{"id":11499,"date":"2023-01-27T16:00:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T16:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/la-jolla-country-day-duo-named-to-mcdonalds-all-american-womens-basketball-team\/"},"modified":"2023-01-27T16:00:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T16:00:13","slug":"la-jolla-country-day-duo-named-to-mcdonalds-all-american-womens-basketball-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/la-jolla-country-day-duo-named-to-mcdonalds-all-american-womens-basketball-team\/","title":{"rendered":"La Jolla Country Day Duo Named to McDonald&#8217;s All-American Women&#8217;s Basketball Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-subscriber-content=\"\">\n<p>La Jolla Country Day School&#8217;s Breya Cunningham and Jada Williams will help represent the West as the McDonald&#8217;s All-Americans of women&#8217;s basketball.<\/p>\n<p>The nation&#8217;s top 48 players (four 12-player teams representing the East and West men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s teams) will play in Houston on Tuesday, March 28th. The women&#8217;s game will air on ESPN2 at 3:30 p.m. PT, while the men&#8217;s game will air on ESPN at 6:00 p.m. PT.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m so proud of our girls,&#8221; said Country Day girls coach Terry Bamford. &#8220;We played a big schedule. I went out and did a good job.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Breya and Jada are great players and great leaders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"enhancement\" data-click=\"enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\"> <ps-newsletter-module class=\"module newsletter-module\" data-id=\"233\" data-module-id=\"00000185-f18a-d675-afa5-f9bb902d0011\">\n<div class=\"module-container\">\n<p><svg class=\"icon flying-envelope-icon\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-flying-envelope\"\/><\/svg><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Newsletter<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"module-title\">Get La Jolla Light in your inbox every week<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"module-description\">Free La Jolla news, features and sports every Thursday<\/p>\n<form class=\"form newsletter-module-form\" method=\"post\" action=\"https:\/\/membership.sandiegouniontribune.com\/subscription-services\/v1\/newsletters\/subscriptions\" data-error-message=\"Something went wrong. 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This year&#8217;s Cunningham and Williams, Candace Wiggins (2004), Kelsey Plum (2013) and Tehina. Paopao (2020). <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Country Day has a great tradition,&#8221; Bamford said.  &#8220;We have a girl&#8217;s jersey hanging on the wall. When someone comes into our gym and looks up, it&#8217;s very impressive.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>More than 720 players were nominated by high school coaches, athletic directors, principals, or members of McDonald&#8217;s national selection committees. 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