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1st McDonald's AA Girl's Game: 7 From
California Named To Team--(Feb. 27, 2002)

35553_Logo.JPG (26853 bytes)The teams for the 1st-ever McDonald's All-American Girl's Game have also been announced.  And unlike the boys' game, the girls West squad is dominated by players from California:   Seven of the twelve players are from California, and 6 of the 7 are from SoCal.   Locals who were named to the team were:

Nikki Blue from Bakersfield
Janice Bright from Lynwood
Alexis Kendrick from St. Bernard
Willnett Crockett from LA Narbonne
Courtney LaVere from Buena
Tye'sha Fluker from Muir

NorCal also got a player named to the team, Brooke Smith from Marin Catholic.

The game is on April 4 and will be televised on ESPN.   Don't miss it.  And congratulations to the players from SoCal on the honor of being named to the 1st Annual McDonald's All American Girls teams.

McDonald's All American Girls Rosters

West
# Player Pos Ht. Wt. School (City, State) College
32 Nikki Blue PG 5-7 145 West (Bakersfield, CA) UCLA
14 Erin Grant PG 5-7 120 Mansfield (Arlington, TX) Texas Tech
21 Nina Norman PG 5-7 135 Jersey Village (Houston, TX) Texas
08 Janice Bright SG 5-9 125 Lynwood (Lynwood, CA) Nebraska
03 Alexis Kendrick SG 5-7 135 St. Bernard (Los Angeles, CA) Georgia
05 Willnett Crockett SF 6-3 185 Narbonne (Harbor City, CA) Connecticut
43 Ann Strother SF 6-1 150 Highlands Ranch (High. Ranch, CO) Connecticut
45 Tamika Kursh PF 6-1 175 Northside (Ft. Smith, AR) Louisiana Tech
41 Courtney LaVere PF 6-3 175 Buena (Ventura, CA) Notre Dame
55 Ruby Vaden PF 6-2 197 Osceloa (Osceloe, AR Arkansas
50 Tye'sha Fluker C 6-5 210 John Muir (Pasadena, CA) Tennessee
22 Brooke Smith C 6-3 175 Marin Catholic (Kentfield, CA) Duke
Head Coach: Dave Houle (Mountain View High School, Orem, Utah)
Assistant Coach: Laura Romo (Mountain View High School, Orem, Utah)
East
# Player Pos Ht. Wt. School (City, State) College
20 Lindsay Richards PG 5-9 1135 Barrington (Barrington, IL) Iowa
24 Shanna Zolman PG 5-10 150 Wawasee (Syracuse, IN) Tennessee
33 Seimone Augustus SG 6-2 165 Capitol (Baton Rouge, LA) LSU
21 Nicole Wolff SG 5-11 155 Walpole (Walpole, MA) Connecticut
14 LaTangela Atkinson SF 6-0 160 Lee Central (Bishopville, SC) North Carolina
25 Kate Dessart-Mager SF 6-0 155 Cardinal O'Hara (Springfield, PA) Villanova
50 Johanna Solverson SF 6-3 165 Lake Zurich (Lake Zurich, IL) Iowa
52 Mistie Bass PF 6-3 180 Parker (Janesville, WI) Duke
22 Dawn Chriss PF 6-2 135 St. John's College (Washington, D.C.) Virginia Tech
11 Barbara Turner PF 6-0 172 East Tech (Cleveland, OH) Connecticut
54 Gillian Goring C 6-7 180 West (Waterloo, IA) Undecided
35 Kasha Terry C 6-3 170 Douglas County (Douglasville, GA) Georgia Tech
Head Coach:Johanna Wright (Columbia High School, Maplewood, NJ)
Assistant Coach: Bob Firestone (Columbia High School, Maplewood, NJ)

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