2009 McDonald's All-American Girls Game

2009 McDonald's All-American Girls Game
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Date	April 1, 2009
Venue	McDonald's All-American
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The 2009 McDonald's All-American Girls Game was an

Miami, Florida, home of the University of Miami Hurricanes. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school girls graduating in 2009. The game was the 8th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game

first played in 2002.

The 48 players were selected from 2,500 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. Coach

DeMatha High School, was chairman of the selection committee. Legendary UCLA coach John Wooden

, who has been involved in the McDonald's All American Games since its inception, served as chairman of the Games and as an advisor to the selection committee.

Proceeds from the 2009 McDonald's All American High School Basketball Games went to Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of South Florida and its Ronald McDonald House program.

2009 Game

The game was telecast live by ESPN. The West Team grabbed a hard-fought 69-68 victory in the opener at the BankUnited Center. The contest was close throughout and came down to a missed free throw with seconds remaining. Kelly Faris (Connecticut) was fouled as she was forced to take a desperation 3-pointer with two seconds to go. After nailing the first two shots, the third came up short and so did the frantic comeback of the East Team.

In a game that was dominated by defense, the West Squad managed to get double figure scoring from only five players. Taber Spani (Tennessee), Christina Marinacci (USC) and DeNesha Stallworth (California) led the offensive attack with 11 points each, while Gennifer Brandon (California) added 10. Tierra Ruffin-Pratt (North Carolina) poured in 10 points and grabbed a team high 10 rebounds.

The East Team was led by Skylar Diggins (Notre Dame), who scored 18 points, grabbed five rebounds and nabbed three steals. Morgan Wootten Player of the Year Kelsey Bone (South Carolina) and TaShauna Rodgers (Georgetown) contributed with 10 points and five rebounds each. Kelly Faris provided an all-around solid performance, as she paced the East in rebounds with seven, added four points, three steals, three assists and two blocks in just 15 minutes of play.

For their efforts, Skylar Diggins and Tierra Ruffin-Pratt were selected as the John R. Wooden MVP’s of the game. Unable to play due to injury, Stephanie Holzer (Vanderbilt) was given the Naismith Sportsmanship Award for her involvement in the week’s events and for the support she displayed towards her fellow All Americans.^[1]

2009 West Roster

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Hometown	High School	College Choice
00	Christina Marinacci	6-2	155	F	Santa Ana, CA	Foothill	USC
1	Eliza Pierre	5-8	135	G	Pasadena, CA	John Muir	Cal
3	Tayler Hill	5-10	155	G	Minneapolis, MN	Minneapolis South	Ohio State
4	Tierra Ruffin-Pratt	6-0	175	G	Alexandria, VA	T.C. Williams	North Carolina
11	China Crosby	5-5	121	G	Bronx, NY	Manhattan Center for Science & Mathematics	Virginia
12	Tierra Rogers	5-11	160	F	San Francisco, CA	Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep	Cal
21	Stephanie Holzer	6-4	190	C	Newtown Square, PA	Cardinal O'Hara	Vanderbilt
25	Gennifer Brandon	6-3	160	F	Sylmar, CA	Chatsworth	Cal
33	Taber Spani	6-1	180	G	Lee's Summit, MO	Metro Academy	Tennessee
34	Monique Oliver	6-2	200	C	Long Beach, CA	Long Beach Polytechnic	USC
42	Brittney Griner	6-8	200	C	Houston, TX	Nimitz	Baylor
50	DeNesha Stallworth	6-3	190	F	Richmond, CA	Pinole Valley	Cal

2009 East Roster

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Hometown	High School	College Choice
2	Dara Taylor	5-7	135	G	Wilmington, DE	Caravel Academy	Maryland
3	Erica Wheeler	5-8	141	G	Miami, FL	Parkway Academy	Rutgers
4	Skylar Diggins	5-9	145	G	South Bend, IN	South Bend Washington	Notre Dame
5	Kelsey Bone	6-5	210	C	Stafford, TX	Dulles	South Carolina, transferred to Texas A&M
12	Jasmine Hassell	6-2	205	F	Lebanon, TN	Wilson Central	Georgia
15	TaShauna Rogers	5-11	163	G	Suffolk, VA	King's Fork	Georgetown
23	Markel Walker	6-2	165	F	Pittsburgh, PA	Schenley	UCLA
24	Destiny Williams	6-3	181	C	Benton Harbor, MI	Benton Harbor	Baylor
32	Morgan Stroman	6-2	163	F	Hopkins, SC	Lower Richland	Miami (FL)
34	Kelly Faris	5-11	150	G	Plainfield, IN	Heritage Christian School	Connecticut
44	Joslyn Tinkle	6-3	190	F	Missoula, MT	Big Sky	Stanford
45	Cokie Reed	6-4	200	C	Hewitt, TX	Midway	Texas

Coaches

The West team was coached by:

Head Coach Dave Power of
Oak Park, IL
)
Asst Coach
Oak Park, IL
)
Asst Coach
Des Plaines, IL
)

The East team was coached by:

Head Coach
Hollywood, FL
)
Asst Coach Jermaine Hollis of
Hollywood, FL
)
Asst Coach
Lauderdale Lakes, FL
)

Boxscore

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Visitors: West

##	Player	FGM/A	3PM/A	FTM/A	Points	Off Reb	Def Reb	Tot Reb	PF	Ast	TO	BS	ST	Min
3	*Tayler Hill	1/ 6	1/3	0/ 0	3	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	2	18
4	*Tierra Ruffin-Pratt	5/15	0/ 3	0/ 0	10	3	7	10	3	2	2	0	2	23
11	*China Crosby	1/ 5	0/ 3	0/ 0	2	0	4	4	5	2	4	1	0	21
33	*Taber Spani	3/12	2/ 5	3/ 4	11	3	1	4	2	0	5	0	2	22
34	*Monique Oliver	2/13	0/ 1	0/ 0	4	2	4	6	1	0	0	2	2	20
00	Christina Marinacci	3/ 7	3/ 5	2/ 2	11	3	2	5	0	1	3	2	3	18
1	Eliza Pierre	1/ 2	0/ 0	1/ 2	3	1	2	3	2	5	0	1	4	19
12	Tierra Rogers	1/ 7	0/ 0	2/ 2	4	5	3	8	1	1	3	1	1	18
21	Stephanie Holzer	/	/	/	0			0
25	Gennifer Brandon	3/ 8	0/ 0	4/ 5	10	3	2	5	0	2	1	1	1	20
42	Brittney Griner
50	DeNesha Stallworth	5/11	1/ 1	0/ 0	11	1	2	3	0	0	2	0	1	21
	Team					10	5	15			1
	TOTALS	25/86	7/21	12/15	69	32	32	64	16	14	21	8	18	200

Home: East

##	Player	FGM/A	3PM/A	FTM/A	Points	Off Reb	Def Reb	Tot Reb	PF	Ast	TO	BS	ST	Min
2	*Dara Taylor	0/ 3	0/ 3	0/ 0	0	2	0	2	0	1	3	1	0	19
4	* Skylar Diggins	6/13	2/ 5	4/ 5	18	1	4	5	4	0	3	0	3	21
5	*Kelsey Bone	5/15	0/ 0	0/ 0	10	4	1	5	1	0	1	3	1	19
23	*Markel Walker	1/ 3	0/ 0	2/ 2	4	2	4	6	0	1	0	1	2	15
34	*Kelly Faris	1/ 4	0/ 0	2/ 3	4	2	5	7	2	3	2	2	3	15
3	Erica Wheeler	1/ 5	1/ 4	0/ 0	3	0	1	1	2	1	3	0	0	15
12	Jasmine Hassell	3/ 4	0/ 0	0/ 0	6	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	14
15	TaShauna Rogers	3/ 9	3/ 6	1/ 2	10	0	5	5	2	1	2	0	0	20
24	Destiny Williams	0/ 2	0/ 0	1/ 2	1	2	2	4	0	0	3	0	1	12
32	Morgan Stroman	1/ 2	0/ 0	1/ 4	3	2	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	17
44	Joslyn Tinkle	3/ 7	1/ 2	0/ 0	7	0	5	5	0	1	1	5	0	21
45	Cokie Reed	1/ 8	0/ 0	0/ 0	2	2	2	4	1	0	1	4	0	14
	Team					3	3	6			1
	TOTALS	25/75	7/20	11/18	68	20	34	54	15	9	22	17	12	202

(* = Starting Line-up)

All-American Week

Schedule

Tuesday, March 31: Powerade JamFest
- Three-Point Shoot-out
- Timed Basketball Skills Competition
Wednesday, April 1: 8th Annual Girls All-American Game

The Powerade JamFest is a skills-competition evening featuring basketball players who demonstrate their skills in two crowd-entertaining ways. Since the first All-American game in 2002, players have competed in a 3-point shooting challenge and a timed basketball skills competition.

Contest Winners

The 2009 Timed Skills Competition contest was won by China Crosby.
Skylar Diggins
was winner of the 2009 3-point shoot-out.

References

^ http://www.mcdonaldsallamerican.com McDonald's 2009 McDonald’s Game Program
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 17, 2010. Retrieved September 17, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

McDonald's All-American on the web

[Program-1] ttp://www.mcdonaldsallamerican.com McDonald's 2009 McDonald’s Game Program

[2] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 17, 2010. Retrieved September 17, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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