The players were selected by members of the McDonald's All-American Games Selection Committee. The Greatest Boys McDonald's All-Americans list includes some of the top names in men's basketball history, and features past and present Olympics, NBA and NCAA stars. Another five players were added in 2022 to celebrate the 45th Anniversary of the game. In 2017, five players were added to the list in celebration of the 40th Anniversary. On January 31, 2012, McDonald's All-American Games unveiled its list of 35 of the Greatest McDonald's All-Americans, released in celebration of the 35th Anniversary of the McDonald's All-American High School Boys Basketball Game. 4 Sprite/Powerade Jam Fest Award Winners.3 Morgan Wootten National Player of the Year.1 Greatest Boys McDonald's All-Americans.Proceeds from the annual games go to local Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) and their Ronald McDonald House programs. The teams are sponsored by the fast-food chain McDonald's. The exceptions are the 2002 Maryland Terrapins, the 2014 Connecticut Huskies, and the 2021 Baylor Bears. All but three of the teams to win the NCAA men's championship since 1978 has had at least one McDonald's All-American on its roster. Selected athletes often go on to compete in college basketball. Designation as a McDonald's All-American instantly brands a player as one of the top high-school players in the United States or Canada. The McDonald's All-American Team is the best-known of the American high-school basketball All-American teams. In 2002, with the addition of a girls contest, the current girl-game / boy-game doubleheader format began.
The following year, the McDonald's game format of East vs. That year, the All-Americans played in an all-star game against a group of high school stars from the Washington, D.C. The McDonald's All-American designation began in 1977 with the selection of the inaugural team. The boys' game has been contested annually since 1978, and the girls game has been played each year since it was added in 2002. They have, however, won it three times-in 2004 by Candace Parker, in 2019 by Fran Belibi, and most recently in 2022 by Ashlyn Watkins. It is rare for girls to compete in the slam dunk contest. The last of these competitions replaced separate overall timed skills competitions for boys and girls. As part of the annual event, boys and girls compete in a slam dunk contest and a three-point shooting competition, and compete alongside All-American Game alumni in a timed team shootout.
Consisting of the top players, each team plays a single exhibition game after the conclusion of the high-school basketball season, in an East vs. The McDonald's All-American Game is the all-star basketball game played each year for American and Canadian boys' and girls' high school basketball graduates.
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