One current Michigan basketball player and another who will suit up next season earned prestigious invitations on Wednesday.
Syla Swords, who recently wrapped an impressive freshman season with the Michigan women’s team, was announced as part of WNBA All-Star Kelsey Plum’s “Dawg Class of 2025.”
This will be the third year of Plum’s camp, held in partnership with Under Armour. Last year’s three-day event took place at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, in April. Swords will be joined by 11 other top college guards, including Connecticut’s Azzi Fudd and Kentucky’s Georgia Amoore.
The camp is designed to “bridge the gap” to professional basketball.
Swords averaged 16 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game at Michigan, earning All-Big Ten second team honors. The 6-foot guard played in the McDonald’s All-American game as a high school senior and, last summer, competed with Canada at the Olympics.
Plum is set to enter her eighth season in the WNBA and first with the Los Angeles Sparks. Her previous six seasons where with the Las Vegas Aces, where she won two titles and made three All-Star teams.
She was the first overall pick in the 2017 draft after four incredible seasons with the Washington Huskies in which she became the sport’s all-time leading scorer, a mark later surpassed by Caitlin Clark.
On the men’s side, Michigan incoming freshman Trey McKenney was named to the Nike Hoop Summit, a game that features some of the best players 19 and under in the world. An American team will take on international players on April 12 in Portland, Oregon (10 p.m. ET, Peacock).
McKenney replaced Koa Peat on the 12-man roster, as Peat’s hand injury will prevent him from suiting up. McKenney, a senior at Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, was named Michigan’s Mr. Basketball winner last month. The 6-foot-4 guard is a five-star recruit who is part of Dusty May’s 2025 recruiting class at Michigan.
May spoke about him in a radio interview on WTKA on Wednesday, praising McKenney’s versatility on the court. “Playing with a bigger lineup, he’s a floor spacer, he’s an elite shooter reading closeouts,” May said. “When maybe you go with a little bit smaller lineup, you can use him in the post, you can use him as a facilitator.”
McKenney, May said, is strong and tough with a high basketball IQ. “Most importantly, he’s such a great teammate and he’s a guy that makes the right basketball play. … You can plug him into any situation and he’ll be successful and fit in.”
