The McDonald’s All-American Game is the most prestigious game in high school basketball. Players are selected on athletic and scholastic achievement as well as behavior.
Today, the games nominees for the game were released. Nominations for the game can be done by a high school head coach, athletic director, or principal as well as members of the game’s selection committee. Here are the nominees from the Midwest region broken down by state.
Iowa: Fitzgerald Grant, Matthew Noll
Illinois: Josh Aniceto, Morez Johnson, Cooper Koch, Richard Lindsey, Damarcus Lucas, Drew Nigro, Shaheed Solebo, Lathan Sommerville, Jack Stanton, Jehvion Starwood, DJ Strong, Tavariyuan Williams
Indiana: Flory Bidunga, Ace Buckner, Anthony Fields, Evan Haywood, Tyler Parrish, Justin Sims, Steven Solano
Kansas: David Castillo, T.J. Williams
Kentucky: Travis Perry, Patrick Pettengill
Michigan: Ja’Len Jenkins, Warren Marshall, Jalen Mosley, Tyler Spratt
Minnesota: Isaiah Johnson-Arigu, Jackson McAndrew
Missouri: T.O. Barrett, Brandon Benjamin, James Brown, NaShawn Davis, Jaxson Ford, Clayton Jackson, Tre Johnson, Labaron Philon, Iziah Purvey, Derrick Rivers, Derek Rockett, Jalen Shelley
Ohio: Jesse Burris, Jesse McCullouch, Tyler McKinley, Braylen Nash, Damarius Owens, Royce Parham, Jonathan Powell, Kon Knueppel
From all the nominees nationwide, twenty-four players will be selected which should be announced in the coming weeks. The game will be held in Houston on April 2nd.