1994 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

The 1994 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an All-star basketball game played on Sunday, April 3, 1994 at Carnesecca Arena in Jamaica, New York. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 1994. The game was the 17th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1978.

1994 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
1st Half2nd Half Total
East 6052 112
West 5654 110
DateApril 3, 1994
ArenaAlumni Hall (Carnesecca Arena)
CityQueens, NY
MVP/MOPFelipe López
Officials1 Tom Lopes
2 Rich San Fillipo
3 Joe Vigna
Attendance6,008
NetworkCBS
McDonald’s All-American
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1994 game

The game was telecast live by CBS. The East team included many guards, while the West could rely on more forwards and centers. Trajan Langdon became the first McDonald's All-American from the state of Alaska. Felipe López, the local fan favorite, was named the MVP of the game, having scored 24 points. Other players who starred were Zendon Hamilton, Kareem Reid, Antoine Walker and Jerod Ward. The game score was close, and the West almost completed a comeback, led by Andrae Patterson who scored many points in the last minutes.[1][2] Of the 22 players, 10 went on to play in the NBA.

East roster

[2][3][4]

No. Name Height Weight Position Hometown High school College of Choice
3Curtis Staples6-2186GMouth of Wilson, VA, U.S.Oak Hill AcademyVirginia
12Kareem Reid5-11165GBronx, NY, U.S.St. RaymondArkansas
13Felipe López6-5199GManhattan, NY, U.S.[5]RiceSt. John's
21Steve Wojciechowski5-11170GBaltimore, MD, U.S.Cardinal GibbonsDuke
24Chris Herren6-2197GFall River, MA, U.S.DurfeeBoston College
30Adonal Foyle6-10250CHamilton, NY, U.S.Hamilton CentralColgate
31Zendon Hamilton6-11250CFloral Park, NY, U.S.SewanhakaSt. John's
33Norman Nolan6-8240FBaltimore, MD, U.S.Paul Laurence DunbarVirginia
44LaMarr Greer6-3210GCape May Courthouse, NJ, U.S.Middle TownshipFlorida State
52Corey Louis6-10225CMiami, FL, U.S.Miami NorthwesternFlorida State
54Daniel Fortson6-9260FPittsburgh, PA, U.S.Shaler AreaCincinnati

West roster

[2][3][4]

No. Name Height Weight Position Hometown High school College of Choice
3Ricky Price6-5195FGardena, CA, U.S.SerraDuke
5Neil Reed6-4190GMetairie, LA, U.S.East JeffersonIndiana
21Trajan Langdon6-4197GAnchorage, AK, U.S.East AnchorageDuke
23Antoine Walker6-8224FChicago, IL, U.S.Mount CarmelKentucky
24Willie Mitchell6-8235FDetroit, MI, U.S.PershingMichigan.
31Jelani Gardner6-6205GBellflower, CA, U.S.St. John BoscoPepperdine
32Jerod Ward6-9225FClinton, MS, U.S.ClintonMichigan
42Lorenzen Wright6-10225CMemphis, TN, U.S.Booker T. WashingtonMemphis
45Raef LaFrentz6-11240F / CMonona, IA, U.S.MFL MarMacKansas
50omm'A Givens6-11235CAberdeen, WA, U.S.AberdeenUCLA
53Andrae Patterson6-9238CAbilene, TX, U.S.CooperIndiana

Coaches

The East team was coached by:

The West team was coached by:

All-American Week

Contest winners
  • The 1994 Slam Dunk contest was won by Ricky Price.
  • The 1994 3-point shoot-out was won by Trajan Langdon.

References
  1. A LOOK BACK AT THE McDONALD’S ALL AMERICAN® GAMES SUPERSTARS AND UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES FROM GAMES PAST
  2. "The Next 48 are up" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-01-29. 1994 game and rosters at page 79.
  3. "McDonald's All-American all-time rosters" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-01-25. 1994 roster at pages 6-7.
  4. "MCDONALD'S ALL-AMERICA". February 28, 1994.
  5. Born in Santiago, Dominican Republic.
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