Connecticut's 2024 McDonald's All-American Game nominees

The Constitution State has 10 boys nominees and five girls

Gary Adornato | Jan 12, 2024

The McDonald's All-American Game announced its 2024 nominees Tuesday. The event is schedule to be played on April 2 in Houston's Toyota Center at 5:30 p.m.

The prestigious event has included some of basketball's biggest names from Kobe Bryant and LeBron James to Candace Parker and Juju Watkins.

Last year South Kent's Elmarko Jackson (Kansas) represented Connecticut in the boys game.

The McDonald's All-American Game committee selects just 24 players for the game (12 for each team), but the nominee list is long.

Here are the 2024 nominees from Connecticut:

BOYS

Najimi George, Kolbe Cathedral

Cameron Perkins, Danbury

Nate Charlot, Notre Dame Catholic

Connor Parkes, Greenwhich

Abijah Miller, Sports and Medical Sciences Academy

Amari Cruz, CERC Academy of Science and Innovation

Jackson Forte, New Britain

Tyler Betsey, St. Thomas Moore

Makai Coleman, Newtown

Brandon Fowler, Trumbull

New Britan's Jackson Forte is a 2024 McDonald's All-American nominee. — New Britan's Jackson Forte is a 2024 McDonald's All-American nominee

GIRLS

Hannah Fagan, Masuk

Juliana Brimecombe, Oxford

Pauline Vlahakis, Stamford

Sheridan Oberhand, Trumbull

Ayanna Franks, Windsor

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Published Jan 12, 2024

GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.