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Thursday / April 25.
  • New York, New Jersey McDonald’s All-American Nominees Named

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    BY JEREMY FUCHS

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    The McDonald’s All-American game released its state-by-state nominees to be selected for the April 1 game at Chicago’s United Center. The final selections will be made January 28th.

    Fourteen players from New Jersey and seven from New York were selected.

    The New Jersey group includes Roselle Catholic guard and Kentucky-bound Isaiah Briscoe and his teammate, South Carolina-bound Chris Silva. Brisoce has also made the Nike Hoop Summit, a source told SNY.tv

    From New York, Georgetown-bound big man Jessie Govan and Hofstra-bound point guard Desure Buie of Wings, and Notre Dame signee Matt Ryan of Iona Prep were nominated.

    Three players from Our Savior New American on Long Island were nominated, Cheick Diallo, Djibril Diallo and Damon Wilson.

    Other big names nominated from New Jersey include two Syracuse-bound players—Malachi Richardson from Trenton Catholic and Moustapha Diagne, from Pope John.

    Also nominated from New Jersey are Life Center point guard Traci Carter and St. Anthony’s forward Markis McDuffie, who will play at Wichita State next year.

    The full list is below:

    NEW JERSEY

    Isaiah Briscoe   Roselle Catholic

    Malachi Richardson  Trenton Catholic

    Moustapha Diagne     Pope John

    Trey Lowe                      Ewing

    Markis McDuffie        St. Anthony’s

    Chris Silva                    Roselle Catholic

    Eli Cain                         St. Benedict’s

    Tim Delaney               Blair

    Malik Ellison             Life Center

    Traci Carter               Life Center

    Karl Charles              Rutgers Prep

    Matt Zignorski         Pope John

    Jeromy Rodriguez   Pope John

    Damian Rance          Pope John

     

    NEW YORK

    Desure Buie                Wings

    Cheick Diallo              Our Savior New American

    Jessie Govan              Wings

    Matt Ryan                  Iona Prep

    Nakye Sanders         Tottenville

    Damon Wilson         Our Savior New American

    Djibril Diallo            Our Savior New American

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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