McDonald's All American High School Basketball Game

McDONALD'S ALL AMERICAN GAME
GENERAL INFORMATION AND TRIVIA

ORIGIN:
In 1977, McDonald's® selected the best high school basketball players in the country and named them to the first McDonald's All American High School Team. The Team competed in the Capital Classic Game (started in 1974) against the best players in the Maryland-D.C.-Virginia area.

Then, in 1978, just one year later, McDonald's launched its own all-star high school game -- the McDonald's All American High School Basketball Game, featuring an East and a West team of the best high school boys players in the country. It was the first national high school basketball all-star Game. The Inaugural Game was played in 1978 before a crowd of more than 13,000 at The Spectrum in Philadelphia.

Now, in 2006, McDonald's will host the fifth annual Girls Game, to be played just before the Boys Game – both will take place at Cox Arena on the campus of San Diego State University in San Diego, CA in front of a sold out crowd of 11,000 + fans.

28 BOYS GAMES, 29 BOYS TEAMS:
This year marks the 29th annual McDonald's All American Boys High School Basketball Game, but the 30th year in which a Boys Team has been named. The first McDonald's All American Boys Team in 1977 included future NBA greats Magic Johnson, Albert King and Gene Banks.

AN HONOR ROLL OF 673 BOYS
Including 2005, 673 boy players have been selected to the McDonald's All American High School Basketball Team, coming from 44 states and the District of Columbia.

AN HONOR ROLL OF 96 GIRLS
Including 2005, 96 girls have been selected to the McDonald's All American High School Basketball Team, coming from 26 states and the District of Columbia.

MOST PROLIFIC STATES:
Over the past 28 years, California has produced the highest number of McDonald's All American boys with 72.

California	72
New York	59
Illinois	52
Virginia	44
Michigan	37
Maryland	33
Indiana	30
Georgia	26
Florida	22
Pennsylvania	21

Note: California has also taken the lead for the highest number of McDonald's All American girls, with 20 players over the past four years.

MOST POPULAR UNIVERSITIES:
The University of North Carolina has been the choice for 45 McDonald's All American boys.

UNC	45
Duke	36
Kentucky	24
UCLA	23
Kansas	22
Michigan	17
Indiana	16
Louisville	15
Georgia Tech	13
Maryland	12

Note: Tennessee and Uconn have taken an early lead for the Girls Team, with eight girls each over the past four years -- Duke (7), Texas (6), and UNC (5) are close behind.

NCAA CHAMPIONS:
Looking for a barometer to determine the chances of a college basketball team winning the NCAA Championship? At least one McDonald's All American boy had been part of every title since 1979 until 2002 when the University of Maryland won the title without any former McDonald's All Americans. In 2003, the streak began again with a victory by Syracuse University. In all, 76 alumni have played a role in at least one NCAA title:

NCAA Champion	McDonald's All Americans
’05 North Carolina	Raymond Felton (’02); Sean May (’02); Rashad McCants (’02); Jawad Williams (’01); Marvin Williams (’04)
'04 Uconn	Taliek Brown ('00); Charlie Villanueva ('03)
'03 Syracuse	Carmelo Anthony ('02)
'01 Duke	Nate James ('96); Shane Battier ('97); Carlos Boozer ('99); Michael Dunleavy ('99); Casey Sanders ('99); Jay Williams ('99); Chris Duhon ('00)
'00 Michigan State	Mateen Cleaves ('96); Jason Richardson ('99)
'99 UConn	Khalid El-Amin ('97); Richard Hamilton ('96)
'98 Kentucky	Wayne Turner ('95)
'97 Arizona	Mike Bibby ('96)
'96 Kentucky	Tony Delk ('92); Antoine Walker ('94); Ron Mercer ('95); Wayne Turner ('95)
'95 UCLA	Ed O'Bannon ('90); Charles O'Bannon ('93); omm'A Givens ('94)
'94 Arkansas	Corliss Williamson ('92); Darnell Robinson ('93)
'93 North Carolina	Eric Montross ('90); Derrick Phelps ('90); Brian Reese ('90); Serge Zwikker ('92); George Lynch ('89)
'92 Duke	Christian Laettner ('88); Bobby Hurley ('89); Grant Hill ('90); Cherokee Parks ('91)
'91 Duke	Greg Koubek ('87); Christian Laettner ('88); Crawford Palmer ('88); Bobby Hurley ('89); Billy McCaffrey ('89); Grant Hill ('90)
'90 UNLV	Larry Johnson ('87); Elmore Spencer ('87)
'89 Michigan	Rumeal Robinson ('86); Sean Higgins ('87); Terry Mills ('88)
'88 Kansas	Danny Manning ('84); Mark Randall ('86); Mike Maddox ('87)
'87 Indiana	Daryl Thomas ('83); Rick Calloway ('85)
’86 Louisville	Milt Wagner ('81); Billy Thompson ('82); Kevin Walls ('84); Tony Kimbro ('85); Pervis Ellison ('85)
'85 Villanova	Ed Pinckney ('81); Harold Pressley ('82)
'84 Georgetown	Patrick Ewing ('81); Reggie Williams ('83)
'83 N.C. State	Sidney Lowe ('79); Derek Whittenberg ('79); Ernie Meyers ('82)
'82 North Carolina	James Worthy ('79); Jim Braddock ('79); Sam Perkins ('80); Matt Doherty ('80); Michael Jordan ('81); Buzz Peterson ('81)
'81 Indiana	Ray Tolbert ('77); Landon Turner ('78); Isiah Thomas ('79)
'80 Louisville	Scooter McCray ('78); Jerry Eaves ('78)
'79 Michigan State	Magic Johnson ('77)

NBA TRIVIA

NBA CHAMPIONS:
More than 30 former McDonald's All Americans have contributed to NBA Titles. In all, they own a total of more than 45 NBA Championship rings. They are:

’04-’05 San Antonio Spurs	Dion Glover (’97); Glenn Robinson (’91)
’03-’04 Detroit Pistons	Tayshaun Prince (’98); Rasheed Wallace (’93); Chauncey Billups (’95); Richard Hamilton (’96)
'02-'03 San Antonio Spurs	Stephen Jackson ('96); Danny Ferry ('85)
'01-'02 L.A. Lakers	Shaquille O'Neal ('89); Kobe Bryant ('96)
'00-'01 L.A. Lakers	Shaquille O'Neal ('89); Kobe Bryant ('96)
'99-'00 L.A. Lakers	Shaquille O'Neal ('89); Kobe Bryant ('96)
'98-'99 San Antonio Spurs	Sean Elliott ('85)
'97-'98 Chicago Bulls	Michael Jordan ('81); Bill Wennington ('81); Keith Booth ('93)
'96-'97 Chicago Bulls	Michael Jordan ('81); Bill Wennington ('81); Brian Williams ('87)
'95-'96 Chicago Bulls	Michael Jordan ('81); Bill Wennington ('81)
'94-'95 Houston Rockets	Kenny Smith ('83); Peter Chilcutt ('86)
'93-'94 Houston Rockets	Kenny Smith ('83)
'92-'93 Chicago Bulls	Michael Jordan ('81); John Paxson ('79); Scott Williams ('86)
'91-'92 Chicago Bulls	Michael Jordan ('81); John Paxson ('79); Scott Williams ('86)
'90-'91 Chicago Bulls	Michael Jordan ('81); John Paxson ('79); Scott Williams ('86)
'89-'90 Detroit Pistons	Mark Aguirre ('78); Isiah Thomas ('79)
'88-'89 Detroit Pistons	Mark Aguirre ('78); Isiah Thomas ('79)
'87-'88 L.A. Lakers	Magic Johnson ('77); Byron Scott ('79); Billy Thompson ('82); Milt Wagner ('81); James Worthy ('79)
'86-'87 L.A. Lakers	Adrian Branch ('81); Magic Johnson ('77); Byron Scott ('79); Billy Thompson ('82); James Worthy ('79)
'85-'86 Boston Celtics	Greg Kite ('79); Sam Vincent ('81)
'84-'85 L.A. Lakers	Magic Johnson ('79); Byron Scott ('79); James Worthy ('79); Jeff Lamp ('77)
'83-'84 Boston Celtics	Greg Kite ('79)
'81-'82 L.A. Lakers	Magic Johnson ('79)
'79-'80 L.A. Lakers	Magic Johnson ('79)

NBA ACHIEVEMENTS:
Two former McDonald's All Americans have won a combined nine NBA MVP Awards:
Michael Jordan (6) and Magic Johnson (3)

Fourteen McDonald's All Americans have been named NBA Rookie of the Year:
Elton Brand, Vince Carter, Derrick Coleman, Patrick Ewing, Grant Hill, Jason Kidd, LeBron James, Larry Johnson, Michael Jordan, Mike Miller, Shaquille O'Neal, Ralph Sampson, Amare' Stoudemire and Chris Webber.

Seventeen McDonald's alumni have gone on to become the first selection in the NBA draft:
Mark Aguirre, Elton Brand, Kwame Brown, Derrick Coleman, Brad Daugherty, Pervis Ellison, Patrick Ewing, Dwight Howard, LeBron James, Larry Johnson, Magic Johnson, Danny Manning, Shaquille O'Neal, Glenn Robinson, Ralph Sampson, Chris Webber and James Worthy.

OLYMPIC TRIVIA:
In the past four Olympic Games, 20 McDonald's All Americans have participated. In 2004, McDonald’s All American’s Carmelo Anthony, Mike Bibby, Carlos Boozer, LeBron James, Richard Jefferson, Stephon Marbury and Jermaine O’Neal wore the red, white and blue. In 2000, McDonald's All American’s Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Vince Carter, Kevin Garnett, Allan Houston, Jason Kidd and Alonzo Mourning accounted for half of the U.S. Men's basketball team. In 1996, Grant Hill and Shaquille O'Neal helped capture the gold for the U.S. team. In 1992, U.S. Men's Olympic basketball team included Michael Jordan, Chris Mullin, Patrick Ewing, Magic Johnson and Christian Laettner.

PROLIFIC HIGH SCHOOLS:
Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, VA, has produced more McDonald's All Americans than any other school:

1.	Oak Hill Academy, Mouth of Wilson, VA (21) Cory Alexander ('91); Carmelo Anthony ('02); Chris Brooks ('86); Anthony Cade ('90); Rashaad Carruth ('01); Ben Davis ('91); Chris Davis ('92); Eric Devendorf (’05); DeSagana Diop ('01); Ivan Harris (’03) Stephen Jackson ('96); Kevin Lyde ('98); Glenn Mayers ('80); Jeff McInnis ('93); Ron Mercer ('95); Martice Moore ('92); Rajon Rondo ('04); Brian Shorter ('87); Josh Smith ('04); Jerry Stackhouse ('93); Curtis Staples ('94)
2.	DeMatha H.S., Hyattsville, MD (10) Keith Bogans ('99); Adrian Branch ('81); Danny Ferry ('85); Joe Forte ('99); Travis Garrison ('02); Steve Hood ('86); Sidney Lowe ('79); Jerrod Mustaf ('88); Duane Simpkins ('92); Derek Whittenberg ('79)
3.	Dunbar H.S., Baltimore, MD (7) Keith Booth ('93); Donta Bright ('92); Michael Brown ('84); Terry Dozier ('85); Michael Lloyd ('92); Norman Nolan ('94); Reggie Williams ('83)
4.	Martin Luther King H.S., Chicago, IL (5) Jamie Brandon ('90); Rashard Griffith ('93); Teddy Grubbs ('79); Marcus Liberty ('87); Efrem Winters ('82)
5.	Roman Catholic H.S., Philadelphia, PA (5) Dallas Comegys ('83); Eddie Griffin ('00); Reggie Jackson ('78); Alonzo McFarlan ('80); Mark Stevenson ('85)

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