2022 McDonald's All-American Girls Game

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2022 McDonald's All-American Girls Game
West East
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DateMarch 29, 2022
Venue Wintrust Arena, Chicago, Illinois
MVP Gabriela Jaquez & Kiki Rice
Network ESPN2
McDonald's All-American
  2021
2023  

The 2022 McDonald's All-American Girls Game was an all-star basketball game that was held on March 29, 2022. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school girls graduating in the class of 2022. The game was the 20th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 2002. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the game had not been held since 2019. [1] The 24 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.

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Rosters

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Eleven of the 24 players headed to the Pac-12 Conference, while the SEC and ACC each grabbed 5. Arizona, Oregon, Oregon State, South Carolina, Stanford, UCLA, and UConn each lead the way with 2 McDonald's All-Americans.

Team East

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100 Rank [3]

NameHeightPositionHometownHigh schoolCollege choice
3 Janiah Barker 6–2 F Montverde Academy Tampa, Florida Georgia
21Paris Clark 5–8 G Long Island Lutheran Mount Vernon, New York Arizona
18Talaysia Cooper 6–0 G East Clarendon Turbeville, South Carolina South Carolina
7Chance Gray 5–9 G Winton Woods Hamilton, Ohio Oregon
14 Ta'Niya Latson 5–8 G American Heritage Plantation, Florida Florida State
20 Indya Nivar 5–9 G Apex Friendship Apex, North Carolina Stanford
25Kyla Oldacre 6–5 C William Mason Mason, Ohio Miami
4Ayanna Patterson 6–2 G/F Homestead Fort Wayne, Indiana UConn
11Justine Pissott 6–2 G/F Red Bank Catholic High Toms River, New Jersey Tennessee
2 Kiki Rice 5–11 G Sidwell Friends School Washington, DC UCLA
13 Grace VanSlooten 6–3 F IMG Academy Ottawa, Ohio Oregon
12 Ashlyn Watkins 6–3 F Cardinal Newman Columbia, South Carolina South Carolina

Team West

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100 Rank

NameHeightPositionHometownHigh schoolCollege choice
10 Raegan Beers 6–2 F Valor Christian Littleton, Colorado Oregon State
1 Lauren Betts 6–7 C Grandview Centennial, Colorado Stanford
5Isuneh Brady 6–3 F Cathedral Catholic San Diego, California UConn
29KK Bransford 5–10 G Mount Notre Dame Cincinnati, Ohio Notre Dame
6 Timea Gardiner 6–3 F Fremont Plain City, Utah Oregon State
8Aaliyah Gayles 5–9 G Spring Valley Las Vegas, Nevada USC
16Ashlon Jackson 5–10 G Hardin Jefferson High Sour Lake, Texas Duke
19 Gabriela Jaquez 6–0 F Adolfo Camarillo Camarillo, California UCLA
26 Flau'jae Johnson 5–10 G Sprayberry Marietta, Georgia LSU
17Darianna Littlepage-Buggs 6–1 G/F Classen Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Baylor
9Maya Nnaji 6–4 F Hopkins Hopkins, Minnesota Arizona
15Ruby Whitehorn 6–0 G Detroit Edison Public Academy Detroit, Michigan Clemson

References

  1. "The McDonald's All American Games is Returning to Chicago in 2022" (PDF). mcdonaldsallamerican.com. September 15, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
  2. Laflin, Shane. "Breaking down the 2022 girls' McDonald's All American basketball recruits". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
  3. "2022 HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings - espnW 100 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 27, 2025.