2006 McDonald's All-American Girls Game

The 2006 McDonald's All-American Girls Game was an All-star basketball game played on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at Cox Arena in San Diego, California, home of the San Diego State Aztecs. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school girls graduating in 2006. The game was the 5th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 2002.

2006 McDonald's All-American Girls Game
East West
76 80
1st half2nd half Total
East 3442 76
West 3149 80
DateMarch 29, 2006
VenueCox Arena, San Diego, California
MVPJayne Appel
RefereesJody Carper
Rob Bryson
Linda Powell
Attendance11,900
NetworkESPN
McDonald's All-American
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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 Morgan Wootten, who had more than 1,200 wins as head basketball coach at 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 2006 McDonald's All American High School Basketball Games went to Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of San Diego and its Ronald McDonald House program.

2006 Game

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The game was telecast live by ESPN. Fans swarmed San Diego State’s Cox Arena for the 2006 edition of the McDonald's All American Games. A sold out crowd of 11,900 was treated to a tightly contested first game, as the Girls game kicked off the action.

Morgan Wooten Player of the Year award recipient and East Team superstar Tina Charles (Connecticut) turned in a strong performance with 12 points and nine rebounds. But the night’s star and John R. Wooden Most Valuable Player of the Game was the West Team’s Jayne Appel (Stanford) with 12 points, seven rebounds and a great all-around performance. Dymond Simon (Arizona State) added a great offensive performance with her game high 14 points, while Amanda Thompson (Oklahoma) led the way defensively with five blocked shots. The West Team was coached by Wade Vickery of Santana High School (Santee, CA) and the East Team was headed by coaching legend Leta Andrews of Granbury High School (Granbury, TX) who became the all-time winningest girls coach in 2006.

The 2006 edition of the Girls game went down to the wire and the 80-76 margin makes it the closest contest to date. After trailing at the half, the West team put together a strong second half performance to pull out another victory, as they led the series 4-1.

2006 East Roster

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# Name Height Weight (lbs.) Position Hometown High School College Choice
3 Kaili McLaren 6-3 235 F Washington, DC, U.S. Good Counsel Connecticut
11 Danielle Wilson 6-3 175 C Bay Shore, NY, U.S. St. John the Baptist Baylor
13 Epiphanny Prince 5-9 155 G Brooklyn, NY, U.S. Bergtraum Rutgers
15 Bridgette Mitchell 6-0 170 F Trenton, NJ, U.S. Peddie School Duke
20 Monica Wright 5-11 156 G Woodbridge, VA, U.S. Forest Park Virginia
21 Porsha Phillips 6-1 155 F Stone Mountain, GA, U.S. Redan Undecided
22 Ashley Houts 5-6 140 G Trenton, GA, U.S. Dade County Georgia
24 Amber White 5-7 160 G Coatesville, PA, U.S. Coatesville North Carolina State
30 Joy Cheek 6-1 180 F Charlotte, NC, U.S. South Mecklenburg Duke
31 Tina Charles 6-4 185 F Jamaica, NY, U.S. Christ The King Connecticut
42 Amber Harris 6-5 170 F/C Indianapolis, IN, U.S. Indianapolis North Central Purdue[n 1]
51 Jessica Breland 6-3 160 F Kelford, NC, U.S. Bertie North Carolina

2006 West Roster

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# Name Height Weight (lbs.) Position Hometown High School College Choice
1 Dymond Simon 5-5 125 G Avondale, AZ, U.S. Phoenix St. Mary's Arizona State
3 Jayne Appel 6-4 180 F/C Pleasant Hill, CA, U.S. Carondelet Stanford
5 Michelle Harrison 6-2 170 F Orem, UT, U.S. Mountain View Stanford
10 Brittainey Raven 6-0 153 G Fort Worth, TX, U.S. North Crowley Texas
12 Jacki Gemelos 6-0 168 F Stockton, CA, U.S. Stockton St. Mary's USC
13 Jordan Murphree 6-0 150 F Weatherford, TX, U.S. Brock Texas Tech
21 Amanda Thompson 6-0 165 F Chicago, IL, U.S. Whitney Young Oklahoma
22 Allison Hightower 5-11 140 G Arlington, TX, U.S. Seguin LSU
24 Dela Quese Jernigan 6-0 162 F East Chicago, IN, U.S. East Chicago Purdue
30 Adrian McGowen 5-11 190 G Goodrich, TX, U.S. Goodrich Texas A&M
34 Abi Olajuwon 6-3 200 F/C Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S. Marlborough School Oklahoma
55 Morghan Medlock 6-0 170 G/F Hawthorne, CA, U.S. Narbonne USC
  1. ^ Although Harris committed to Purdue, she never played there. She was released from her letter of intent, and transferred to Xavier. After sitting out the 2006–07 season, she played four seasons at Xavier, finishing her college career in 2011.

Coaches

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The East team was coached by:

The West team was coached by:

Boxscore

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Visitors: East

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## Player FGM/A 3PM/A FTM/A Points Off Reb Def Reb Tot Reb PF Ast TO BS ST Min
20 *Monica Wright 5/10 2/ 3 1/ 2 13 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 8 21
22 *Ashley Houts 3/ 8 1/ 3 4/ 6 11 0 3 3 1 3 4 0 0 22
30 *Joy Cheek 1/ 5 0/ 1 1/ 2 3 3 3 6 3 2 4 1 1 22
31 *Tina Charles 5/10 0/ 0 2/ 4 12 2 7 9 0 1 3 1 1 22
51 *Jessica Breland 1/ 5 0/ 1 0/ 0 2 3 2 5 1 1 2 3 2 14
3 Kaili McLaren 3/ 7 2/ 2 1/ 2 9 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 0 11
11 Danielle Wilson 1/ 3 0/ 0 0/ 0 2 2 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 15
13 Epiphanny Prince 1/ 4 0/ 1 0/ 0 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 12
15 Bridgette Mitchell 1/ 8 0/ 1 1/ 2 3 1 4 5 3 3 0 0 0 14
21 Porsha Phillips 3/ 7 0/ 0 1/ 2 7 2 2 4 2 2 0 2 0 17
24 Amber White 3/ 7 0/ 0 4/ 4 10 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 1 18
42 Amber Harris 1/ 5 0/ 0 0/ 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 12
Team 2 2 4
TOTALS 28/79 5/12 15/28 76 20 29 49 18 17 18 11 16 200

Home: West

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## Player FGM/A 3PM/A FTM/A Points Off Reb Def Reb Tot Reb PF Ast TO BS ST Min
3 *Jayne Appel 5/ 7 0/ 1 2/ 2 12 1 6 7 2 0 1 2 2 20
10 *Brittainey Raven 4/ 9 0/ 3 0/ 1 8 2 3 5 2 3 3 0 0 21
13 *Jordan Murphree 0/ 4 0/ 3 1/ 2 1 2 4 6 1 4 8 0 1 15
22 *Allison Hightower 3/ 9 2/ 5 1/ 2 9 3 6 9 2 2 2 2 4 24
55 *Morghan Medlock 2/ 8 0/ 1 3/ 5 7 1 3 4 1 1 2 1 1 14
1 Dymond Simon 5/12 2/ 4 2/ 2 14 1 0 1 1 3 3 0 1 23
5 Michelle Harrison 1/ 6 1/ 4 2/ 2 5 2 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 15
21 Amanda Thompson 4/ 8 0/ 0 3/ 4 11 4 5 9 2 4 1 5 2 23
24 Dela Quese Jernigan 2/ 8 1/ 3 0/ 0 5 3 4 7 3 0 4 1 1 15
30 Adrian McGowen 0/ 2 0/ 1 0/ 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 1 0 15
34 Abi Olajuwon 3/ 8 0/ 0 2/ 2 8 2 3 5 2 1 1 0 1 15
Team 6 2 8
TOTALS 29/81 6/25 16/22 80 28 38 66 18 19 27 13 14 200

(* = Starting Line-up)

All-American Week

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Schedule

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  • Monday, March 27: Powerade JamFest
    • Three-Point Shoot-out
    • Timed Basketball Skills Competition
  • Wednesday, March 29: 5th 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

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  • Allison Hightower was winner of the 2006 3-point shoot-out.
  • The skills competition was won by Michelle Harrison.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "McDonald's All American High School Basketball Games | Media Materials". Archived from the original on November 26, 2010. Retrieved September 27, 2010.
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