The 2002 McDonald's All-American Girls Game was an all-star basketball game that was played at Madison Square Garden in New York. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school girls graduating in the class of 2002. The game was the 1st annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game. The 20 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.
Rosters The roster was announced on February 27, 2002.
Team East NameHeightPositionHometownHigh schoolCollege choiceLaTangela Atkinson6–0SFBishopsville, South CarolinaLee CentralNorth CarolinaSeimone Augustus6–2SGBaton Rouge, LouisianaCapitolLSUMistie Bass6–3PFJanesville, WisconsinGeorge S. ParkerDukeDawn Chriss6–2PFHillcrest Heights, MarylandSt. Johns CollegeVirginia TechKate Dessart-Mager6–0SFMedia, PennsylvaniaCardinal O'Hara (PA)VillanovaGillian Goring6–7SFMorvant, Trinidad and TobagoWaterloo WestUConnLindsay Richards5–9PFBarrington, IllinoisBarringtonIowaJohanna Solverson6–3SFLake Zurich, IllinoisLake ZurichIowa Kasha Terry6–3CDouglasville, GeorgiaDouglas County (GA)Georgia TechNicole Wolff5–11SGWalpole, MassachusettsWalpoleUConn Shanna Zolman5–10PGSyracuse, IndianaWawasee Tennessee
Team West NameHeightPositionHometownHigh schoolCollege choiceNikki Blue5–7PGBakersfield, CaliforniaWest (CA)UCLAJanice Bright5–9SGLos Angeles, CaliforniaLynwoodCincinnati State TechnicalWilnett Crockett6–3SFHarbor City, CaliforniaNarbonneUConn Tye'sha Fluker6–5CPasadena, CaliforniaJohn MuirTennesseeErin Grant5–7PGArlington, TexasMansfield (TX)Texas TechAlexis Kendrick5–7SGInglewood, CaliforniaSt. BernardGeorgiaTamika Kursh6–1PFFort Smith, ArkansasFt. Smith NorthsideLouisiana TechCourtney LaVere6–3PFVentura, CaliforniaBuena (CA)Notre DameNina Norman5–7PGHouston, TexasJersey VillageTexasBrooke Smith6–3CSan Anselmo, CaliforniaMarin CatholicDukeAnn Strother6–1SGCastle Rock, ColoradoHighlands RanchUConnRuby Vaden6–2COsceola, ArkansasOsceola (AR)Arkansas
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McDonald's All-American