REDLANDS teen Amy Hosking has been named the most valuable player at one of the United States' top basketball camps.
Hosking, a Faith Lutheran College Redlands year 12 student, attended the Phenom America National Girls Basketball Camp in San Diego, California earlier this month.
The annual Phenom National Camp has produced 133 National Basketball Association players, 46 women's NBA players and 2549 division one college players.
Its alumni include professional players such as Atlanta Hawks young gun Trae Young, Lonzo Ball and Karl-Anthony Towns.
Hosking said she had spent a year training specifically to attend the camp in the hopes of pursuing her dream to play US college basketball.
Trained by Carl Forbes, the founder of Hoop Group Basketball, Hosking attended the US tour organised by Hoop Group with 12 other young players from south-east Queensland.
"What makes Amy a great player is her intelligence and her ability to shoot the basketball," Mr Forbes said.
"She has a high basketball IQ and is unselfish as a team mate. Her work ethic is outstanding... she travels from Brisbane to Gold Coast to train with me in intensive personal training sessions.
"She has grown tremendously as a person and an athlete in the last year and her focus to attend college in the USA has been the driving force in her rise.
"It's kids like her that make me so passionate about what I do."
In the lead-up to the camp, Hosking also trained with Kevin Rogers of Ormiston Powerlifting Club who has worked on her strength, power and speed.
Rogers also worked with Hosking on her diet and mentality leading up to camps and competitions.
After a stand-out performance at the camp, Hosking was selected to play in an All Star game, during which she was a top scorer with 24 points and four assists.
She also received the Most Valuable Player award.
Hosking said several US colleges had shown interest in offering her a basketball scholarship in 2020, after she finishes high school in Australia.
"It is an incredible achievement for a non-American player to be awarded the top honour at such a prestigious US camp," she said.
The boys' MVP award was taken out by Trey Miller, a member of NBA player James Harden's Amateur Athletic Union squad.
Hosking said she was grateful for the opportunity to attend the camp and was keen to see what the future had in store.
"This trip has definitely shown me that I have the talent to play at the college level in the US and I am excited to see what the future holds after I finish school here in Australia," she said.
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