Philippines (Sept. 17, 11:55 p.m.), vs. Spain (Sept. 19, 9 p.m.), vs. Chile (11:30 p.m., 11:30 p.m.). The top two finishers in the four pools will advance to bracket play on September 21, with the champion to be determined that day.
Sundell, a product of Maryville, Missouri, Sundell has had an active summer, as she played for Team USA in the 2025 FIBA 3x3 Youth Nations League Americas in Punta Arenas, Chile, on July 21-27. She also finished as a runner-up with her 3x3 team at the FIBA 3x3 Women’s Series event in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on August 1-2.
Prior to the event in Canada, Sundell kicked off her 3x3 action this summer by helping her team, B&B, win the 3XBA event at the Spokane Hoopfest on June 27-28 in Spokane, Washington. The 3XBA event featured 32 of the most elite basketball players in the nation.
In addition to her 3x3 action, Sundell signed and played for the Dallas Wings in the WNBA through the end of the 2025 league season.
A 2025 Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) and Associated Press (AP) All-America honorable mention selection, Sundell led the nation with a career-high and school record for total assists (262) and paced the nation and led the Big 12 with a career-high for assists per game (7.28 apg) and was second in the Big 12 for assist-turnover ratio (2.52). She recorded a league-best nine games with 10 or more assists.
Sundell was K-State’s second-leading scorer with an average of 14.1 points per game and led the Wildcats with 508 points, which was the second-highest total of her career, on a .501 field goal percentage. Sundell was the only player in the nation in the 2024-25 season and the third player since 1993-94 to register a season with 500 or more points, 250 or more assists and shoot 50.0 percent or better from the field.
With her point (508) and assist (262) totals in the 2024-25 season, Sundell was the first player in Big 12 history to record four seasons with 350 or more points and 150 or more assists. She joined former Wildcat Kayla Goth as the only two players in program history with 500 or more points and 200 or more assists in a season.
In her career, Sundell set the school records for career starts (139) and games played (139). She established the school record and ranks fourth in Big 12 history for career assists with 811 and is second in program history for career assists per game (5.83 apg). She ranks sixth on the K-State career scoring list with 1,771 points. She ranks tied for seventh in school history for career blocks (104).
She was the first player in school history and the 14th in NCAA Division I women’s basketball history with 1,700 or more career points and 800 or more career assists.
Sundell was a 2025 WNBA Draft selection by the Seattle Storm. She was the ninth player in program history to be selected during the WNBA Draft.