Tide Basketball Signee JaMychal Green A McDonald's All-American
2/21/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
TUSCALOOSA ?? JaMychal Green, a senior forward at Montgomery’s St. Jude high school who signed a National Letter of Intent to attend school and play basketball at the University of Alabama, has been selected to the elite McDonald’s All-American High School basketball team.
The 2008 game will be held at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisc., on Wednesday, March 26 at 8:30 p.m. CT. It will be televised on ESPN.
He will play on the East team where his teammates include Al-Farouq Aminu, William Buford, Ed Davis, Tyreke Evans, Sylven Landesberg, Michael Rosario, Samardo Samuels, Chris Singleton, Kemba Walker, Elliot Williams and Tyler Zeller. Woodie Jackson of Alabama’s Francis Marion High School will be head coach for the East team. The West team includes Luke Babbitt, Demar DeRozan, Larry Drew II, Michael Dunigan, Jrue Holiday, Scotty Hopson, Brandon Jennings, Malcolm Lee, Greg Monroe, B.J. Mullens, Iman Shumpert and Willie Warren and will be co-head coached by Tom Diener and Jim Gosz.
Green will be the fourth McDonald’s High School All-American Mark Gottfried has signed at Alabama, joining current Tide junior forward Richard Hendrix and NBA players Mo Williams, now with the Milwaukee Bucks, and Gerald Wallace, now with the Charlotte Bobcats.
Alabama’s two other basketball signees, guard Andrew Steele of Birmingham’s John Carroll Catholic High School who is the younger brother of Tide redshirt senior All-American point guard Ronald Steele was an official nominee as was forward Tony Mitchell, Alabama’s signee out of Swainsboro High School in Swainsboro, Ga.
The Crimson Tide’s all-time list of McDonald’s All-American Alumni includes Jamal Faulkner (1989), Richard Hendrix (2005), Bobby Lee Hurt (1981), Buck Johnson (1982), James Robinson (1989), Gerald Wallace (2000), Ennis Whatley (1981), and Mo Williams (2001).
2008 McDonald's All American High School Basketball Team
ALPHABETICAL ROSTER
EAST TEAM
No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. High School, State (Hometown) College
42 Al-Farouq Aminu F 6-9 205 Norcross High School, GA
(Norcross, GA) Wake Forest
44 William Buford G 6-5 185 Libbey High School, OH
(Toledo, OH) Ohio State
32 Ed Davis F 6-9 215 Benedictine High School,
VA (Richmond, VA) North
Carolina
1 Tyreke Evans G 6-6 217 American Christian Academy
and Prep School, PA
(Chester, PA) Undecided
50 JaMychal Green F 6-9 220 St. Jude Educational
Institute, AL
(Montgomery, AL) Alabama
24 Sylven
Landesberg G 6-6 205 Holy Cross High School, NY
(Flushing, NY) Virginia
3 Michael Rosario G 6-2 180 Saint Anthony High School,
NJ (Jersey City, NJ) Rutgers
55 Samardo Samuels F 6-9 230 St. Benedict's Preparatory
School, NJ
(Montego Bay, Jamaica) Louisville
31 Chris Singleton F 6-9 225 Dunwoody High School, GA
(Dunwoody, GA) Florida
State
15 Kemba Walker G 6-0 175 Rice High School, NY
(Bronx, NY) Connecticut
25 Elliot Williams G 6-4 165 St. George's Independent
School, TN (Memphis, TN) Duke
40 Tyler Zeller C 7-0 220 Washington High School,
IN (Washington, IN) North
Carolina
Head Coach Woodie Jackson, Francis Marion High School (Marion, AL)
Assistant Coach Anthony Trimble, Francis Marion High School (Marion, AL)
Assistant Coach Albert Turner, Jr., Francis Marion High School (Marion, AL)
WEST TEAM
No. Name Pos. Hgt. Wgt. High School, State (Hometown) College
5 Luke Babbitt F 6-8 225 Galena High School, NV
(Reno, NV) Nevada
24 Demar DeRozan F 6-6 210 Compton High School, CA
(Compton, CA) USC
22 Larry Drew II G 6-0 160 William Howard Taft
High School, CA
(Los Angeles, CA) North Carolina
33 Michael Dunigan C 6-10 248 Farragut Career Academy,
IL (Chicago, IL) Oregon
21 Jrue Holiday G 6-4 195 Campbell Hall
School, CA
(Chatsworth, CA) UCLA
31 Scotty Hopson G 6-5 180 University Heights
Academy, KY
(Hopkinsville, KY) Undecided
3 Brandon Jennings G 6-1 165 Oak Hill Academy, VA
(Los Angeles, CA) Arizona
11 Malcolm Lee G 6-4 165 John W. North High School,
CA (Moreno Valley, CA) UCLA
10 Greg Monroe F 6-10 235 Helen Cox High School, LA
(Gretna, LA) Georgetown
32 B.J. Mullens C 7-1 260 Canal Winchester High School,
OH (Canal Winchester, OH) Ohio State
1 Iman Shumpert G 6-4 200 Oak Park-River Forest
High School, IL
(Oak Park, IL) Georgia Tech
12 Willie Warren G 6-4 195 North Crowley High School,
TX (Fort Worth, TX) Oklahoma
Co-Head Coach Tom Diener, Harold S. Vincent High School (Milwaukee, WI)
Co-Head Coach Jim Gosz, Rufus King High School (Milwaukee, WI)
Assistant Coach Marc Mitchell, Custer High School (Milwaukee, WI)
