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Fact Sheet – McDonald’s All American Games Origin: In 1977, McDonald's® selected the best high school players in the country and named them to the first McDonald's All American® Team. One year later, McDonald's launched its own high school all-star game - the McDonald's All American Games® - featuring the best high school boys players in the country, broken out into East and West squads. This was the first national high school basketball all-star game and was played in front of 13,000 fans at The in . In 2002, the McDonald’s All American Games hosted the first Girls Game at in New York.

An Honor Roll of 456 Girls and 1,032 Boys: Since the inception of the Girls Game, 456 girls have been selected to the McDonald's All American Games Final Team, hailing from 40 states and the District of Columbia. Including 2020, 1,032 boys have been selected to the Final Team, coming from 44 states and the District of Columbia.

Most Prolific States: Since the Girls Games was established, has produced the highest of McDonald’s All American girls (71). Other top states include: Texas (62), New York (27), Florida (24) and Ohio (24). For the Boys Game, California (104), New York (70), (69), (66) and Texas (63) have produced the highest number of McDonald's All Americans. Other leading states include: Indiana (51), Florida (55), Georgia (46), New Jersey (44), Maryland (40), (40) and (35).

Most Popular Universities: Duke has been the top choice for 76 McDonald's All American boys to commit to. Others include: UNC (74), Kentucky (61), UCLA (42), Kansas (41), Arizona (25), Indiana (25), Louisville (22) and Texas (20).

Connecticut and Tennessee have been the top choices for the girls over the past 19 years (34 each). Others include: Stanford (25), Duke (24), Maryland, Notre Dame (22) and Texas (22)

Prolific High Schools: Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, VA, has produced more McDonald's All American boys than any other school (33), followed by DeMatha H.S. (12), (12) and St. Anthony's H.S. (8): 1. Oak Hill Academy, Mouth of Wilson, VA (33) (’19); (’18); David McCormick (’18); Billy Preston (‘17); (’15); Tyler Lewis (’12); (’11); (’10); Keith Gallon (’09); ('08); ('07); Tywon Lawson (’06); Eric Devendorf (’05); ('04); ('04); Ivan Harris (’03); (’02); Rashaad Carruth ('01); DeSagana Diop ('01); Kevin Lyde ('98); ('96); ('95); Curtis Staples ('94); Jeff McInnis ('93); ('93); Chris Davis ('92); Martice Moore ('92); (’91); ('91); Anthony Cade ('90); ('87); Chris Brooks (’86); Glen Mayers ('80)

2. DeMatha H.S., Hyattsville, MD (12) (’16); Austin Freeman (’07); (’02); (’99); (’99); Duane Simpkins (’92); (’88); Steve Hood (’86); (’85); (’81); (’79); Dereck Whittenberg (’79)

3. Findlay Prep, Henderson, NV (12) (’18); P.J. Washington, Jr. (‘17); (’15); Kelly Oubre, Jr. (’14); Rashad Vaughn (’14); Nigel Williams-Goss (’13); Brandon Ashley (’12); Anthony Bennett (‘12); (‘11); (’10); Corey Joseph (’10); , Jr. (’09)

4. St. Anthony's H.S., Jersey City, NJ (8) Kyle Anderson (’12) Dominic Cheek (’09); Michael Rosario ('08); Elijah Ingram ('02); Anthony Perry ('97); ('92); ('89); ('84)

NCAA Champions: Looking for a barometer to determine the chances of a team winning the NCAA Championship? At least one McDonald's All American boy has been part of every title since 1979, with the exception of 2002, 2014 and 2020 (NCAA Championship canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic). In all, 120 alumni have played a role in at least one NCAA title:

NCAA Champions – McDonald’s All Americans: ’19 Virginia – (’16) ’18 Villanova – (’15) ’17 North Carolina – Tony Bradley (‘16); Justin Jackson (‘14); (‘14); Isaiah Hicks (‘13); (‘13) ’16 Villanova – Jalen Brunson (’15) ’15 Duke – (’14); (’14); (’14); (’14); (’13); (’12); Quinn Cook (’11); (’11) ’13 Louisville – Chane Behanan (’11); (’11); (’09) ’12 Kentucky – (’11); Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (’11); (’11); (’11); (’10); Doron Lamb (’10) ‘11 Connecticut – Alex Oriakhi (’09); (’08) ’10 Duke - (’09); (’09); (’07); Nolan Smith (’07); Jonathan Scheyer (’06); (’06) ’09 North Carolina – (’08); (’08); (’06); Tywon Lawson (’06); (’05); (’05); (’05) ’08 Kansas – (’07); (’06); (’06); (’05) ’06 & ’07 - Florida – (’04) ’05 North Carolina – (’04); (’02); (’02); Rashad McCants (’02); Jawad Williams (’01) ’04 Connecticut – (’03); (’00) ’03 Syracuse – Carmelo Anthony (’02)

’01 Duke – (’00); (’99); Michael Dunleavy (’99); (’99); Jay Williams (’99); (’97); (’96) ’00 Michigan State – (’99); (’96) ’99 Connecticut – Khalid El-Amin (’97); Richard Hamilton (’96) ’98 Kentucky – Wayne Turner (’95) ’97 Arizona – (’96) ’96 Kentucky – Ron Mercer (’95); Wayne Turner (’95); (’94); (’92) ’95 UCLA – Omm’A Givens (’94); Charles O’Bannon (’93); Ed O’Bannon (’90) ’94 Arkansas - (’93); (’92) ’93 North Carolina – (’92); (’90); (’90); (’90); George Lynch (’89) ’91 & ’92 Duke – (’91); (’90); Bobby Hurley (’89); Billy McCaffrey (’89); (’88); (’88); (’87) ’90 UNLV - Larry Johnson (’87); Elmore Spencer (’87) ’89 Michigan – (’88); Sean Higgins (’87); (’86) ’88 Kansas – Mike Maddox (’87); Mark Randall (’86); (’84) ’87 Indiana – Rick Calloway (’85); (’83) ’86 Louisville – (’85); Tony Kimbro (’85); Kevin Walls (’84); Billy Thompson (’82); (’81) ’85 Villanova – (’82); (’81) ’84 Georgetown – Reggie Williams (’83); (’81) ’83 N.C. State – Ernie Meyers (’82); Sidney Lowe (’79); Derek Whittenberg (’79) ’82 North Carolina – (’81); (’81); Matt Doherty (’80); (’80); Jim Braddock (’79); (’79) ’81 Indiana – (’79); Landon Turner (’78); (’77) ’80 Louisville – Jerry Eaves (’78); Scooter McCray (’78) ’79 Michigan State – (’77)

NBA Champions: Since the Games began, 85 McDonald’s All American alumni have contributed to NBA Titles. In all, they own a total of 134 NBA Championship rings.

NBA Champions – McDonald’s All Americans: ’19-’20 – Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (’11); Quinn Cook (’11); Anthony Davis (’11); Avery Bradley (’09); Danny Green (’05); (’04); J.R. Smith (’04); Rajon Rondo (’04); LeBron James (’03) ’18-’19 Raptors – (’08); Danny Green (’05); C.J. Miles (’05) ’16-’17 & ’17-’18 – (‘14); Quinn Cook (’11); James Michael McAdoo (‘11); (‘06); (‘04) ’15-’16 – (’10); Tristan Thompson (’10); (’08); (’07); J.R. Smith (’04); LeBron James (’03); (’01); (’98) ’14-’15 Golden State Warriors – (’10); Shaun Livingston (’04); (’01) ’13-’14 – (’10); Danny Green (’05) ’11-’12 & ’12-’13 – Mario Chalmers (’05); LeBron James (’03); (’02); (’01); (’98); Mike Miller (’98); Shane Battier (’97); (’91) ’10-’11 Mavericks – Corey Brewer (’04); (’01); (’00); (’97); (’92) ’08-’09 & ’09-’10 Los Angeles Lakers – (’05); (’04); (’03); Ron Artest (’97); (’97); (’96) '07-'08 – ('04); ('03); Rajon Rondo ('04); ('03); ('95); ('95) '06-'07 San Antonio Spurs – ('03); ('01); ('97); ('93) ’05-06 Miami Heat – (’99); Shaquille O’Neal (’89); (’88) ’04-’05 San Antonio Spurs – (’97); (’91)

’03-’04 Pistons – (’98); Richard Hamilton (’96); (’95); (’93); Corliss Williamson (’92) '02-'03 San Antonio Spurs – Stephen Jackson ('96); Danny Ferry ('85) ’99-’00, ’00-’01 & '01-'02 L.A. Lakers – Kobe Bryant ('96); Shaquille O'Neal ('89) '98-'99 San Antonio Spurs – ('85) ’95-’96, ’96-’97 & '97-'98 Bulls – * ('93); Brian Williams* ('87); Michael Jordan ('81); ('81) ’93-’94 & '94-'95 Rockets – Peter Chilcutt ('86); ('83) ’90-’91, ’91-’92 & '92-'93 – Scott Williams ('86); Michael Jordan ('81); ('79) ’88-’89 & '89-'90 – Isiah Thomas ('79); ('78) ’86-’87 & '87-'88 L.A. Lakers – Billy Thompson ('82); Adrian Branch ('81); Milt Wagner (’81); Magic Johnson ('79); ('79); James Worthy ('79); ('77) '85-'86 Boston Celtics – ('81); ('79) '84-'85 L.A. Lakers – (’80); Magic Johnson ('79); Byron Scott ('79); James Worthy ('79) '83-'84 Boston Celtics – Greg Kite ('79) '81-'82 L.A. Lakers – Magic Johnson ('79)

NBA Achievements: Nine McDonald’s All Americans have won a combined 19 NBA MVP Awards: Kevin Durant (1), Kobe Bryant (1), Kevin Garnett (1), (1), LeBron James (4) Magic Johnson (3), Michael Jordan (6), Shaquille O'Neal (1) and (1).

24 McDonald’s All Americans have been named NBA Rookie of the Year: , , Michael Carter-Williams, , Kevin Durant, , Patrick Ewing, , Grant Hill, Kyrie Irving, LeBron James, Larry Johnson, Michael Jordan, Jason Kidd, Mike Miller, Shaquille O'Neal, , Derrick Rose, , , Amare' Stoudemire, Karl-Anthony Towns, and .

28 McDonald’s All Americans have gone on to become the first selection in the NBA : Mark Aguirre, , Anthony Bennett, Elton Brand, , Derrick Coleman, Brad Daugherty, Anthony Davis, Anthony Edwards, Pervis Ellison, Patrick Ewing, Markelle Fultz, Blake Griffin, Dwight Howard, Kyrie Irving, LeBron James, Larry Johnson, Magic Johnson, Danny Manning, , Shaquille O'Neal, Glenn Robinson, Derrick Rose, Ralph Sampson, Ben Simmons, Chris Webber, and James Worthy.

Fun Facts:

• 132 total McDAAG alumni appeared on NBA opening day rosters for 2020-21 season • 30 of the 30 teams in the NBA have at least one AAG alum on their roster • An average of 4.4 McDAAG alumni per team o Highest number of alumni = 8 () o Fewest number of alumni = 1 () • At least one player from every eligible AAG class since 2002 is represented on the NBA opening day rosters