Avery

Jones

duPont High School

Louisville

KY

Mackenzie

Lee

Montgomery County High School

Mount Sterling

KY

Elizabeth

Lee Horn

Berea Community High School

Berea

KY

Shatera

Lewis

Christian County High School

Hopkinsville

KY

Anna

Martin

Lexington Christian Academy

Lexington

KY

A'dia

Mathies

Iroquois High School

Louisville

KY

Asia

Mathies

Iroquois High School

Louisville

KY

Alyse

Poindexter

Henderson County High School

Henderson

KY

Ashley

Rainey

Warren East High School

Bowling Green

KY

Mariah

Robinson

Ohio County High School

Hartford

KY

Mary

Saylor

Rockcastle County High School

Mount Vernon

KY

Chelsea

Tolliver

Simon Kenton High School

Independence

KY

Kourtney

Tyra

Jackson County High School

McKee

http://www.mcdonaldsallamerican.com/2009%20Boys_Girls%20List%20for%20WEBSITE%20-%20State.pdf

Very nice list. Congrats to all of these young ladies!

Seven names were left off the list.....Must have missed first page.

 

Jacy Bradley Boone

Courtney Clifton LCA

Kayla Hickman Iroquois

Jessica Holder Marshall Cty

Tiara Hopper Butler

Casey Jackson NDA

Alex Jones Etown

I did miss the first page, sorry and thanks for adding the others.

Congratulations to all of these young ladies!

Congrats to all of these girls!

Who nominates the kids for these awards? Henry Clay has a young lady Brittany Coles who should have been nominated.

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Who nominates the kids for these awards? Henry Clay has a young lady Brittany Coles who should have been nominated.

 

The Blue Chip All-Stars Scouting Service run by the Underwood family submits players to the committee I know each year. I am sure there are others that provide information like the Adidas Grassroots organization and the Nike grassroots people also.

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McDonald's All American

High School Basketball

The Selection Process

 

The Search Begins

 

The initial list of potential names is gathered by Sports America, Inc., which has worked with McDonald's in

connection with the McDonald's All American Game since it was founded in 1978. Names are submitted by

members of the Selection Committee as well as state representatives who religiously follow the prep scene in

their areas. In addition, Sports America subscribes to every major basketball publication and is read very

carefully by its staff to ensure that some deserving players are not overlooked. Many rising seniors make this

list based on an excellent junior year or for having an outstanding summer participating in summer camps

and AAU tournaments. There is no set number of how many players can be nominated throughout the

country. Traditionally, the final total is between 1,500 to 1,800 for boys and 900 to 1,200 for girls.

 

What Happens Next?

 

To eliminate duplication, since the initial list is obtained from many sources, the names are then entered into

Sports America's computer database and listed alphabetically and by state. This also allows for an orderly

fashion in which to begin the verification process.

 

The Verification Process

 

At this stage, the staff of Sports America contacts the player's high school via telephone in order to confirm

with the basketball coach or athletic director that the nominee is indeed an eligible senior in good academic

standing. Sports America also asks the coach if there are other seniors on his team that he or she feels

deserve a nomination.

 

The Team Selection Process

 

The voting process for the McDonald's All American Team next involves the Selection Committee. The

Selection Committee is comprised of the nation's most knowledgeable high school analysts, prep scouts, high

school newspaper reporters and prestigious basketball coaches. The Selection Committee is chaired by Coach

Morgan Wootten of DeMatha High School in Hyattsville, Maryland. Coach Wootten has over 1,200 career

victories and has won five national high school championships.

 

Round One - The first ballot is a consensus list of the top 125 players in the nation, compiled by the staff of

Sports America, Inc., from the nation's top recruiting and high school basketball publications. The list is sent to

the Selection Committee at the end of December for them to add any additional names that they feel are

deserving candidates for the designated Top 100 finalists to be announced in early February. After being

 

reviewed by the Selection Committee members, the ballot usually grows to nearly 150 names of the top

players in the country.

 

Round Two - The second ballot, with those 150 or so names, is sent to the Selection Committee in January,

asking members to vote for the 40 most deserving players, in their opinion, from the alphabetized list. (Note:

Players are intentionally not ranked on the ballot). Once the ballots are returned to Sports America in mid-

January, the votes are tallied and the Top 100 vote getters are considered McDonald's All American Finalists

for that year.

 

Round Three - The third ballot consists of the top 100 finalists from the previous vote and is sent to the

Selection Committee near the end of January. Once again, the committee reviews the ballot and this time

they rank the top 20 players. All of the players who do not receive any votes (do not appear on any ballots)

are eliminated from future rounds.

 

Round Four - The fourth ballot includes the Top 40 players and ties from the previous round of voting. This

time, committee members are given a ballot that requires them to make their own McDonald's team. The

ballots require the committee members to select two point guards, two shooting guards, two small forwards,

two power forwards and two centers for each the East and West teams. Each committee member votes for 20

total players. The players are ranked in order based on who appears on the most ballots. Those players are

also divided onto East and West teams and by position to create the final teams. The top 20 vote getters are

placed on the roster. By designing the final ballot this way, we make sure that equal representation is coming

from around the country and for each position. With 31 Boys committee members and 21 Girls Committee

 

members voting, the team is always very solid in its support.

 

 

On or about February 15, Selection Committee Chairman Morgan Wootten, reviews and approves the twenty

names chosen by the Selection Committee and notifies each player that he or she has been named to the

McDonald's All American High School Basketball Team and selected to play in the McDonald's All American

Game. Coach Wootten has the option to add additional players from the following four vote getters should he

feel that it is necessary and warranted for the overall good of the Game.

 

The official announcement will be made on National Television on ESPNU on February 19th at 6:30 pm EST.

Voting Criteria

 

Each committee member is instructed to vote for players who they feel should be represented of McDonald's All

Americans. Players must have played at least half of their senior season and should be considered

academically eligible throughout the voting process.

 

Where is the line between East and West?

 

There is no specific line that determines the East and West breakdown. We take the players for each position and

divide them based on relative geographical location. Because there are sometimes more players at one

position on one team than others, they are usually exceptions to the rule. Most likely, at least 90 percent of

the players will fall in their appropriate region, but McDonald's also wants to have the best players in the

nation represented in the game.

 

Fifth-Year Players

 

The selection criteria to be named to the McDonald’s All American High School Basketball Team adheres to

the rules and regulations of the National High School Federation which states that once a student/athlete

enters his/her ninth grade year, he/she has four consecutive years to complete his/her high school

eligibility. Therefore, Fifth-year players will not be eligible to participate in the McDonald’’s All American High

School Basketball Games.

Names are submitted by members of the Selection Committee as well as state representatives who religiously follow the prep scene in

their areas. In addition, Sports America subscribes to every major basketball publication and is read very carefully by its staff to ensure that some deserving players are not overlooked. Many rising seniors make this

list based on an excellent junior year or for having an outstanding summer participating in summer camps and AAU tournaments.

 

First of all thank you paNDA for your detailed instructions on the selection process.

It is quite and honor.

 

With all that being said, deserving players are still missed. I believe that Jody Demling imay be someone who is one the state representatives for our area and I think there are some other names but I am not 100% sure. I was not aware that Blue Chip has anything to do with it. It is sad when a quality player that is deserving of at least being nominated (especially since there is not a limit for each state) is over looked but it comes down to someone's opinion. I have also heard that the high school coach can also nominate their player.

 

There were several players left off last years nominations - Kelesha(?) Cook from Franklin Simpson and Lauren Jones from South Oldham High School are the two that I can remember off the top of my head but there were a few others. Both , Cook and Jones, made the KY All Star team and had stellar high school careers, and have D1 scholarships - just not sure how either on of them could have been missed.

 

Unfortunately, it happens.

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2009 MCDONALD’S GIRLS ALL-AMERICAN TEAMS – EAST

 

C Kelsey Bone, 6-5, Dulles (Stafford, Texas), Undecided

 

G Skylar Diggins, 5-9, Washington (South Bend, Ind.), Notre Dame

 

G Kelly Faris, 5-11, Heritage Christian (Plainfield, Ind.), Connecticut

 

F Jasmine Hassell, 6-2, Wilson Central (Lebanon, Tenn.), Georgia

 

C Cokie Reed, 6-4, Midway (Hewitt, Texas), Texas

 

G TaShauna Rodgers, 5-11, King’s Fork (Suffolk, Va.), Georgetown

 

F Morgan Stroman, 6-2, Lower Richland (Hopkins, S.C.), Miami

 

G Dara Taylor, 5-7, Caravel Academy (Wilmington, Del.), Maryland

 

F Joslyn Tinkle, 6-3, Big Sky (Missoula, Mont.), Stanford

 

F Markel Walker, 6-2, Schenley (Pittsburgh, Pa.), UCLA

 

G Erica Wheeler, 5-8, Parkway Academy (Miami, Fla.), Rutgers

 

C Destiny Williams, 6-3, Benton Harbor (Mich.), Illinois

 

Head coach: Abby Ward (South Broward, Hollywood, Fla.)

 

 

 

2009 MCDONALD’S GIRLS ALL-AMERICAN TEAMS – WEST

 

F Gennifer Brandon, 6-3, Chatsworth (Sylmar, Calif.), California

 

G China Crosby, 5-5, Manhattan Center (Bronx, N.Y.), Virginia

 

C Brittney Griner, 6-8, Nimitz (Houston, Texas), Baylor

 

G Tayler Hill, 5-10, South (Minneapolis, Minn.), Undecided

 

C Stephanie Holzer (Cardinal O’Hara, Newton Square, Pa.), Vanderbilt

 

F Christina Marinacci, 6-2, Foothill (Santa Ana, Calif.), USC

 

C Monique Oliver, 6-2, Long Beach Poly (Calif.), USC

 

G Eliza Pierre, 5-8, John Muir (Pasadena, Calif.), California

 

F Tierra Rogers, 5-11, Sacred Heart Cathedral (San Francisco, Calif.), California

 

G Tierra Ruffin-Pratt, 6-0, T.C. Williams (Alexandria, Va.), North Carolina

 

G Taber Spani, 6-1, Metro Academy (Lee Summit, Mo.), Tennessee

 

F DeNesha Stallworth, 6-3, Pinole Valley (Pinole, Calif.), California

 

Head coach: Dave Power (Fenwick, Oak Park, Ill.)

 

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