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Date | April 2, 2024 | ||||||||||
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Venue | Toyota Center, Houston, Texas | ||||||||||
MVP | Sarah Strong & Joyce Edwards | ||||||||||
Network | ESPN | ||||||||||
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The 2024 McDonald's All-American Girls Game was an all-star basketball game played on April 2, 2024, at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school girls graduating in the class of 2024. The game was the 22nd annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 2002. [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.
The roster was announced on January 23, 2024. USC had the most selections with three, while Florida, Michigan, South Carolina, Texas, UConn and UCLA each had two. [2] [3]
ESPNW 100 Rank | Name | Height | Position | Hometown | High school | College choice |
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10 | Mikayla Blakes | 6–0 | G | Somerset, New Jersey | Rutgers Preparatory School | Vanderbilt |
14 | Kendall Dudley | 6–2 | F | Centreville, Virginia | Sidwell Friends School | UCLA |
2 | Joyce Edwards | 6–2 | F | Camden, South Carolina | Camden High School | South Carolina |
28 | Kayleigh Heckel | 5–9 | PG | Port Chester, New York | Long Island Lutheran | USC |
17 | Zamareya Jones | 5–7 | PG | Bethel, North Carolina | North Pitt High School | NC State |
5 | Kate Koval | 6–4 | C | Brookville, New York | Long Island Lutheran | Notre Dame |
12 | Madisen McDaniel | 5–9 | PG | Upper Marlboro, Maryland | Bishop McNamara High School | South Carolina |
15 | Olivia Olson | 6–1 | W | St. Louis Park, Minnesota | Benilde-St. Margaret's | Michigan |
27 | Zania Socka-Nguemen | 6–3 | F | Washington, D.C. | Sidwell Friends School | UCLA |
1 | Sarah Strong | 6–2 | F | Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina | Grace Christian Sanford | UConn |
11 | Syla Swords | 6–0 | G | Sudbury, Ontario | Long Island Lutheran | Michigan |
20 | Berry Wallace | 6-1 | W | Pickerington, Ohio | Pickerington High School Central | Illinois |
ESPNW 100 Rank | Name | Height | Position | Hometown | High school | College choice |
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13 | Imari Berry | 5–10 | G | Clarksville, Tennessee | Clarksville High School | Clemson |
3 | Jaloni Cambridge | 5–6 | PG | Nashville, Tennessee | Montverde Academy | Ohio State |
7 | Justice Carlton | 6–2 | F | Katy, Texas | Seven Lakes High School | Texas |
18 | Morgan Cheli | 6–2 | G | San Jose, California | Archbishop Mitty High School | UConn |
23 | Avery Howell | 5–11 | G | Boise, Idaho | Boise High School | USC |
8 | Jordan Lee | 6–0 | G | Stockton, California | St. Mary's High School | Texas |
16 | Alivia McGill | 5–9 | PG | Coon Rapids, Minnesota | Hopkins High School | Florida |
33 | Me'Arah O'Neal | 6–3 | C | Houston, Texas | Episcopal High School | Florida |
21 | Mackenly Randolph | 6–0 | F | Chatsworth, California | Sierra Canyon School | |
19 | Arianna Roberson | 6–4 | F | San Antonio, Texas | Clark High School | Duke |
6 | Kennedy Smith | 6–1 | W | Etiwanda, California | Etiwanda High School | USC |
4 | Allie Ziebell | 5-10 | G | Neenah, Wisconsin | Neenah High School | UConn |
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