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 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. 1994 game and rosters at page 79. Of the 22 players, 10 went on to play in the NBA.

East roster 1994 roster at pages 6-7. No.NameHeightWeightPositionHometownHigh schoolCollege of Choice 3 Curtis Staples 6-2 186 G Mouth of Wilson, VA, U.S. Oak Hill Academy Virginia 12 Kareem Reid 5-11 165 G Bronx, NY, U.S. St. Raymond Arkansas 13 Felipe López 6-5 199 G Manhattan, NY, U.S.Born in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Rice St. John's 21 Steve Wojciechowski 5-11 170 G Baltimore, MD, U.S. Cardinal Gibbons Duke 24 Chris Herren 6-2 197 G Fall River, MA, U.S. Durfee Boston College 30 Adonal Foyle 6-10 250 C Hamilton, NY, U.S. Hamilton Central Colgate 31 Zendon Hamilton 6-11 250 C Floral Park, NY, U.S. Sewanhaka St. John's 33 Norman Nolan 6-8240 F Baltimore, MD, U.S. Paul Laurence Dunbar Virginia 44 LaMarr Greer 6-3 210 G Cape May Courthouse, NJ, U.S. Middle Township Florida State 52 Corey Louis 6-10 225 C Miami, FL, U.S. Miami Northwestern Florida State 54 Daniel Fortson 6-9 260 F Pittsburgh, PA, U.S. Shaler Area Cincinnati

West roster

No.NameHeightWeightPositionHometownHigh schoolCollege of Choice 3 Ricky Price 6-5 195 F Gardena, CA, U.S. Serra Duke 5 Neil Reed 6-4 190 G Metairie, LA, U.S. East Jefferson Indiana 21 Trajan Langdon 6-4 197 G Anchorage, AK, U.S. East Anchorage Duke 23 Antoine Walker 6-8 224 F Chicago, IL, U.S. Mount Carmel Kentucky 24 Willie Mitchell 6-8 235 F Detroit, MI, U.S. Pershing Michigan. 31 Jelani Gardner 6-6 205 G Bellflower, CA, U.S. St. John Bosco Pepperdine 32 Jerod Ward 6-9 225 F Clinton, MS, U.S. Clinton Michigan 42 Lorenzen Wright 6-10225 C Memphis, TN, U.S. Booker T. Washington Memphis 45 Raef LaFrentz 6-11 240 F / C Monona, IA, U.S. MFL MarMac Kansas 50 Omm'A Givens 6-11 235 C Aberdeen, WA, U.S. Aberdeen UCLA 53 Andrae Patterson 6-9 238 C Abilene, TX, U.S. Cooper Indiana

Coaches The East team was coached by: Head Coach Jack Curran of Archbishop Molloy High School (Queens, New York)

The West team was coached by: Coached by Vince Clemons of Merced High School

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

External links McDonald's All-American on the web McDonald's All-American all-time rosters McDonald's All-American rosters at Basketball-Reference.com Game stats at Realgm.com