*****On a sidebar, what about Jaylen Alston, from Eastern Guilford High School???*****
We have the 2018 McDonald’s High All-American Basketball Game Nominees listed below and locally we have a nice collection of talent that has been recognized/assembled with Andy Pack, from the boys team at Northern Guilford High School, then there’s John Newman III and Will Dillard from the boys team at Greensboro Day School, you have Aaron Wiggins and Jaylen Hoard, from the boys team at Wesleyan Christian Academy, plus there’s CJ Cappuccio and Ryan Moon, from Bishop McGuinness and that gives us seven local men, with a chance to win, their way on to the McDonald’s All-American team final roster….On our girls side, we have two young ladies that have been nominated for the McDonald’s All-American team for 2018, and that would be Elissa Cunane, from Northern Guilford High School and Shaniya Jones, from Wesleyan Christian Academy, in High Point….
Congrats and good luck to all of our local kids that are trying to make it to McDonald’s and get a chance to play in that high school All-American basketball game….
See all of the nominees, from all of the states, when you CLICK HERE.
For our North Carolina nominees, see the list below……
NORTH CAROLINA
Boys
First Last School Name City State Immanuel Bates Northwood Temple Academy Fayetteville North Carolina Rechon Black Cox Mill High School Concord North Carolina CJ Cappuccio Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School Kernersville North Carolina Will Dillard Greensboro Day School Greensboro North Carolina Devon Dotson Providence Day School Charlotte North Carolina Jayden Gardner Heritage High School Wake Forest North Carolina Karl Hankton United Faith Christian Academy Charlotte North Carolina Jaylen Hoard Wesleyan Christian Academy High Point North Carolina Jarren McAllister Heritage High School Wake Forest North Carolina Elijah Mccadden Greenfield High School Wilson North Carolina Ryan Moon Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School Kernersville North Carolina John Newman Greensboro Day School Greensboro North Carolina Andy Pack Northern Guilford High School Greensboro North Carolina Trey Wertz Providence Day School Charlotte North Carolina Coby White Greenfield High School Wilson North Carolina Cameron Whiteside Thomasville High School Thomasville North Carolina Aaron Wiggins Wesleyan Christian Academy High Point North Carolina
NORTH CAROLINA
Girls
First Last School Name City State Kennedy Boyd Providence Day School Charlotte North Carolina Alex Canady Clinton High School Clinton North Carolina Elissa Cunane Northern Guilford High School Greensboro North Carolina Jenson Edwards Emsley A. Laney High School Wilmington North Carolina Tayanna Jones North Johnston High School Kenly North Carolina Shaniya Jones Wesleyan Christian Academy High Point North Carolina Izabela Nicoletti Neuse Christian Academy Raleigh North Carolina Ahlana Smith Mallard Creek High School Charlotte North Carolina Madison Taylor Ravenscroft School Raleigh North Carolina London Thompson Lumberton High School Lumberton North Carolina
And yet again Jaylen Alston from Eastern Guilford gets overlooked. The kid is good and can play with any of these guys.
Yes, he should at least be among the nominees…Guess he will just have to win the State 3-A Title and earn Player of the Year honors for North Carolina and that might prove his point, but why he did not get recognized, I do not know…
You would think he would have to be on this list of nominees….
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Totally agree with drob1211. Alston is not only a very good player, he’s a great kid. He’s a bit of a tweener at the next level, but IMO he will have a very nice career at Gardner-Webb.
Please keep in mind that McDonald’s All-American nominees come from your high school coach. You are not nominated by a committee, your AD, AAU coach, parent or anyone else. If this players coach did not nominate him, then he could not have been nominated. I will tell you that a lot of coaches may not be aware of the process or may not find out until the deadline has passed. I don’t know this Alston player but if he has had the career or several special seasons that it appears he has, then it is unfortunate he was not nominated.