2002 McDonald's All-American Girls Game

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2003 McDonald's All-American Girls Game
West East
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DateMarch 31, 2002
Venue Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
MVP Ann Strother & Shanna Zolman
NetworkESPN
McDonald's All-American
 2002
2003  

The 2002 McDonald's All-American Girls Game was an all-star basketball game that was played at Madison Square Garden in New York. [1] The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school girls graduating in the class of 2002. The game was the 1st annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game. The 20 players were selected from over 700 nominees by a committee of basketball experts. They were chosen not only for their on-court skills, but for their performances off the court as well. [2]

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Rosters

The roster was announced on February 27, 2002. [3]

Team East

NameHeightPositionHometownHigh schoolCollege choice
LaTangela Atkinson 6–0SF Bishopsville, South Carolina Lee Central North Carolina
Seimone Augustus 6–2SG Baton Rouge, Louisiana Capitol LSU
Mistie Bass 6–3PF Janesville, Wisconsin George S. Parker Duke
Dawn Chriss6–2PF Hillcrest Heights, Maryland St. Johns College Virginia Tech [4]
Kate Dessart-Mager6–0SF Media, Pennsylvania Cardinal O'Hara (PA) Villanova [5]
Gillian Goring6–7SF Morvant, Trinidad and Tobago Waterloo West UConn [6]
Lindsay Richards5–9PF Barrington, Illinois Barrington Iowa [7]
Johanna Solverson6–3SF Lake Zurich, Illinois Lake Zurich Iowa [8]
Kasha Terry 6–3C Douglasville, Georgia Douglas County (GA) Georgia Tech
Nicole Wolff5–11SG Walpole, Massachusetts Walpole UConn [9]
Shanna Zolman 5–10PGSyracuse, Indiana Wawasee Tennessee

Team West

NameHeightPositionHometownHigh schoolCollege choice
Nikki Blue 5–7PG Bakersfield, California West (CA) UCLA
Janice Bright5–9SG Los Angeles, California Lynwood Cincinnati State Technical [10]
Wilnett Crockett6–3SF Harbor City, California Narbonne UConn [11]
Tye'sha Fluker 6–5C Pasadena, California John Muir Tennessee
Erin Grant5–7PG Arlington, Texas Mansfield (TX) Texas Tech [12]
Alexis Kendrick5–7SG Inglewood, California St. Bernard Georgia [13]
Tamika Kursh6–1PF Fort Smith, Arkansas Ft. Smith Northside Louisiana Tech [14]
Courtney LaVere6–3PF Ventura, California Buena (CA) Notre Dame [15]
Nina Norman5–7PG Houston, Texas Jersey Village Texas [16]
Brooke Smith 6–3C San Anselmo, California Marin Catholic Duke
Ann Strother 6–1SG Castle Rock, Colorado Highlands Ranch UConn
Ruby Vaden6–2C Osceola, Arkansas Osceola (AR) Arkansas [17]

References

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