GOLDEN ARCH MADNESS: Dybantsa, Chavez highlight McDonald’s All-American Games rosters for April 1 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn

BENSALEM, Pa. – The best of the best high school basketball players was announced today with the release of the 48^thMcDonald’s All American Games boys and girls rosters. Several of the 2025 selections represent teams from the Blue Star Media Elite 25 rankings.

The games will be played at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on Tuesday, April 1. The girls game tips at 6:30 p.m. ET. The boys tip at 9 p.m. To purchase tickets, click here.

The games will be broadcast on the ESPN family of networks.

Forty-eight players were vetted for high school’s most prestigious senior all-star game through a series of nominations and finally a voting process by a blue-ribbon committee. On the boys side, three players who have committed to Duke and Connecticut were selected. Three girls are headed to Tennessee—all on the East squad. Three more are off to Stanford and the nation’s top player, Aaliyah Chavez of Monterey (Lubbock, Texas), is still undecided.

Boys Rosters

East: 6-7 Shon Abaev; 6-2 Darius Acuff Jr.; 6-5 Darius Adams; 6-9 Nate Ament; 6-9 Cameron Boozer; 6-4 Cayden Boozer; 6-7 Jalen Haralson; 6-6 Isiah Harwell; 6-4 Trey McKenney; 6-10 Malachi Moreno; 6-4 Braylon Mullins; 7-0 Eric Reibe.

Coach: Herman Harried, Lake Clifton (Baltimore).

West: 6-6 Alijah Arenas; 6-3 Mikel Brown, Jr.; 6-10 Niko Bundalo; 6-4 Brayden Burries; 6-10 Chris Cernac, Jr.; 6-9 A.J. Dybantsa; 6-8 Nikolas Khamenia; 6-7 Koa Peat; 6-6 Darryn Peterson; 6-4 Meleek Thomas; 6-9 Caleb Wilson; 6-5 Tounde Yessoufou.

Head Coach: Danny Broussard, St. Thomas More (Covington, La.).

Girls Rosters

East: 6-1 Nyla Brooks, 6-2 Kaelyn Carroll; 6-0 Jaida Civil; 6-1 Aaliyah Crump; 6-0 ZaKiyah Johnson; 6-2 Jaliya Davis; 6-2 Leah Macy; 6-1 Agot Makeer; 5-5 Mia Pauldo; 6-1 Deniya Prawl; 6-4 Lara Somfai; 5-10 Hailee Swain.

Head Coach: Dawn Karpell, St. John Vianney (Holmdel, N.J.).

West: 6-1 Darianna Alexander; 6-4 Sienna Betts, 5-11 Aaliyah Chavez; 6-1 Jasmine Davidson; 6-0 Addison Deal; 6-5 Alexandra Eschmeyer; 6-2 Grace Knox; 6-2 Ayla McDowell; 6-2 Brynn McGaughy; 5-5 Aliyahna Morris; 6-0 Emilee Skinner; 6-1 Jordan Speiser.

Head Coach: Sheryl Krmpotich, Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas).

Editor’s Note: This story was updated Monday, Jan. 27, 6 p.m. ET.