WNBA star Jewell Loyd talks 'The Future of Basketball is Female' campaign, growing women's basketball in US

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Jewell Loyd is a three-time WNBA All-Star and two-time champion with the Seattle Storm, and she’s doing her part to grow women’s basketball in the U.S.

Loyd serves as an ambassador for the 94FeetofGame app, in which she co-owns with Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach Phil Handy. Earlier this month, the basketball skills and development app partnered with DJ Khaled and We The Best Foundation to launch the "Future of Basketball is Female" campaign, highlighting female basketball leaders for National Women’s History Month. 

The campaign also pledges 1,000 basketball scholarships to female youth nationwide.

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Brittney Griner (15) and Jewell Loyd (4) of Team USA celebrate a win against Team Australia during a women's basketball quarterfinals game at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Aug. 4, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. (Getty Images)

With Brittney Griner being detained in Russia and the WNBA season approaching, Loyd told Fox News Digital in a recent interview that showing what female basketball players have to go through was one of the reasons she joined the campaign.

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Griner was arrested last month at a Moscow airport for allegedly having vape cartridges containing oils derived from cannabis. On Thursday, Russian state media reported her detention was extended until May 19. A person close to the situation confirmed to Fox News Digital that Griner was doing OK, and the center’s Russian legal team has seen her multiple times over the course of the week.

"Obviously, you want her back safe," Loyd said of Griner. "But overseas is overseas and that’s