Fort Worth, Texas ? Future Kansas University basketball power forward Carlton Bragg will play in the 2015 McDonald’s All-America basketball game on April 1 at Chicago’s United Center.
Bragg, a 6-foot-9 senior from Villa Angela-St. Joseph High in Cleveland, who picked KU over Kentucky , on Wednesday was named a member of the 12-player West team, to be coached by Robert Smith of Chicago’s Simeon High.
“Blessed to be a McDonald’s All-American,” Bragg wrote on Twitter on Wednesday.
Several prospects who are considering KU will also be competing in the game.
Joining Bragg on the West squad are KU targets Brandon Ingram, 6-8, small forward, Kinston (North Carolina) High; Malik Newman, 6-3 guard, Callaway High School, Jackson, Mississippi; Ivan Rabb, 6-10 power forward, Bishop O’Dowd High School, Oakland, California and Stephen Zimmerman, 7-0 center, Bishop Gorman High, Las Vegas.
KU targets playing for the East: Jaylen Brown, 6-7 small forward, Wheeler High, Marietta, Georgia and Cheick Diallo, 6-9 power forward, Our Savior New American School, Centereach, New York. The East will be coached by Bruce Kelley, Bullis School, Potomac, Maryland.
Bragg becomes the 37th McDonald’s All-American in KU history, joining, among others, Kelly Oubre (2014), Cliff Alexander (2014), Wayne Selden Jr. (2013) and Perry Ellis (2012) from this year’s team. Coach Bill Self has corralled 17 McDonald’s All-Americans in 12 seasons at KU.
2015 McDonald’s All-American Rosters:
EAST TEAM
Dwayne Bacon, SG, Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) – Florida State
Antonio Blakeney, SG, Oak Ridge (Orlando, Fla.) – LSU
Isaiah Briscoe, PG, Roselle Catholic (Roselle, N.J.) – Kentucky
Jaylen Brown, SF, Wheeler (Marietta, Ga.) – Undecided
Thomas Bryant, C, Huntington Prep (Huntington, W.Va.) – Undecided
Cheick Diallo, PF, Our Savior New American (Centereach, N.Y.) – Undecided
Henry Ellenson, PF, Rice Lake (Rice Lake, Wis.) – Marquette
Jawun Evans, PG, Justin F. Kimball (Dallas) – Oklahoma State
Luke Kennard, SG, Franklin (Franklin, Ohio) – Duke
Dedric Lawson, PF, Hamilton (Memphis, Tenn.) – Memphis
Ben Simmons, F, Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.) – LSU
Diamond Stone, C, Dominican (Whitefish Bay, Wis.) – Undecided
WEST TEAM
Carlton Bragg, PF, Villa Angela-St. Joseph (Cleveland, Ohio) – Kansas
Jalen Brunson, PG, Stevenson (Lincolnshire, Ill.) – Villanova
Deyonta Davis, PF, Muskegon (Muskegon, Mich.) – Michigan St.
P.J. Dozier Jr., PG, Spring Valley (Columbia, S.C.) – South Carolina
Brandon Ingram, SF, Kinston (Kinston, N.C.) – Undecided
Chase Jeter, C, Bishop Gorman, (Las Vegas) – Duke
Malik Newman, SG, Callaway (Jackson, Miss.) – Undecided
Ivan Rabb, C, Bishop O’Dowd (Oakland, Calif.) – Undecided
Malachi Richardson, SF, Trenton Catholic Academy (Trenton, N.J.) – Syracuse
Caleb Swanigan, C, Homestead (Fort Wayne, Ind.) – Undecided
Allonzo Trier, SG, Findlay Prep (Henderson, Nev.) – Arizona
Stephen Zimmerman, C, Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas) – Undecided
