FCP's High School All Americans

Full Court's National Director of Scouting Kenny Kallina serves up our take on the high school athletes who deserve the honor of being named to this year's All American teams. Will the ultimate rosters resemble ours, or will politics raise its ugly head?

Being selected as an All American is one of the greatest honors a high school athlete can attain. Regrettably, at times, an element of politics enters into the selections as adults meddle in the accomplishments of kids.

Here are the young women Full Court Press and its new affiliate, Full Court Preps believe deserve the distinction based on pure merit. We hope for the sake of the players that when the teams are announced for the WBCA All American game and the McDonald’s All American game the rosters closely resemble this one.

Keep posted for updates and analysis once the final selections are announced.

East

Player	Height	Pos	High School	State	Commit
Skylar Diggins	5’8’’	G	Washington	IN	Notre Dame
Markel Walker	6’0’’	F	Schenly	PA	UCLA
Tierra Ruffin Pratt	6’0’’	G	T.C. Williams	VA	UNC
Jasmine Hassell	6’2’’	F	Wilson Central	TN	Georgia
China Crosby	5’6’’	G	The Center School	NY	Virginia
Mariah Chandler	6’2’’	F	Southwest Atlanta Christian	GA	Baylor
Krista Gross	6’0’’	G	The Cannon School	NC	UNC
Bianca Lutley	5’10’’	G	American Heritage	FL	LSU
Dara Taylor	5’7’’	PG	Caravel	DE	Maryland
Adia Mathias	5’9’’	G	Iroquois	KY	Kentucky
Jasmine James	5’9’’	G	Bartlett	TN	Georgia
Tamika Willis	6’2’’	F	Westlake	GA	Georgia

The East team is very strong in the backcourt with Skylar Diggins and Dara Taylor, two of the top point guards in the country. This year, there is a dominant 6’6’’ center in the West (with two strong 6’4” back-ups) with no center in the East who can really match her. No question, that’s going to hurt the East in the paint, but the number of strong guards and slashers should keep them in the game.

West

Player	Height	Pos	High School	State	Commit
Tayler Hill	5’8’’	G	Minneapolis North	MN	Undecided
Brittney Griner	6’6’’	C	Nimitz	TX	Baylor
Kelsey Bone	6’4’’	C	Dulles	TX	Undecided
Cokie Reed	6’4’’	C	Midway	TX	Texas
Monique Oliver	6’2’’	F	Poly	CA	USC
Taber Spani	6’0’’	G	Metro Academy	KS	Tennessee
Kristi Bellock	6’1’’	F	John Curtis	LA	Texas A&M
Tierra Rogers	5’10’’	G	Sacred Heart	CA	CAL
DeNesha Stallworth	6’1’’	F	Pinole Valley	CA	CAL
Eliza Pierre	5’8’’	G	John Muir	CA	CAL
Jasmine Smith	5’8’’	G	Stillwater	OK	Oral Roberts
Jordan Madden	6’1’’	G	East Poinsettia County	AR	Baylor

For the West, Brittney Griner and Kelsey Bone on the same team is scary. Bone (and Tayler Hill) may be undecided as far as school but there is nothing uncertain about the inside presence of this team. When you can have Monique Oliver as your fourth post player, leave Nikki Green off the team, and suit up 6’1” guards, it is pretty impressive.