Junior Pan American Games Final Roster Selected for Junior MNT

USA Team Handball announced today the 14 players named to the roster for the men's competition at the Junior Pan American Games, set to be held in Asuncion, Paraguay from August 16-23.

JUNIOR MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM BY POSITION – JUNIOR PAN AMERICAN GAMES FINAL ROSTER

GOALKEEPERS: Benjamin Pedersen, Grayson Wide

BACKS: Martin Brunvold, Csaba Darvas, Benjamin Edwards, Nepomuk Grabner, Tristan Morawski, Maximillian Olesen

WINGS: Rodrigo Campos, Jordan Fernandez, Matthew Spranda, Oskar Trummer

PIVOTS: Kaeden Kuhlmeyer, Maksim McCauley

The following athletes have been designated as alternates for the tournament (in alphabetical order): Alfonso Alcover, Cooper Black, Moritz Bochum, Mattia Cercola, Kahlil Liden, Jamie Merkel, Owen Rodgers

This will be the second edition of the Junior Pan American Games, the first being in 2021, and the first inclusion of the United States in handball.

"The Jr. Pan American Games are the culmination of our efforts and our planning has been targeted to reach peak performance at this event," said Junior Men's National Team Head Danilo Rojevic. "It will be a challenging endeavor, but we believe this group has the potential to be in the Top-4 teams, possibly fighting for a medal."

The Junior Men's National Team is coming off a historic stretch, where they secured the Gold Medal at the IHF Trophy - Continental Phase last December, and followed it up by winning the IHF Trophy - Intercontinental Phase in Kosovo a few weeks ago.

"Our performance so far in the cycle has been outstanding and we will use the IHF U21 Men's World Championship as a final metric to assess where we stand before our departure to Asuncion, Paraguay," Rojevic added.